.. that you'd see a man in trunks, but this was some challenge for the sailors - the fastest to walk across the pole and ring the bell at the end of it. Don't ask me why.
La Coruna August 7th 2006 The day I arrived in La Coruña was also the same day the 50th Anniversary Tall Ships Races arrived there and the place was swarming with sailors.
(One for the girls: I had a sudden flashback of the episode in Sex & The City when it was ´Fleet Week´ in New York. This was like Fleet Week in La Coruña!!)
It was a little too chaotic for my liking - many summer programs in the plazas which mean ... read more
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"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go."
- Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr Seuss.
I'm taking a leap into the unknown - I've quit my job in Melbourne, sold everything I had except for my clothes, and gone to Spain to catch a glimpse of a completely new culture, to challenge myself. I need to find out what and where the limits are for my life - if any. So far I know I can do a whole lot on my own and I don't need a whole lot t... full info