Tag: Spain
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Local Workers
I have mentioned some of the local workers in previous posts, such as the fruit vendors and dive masters. But I thought it may be interesting to touch on some of the other locals we see and deal with on a daily basis. As a whole we have found the people of San Pedro and…
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Heading Home
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…
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A Fresh Start in Marbella, Spain
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.…
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Diving Spain and Portugal
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…
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Good and Bad Hotels
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…
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Crossing Complete
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…