Yearly Archives: 2008
Nepal Trip (Part One: Just Getting There)
Trekking Day “-1″ (Saturday) Fly: Barcelona to Delhi, via Zurich (~7000km) “Sleep”: No-Man’s-Land, Delhi (237m) / Airborne, Nepal (~11500m) What were we (or was I, at least) so anxious about? Mostly about the Indian visa (or our deliberate lack thereof). … Continue reading
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Nepal Trip (Overview)
I plan to write up my notes from some of our adventures in Nepal, but will need to divide it up into bite-sized segments (so open really wide!). I’ll start with an appetizer. The trip was a little more than … Continue reading
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They’re baaaack…(but she’s gone)
Well, we arrived back safe and sound, if a little groggy, from Nepal (via India) on Tuesday, and have been adjusting slowly to life in the “real world” again. Hmm… Is this world really more real than what we experienced … Continue reading
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One last orange (aka the navel-gazing before the storm?)
I just ate my last orange, perhaps my last fresh green lettuce for more than three weeks. And I think I’m ready for three weeks of Dahl Baat (rice w/lentils). We’re off to Nepal tomorrow morning (arriving early Sunday morning), … Continue reading
¿Se equivocó? ¡Sé proactivo!
Often, we say that “no news is good news.” But the fact that you haven’t heard anything certainly isn’t always a good thing. Especially not here. Here in Spain, it seems you really have to stay proactive; if you actually … Continue reading
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Boat and mountains
A couple of weekends ago, I went on a weekend trip aboard the Gran Azul (Big Blue), a fair-sized sailing yacht, to do my prácticas for the PER (Patron de Embarcaciones de Recreo — aka “Spanish boating licence”). I “passed”, … Continue reading
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Life-cooking (in a non-cannibalistic way)
For years, I’ve had an enigmatic response to the question: “What are you doing?” With certain friends, at least, I tend to reply: “I’m making soup.” (Regardless of what I’m actually doing, you understand.) It became a kind of inside … Continue reading
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A fistful of Euros
Here’s a neat Spanish-Canadian connection: Margaret Atwood just won the 2008 Príncipe de Asturias prize for Literature, which is almost as good as winning a Nobel (there have been a few winners of both awards over the years, such as … Continue reading
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