“I love to go a-wandering Along the mountain track And as I go, I love to sing My knapsack on my back…” — The Happy Wanderer A few Saturdays ago, on the recommendation of some new Warm Showers friends coupled with our desire to explore beyond our local environs, we […]
“I can think. I can move. I can sleep. I can ride my bike. I can dream.” – Bill Walton (by Tom Carter) The Alicante province, in the Spanish region known as La Communidad Valenciana, is a cycling paradise. Many of the world’s top-level professional cycling teams use it […]
“Do not eat anything your great-grandmother would not immediately recognize as food.” – Michael Pollan Good food, cooked well and eaten slowly, preferably with family, is central to Spanish culture. Quality ingredients are essential, and one of the best ways to procure these in Jávea is through the abundance of […]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” — Mark Twain A couple weeks ago on […]
“The weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.” — Criss Jami Easter Sunday in Jávea dawned chilly and rainy. It had been raining steadily since […]
“There are four kinds of people in the world… Those who build walls. Those who protect walls. Those who breach walls. And those who tear down walls. Much of life is discovering who you are.” — P.S. Baber Like so many Americans, what I find charming about Europe is how […]
(by Tom Carter) “Shut up, legs.” – Jens Voigt When American baseball fans hear the name “Puig,” they think of the Dodgers/Reds’ aggressive and controversial outfielder Yasiel Puig. When pro cyclists and weekend warriors in the bikecentric Alicante province of Spain hear the same word, they think of […]
“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.” ― Hunter S. Thompson Ever since moving to Jávea seven weeks ago I have been dying to go to Bar La Barraca, a kooky little beachfront bar and cafe near our house. To get there, […]
“Do not be to timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. what if they are a little coarse and you get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once […]
“Maybe all one can hope to do is end up with the right regrets.” — Arthur Miller The best discovery about Spain so far is that Mr. Clean is called “Don Limpio.” (The second best is that they sell skim milk in Spain. I have never, ever, EVER been able […]