Peter & Karen Pecksen

Category: Spain

  • Heading Home

    Heading Home

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    As I write this we are flying home to Canada on an Air Transat flight. I have to tell this part of the story first simply because I am truly enjoying the moment very much right now. Karen managed to get us booked onto this flight in Priority Club seating instead of the normal cattle…

  • Our Return to Lisbon

    Our Return to Lisbon

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    Once we got all packed up in Tavira, we headed north to Lisbon. At first the GPS told us it would take 4.5 hours. Than we asked for the quickest route. Well the good news is we were in Lisbon in 2.5 hours, the bad news is we paid about 23 euros in cash and…

  • A Fresh Start in Marbella, Spain

    A Fresh Start in Marbella, Spain

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    We spent two nights in Marbella after escaping the nightmare hotel in Malaga. We managed to stumble upon Playa Princess Hotel and it was great. Though the view from our balcony wasn’t perfect it was still fine and the view from the roof top dining area where we had breakfast was spectacular. From our balcony.…

  • Diving Spain and Portugal

    Diving Spain and Portugal

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    While we were in Spain after many communication challenges and a lot of patience from Simon of Simply Diving we managed to book a two dive trip with them. They came and picked us up not far from our hotel and drove us the 30 minutes to their dive shop in Malaga where we were…

  • Good and Bad Hotels

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    Granada is certainly a beautiful City. After several closed restaurants we managed to find a nice Italian place where the pasta was very good, as was the wine. After our disappointment the previous day with waiting 45 minutes only to be told all the tickets for the Alhambra were sold-out. We showed up 30 minutes…

  • Madrid and Onward

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    If you are looking for a reasonably priced hotel in Madrid that is very close to the train station, then I would recommend the Agumar Hotel. The only catch is you had better not be planning on going to sleep before midnight and being up by 07:30, because the walls are paper thin and act…

  • Barcelona, Spain, I mean Catalonia

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    Our last night on the Equinox was a lot of fun. Starting with a great dinner and ending at our favourite bar. And yes, I am a poster child for 511 clothes. Drinking Buddies from the Molecular Bar Our Outstanding Bartenders And I ate the scorpion from the tequila. We have had a busy couple…

  • Last Days on the High Seas

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    Had a very nice day in Lisbon, though it was rather cold. It wasn’t the 14C that was the killer, it was the continuous cold winds that blew all day. We spent three hours on the Hop On Hop Off bus that drives around the city. The two great things about the bus is it…

  • The Last of the Canary Islands

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    Sunrise from our room. On the dock at 08:30 in Arrecife, Lanzarote yesterday morning. We had heard a lot of unappealing descriptions of the island of Lanzarote before we arrived and certainly I would not want to live here permanently. However it is by far the most fascinating place we have visited so far. We…

  • Crossing Complete

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    So a bit of a delay due to internet access at sea. My humblest apologizes. The delay may also be partially caused by me completing a couple of goals I had set for myself. I am proud to state I have sampled every beer offered on the ship and I have sampled every drink on…