“Woke up, it was a Jávea* morning, and the first thing I knew, There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges too. And the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses. Oh, won’t you stay We’ll put on the day And we’ll […]
“One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.” — Anne Morrow Lindburgh Early in the morning on Day Four of a 17-day road trip through parts of Spain, England, Germany, and France, we left Bilbao. We […]
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”–Pablo Picasso If you plan to visit the Costa Blanca area of Spain, I highly recommend spending a day, or even just an afternoon, in the little Mediterranean sea town of Altea. Google the most beautiful towns in Alicante and […]
“The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals.” — Siddharth Katragadda The Spanish love a good festival, and there are many throughout the calendar year, but arguably the highlight of these is the midsummer celebration of San Juan Bautista. All of Spain celebrates, but the festivities are […]
“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 On a Thursday afternoon in […]
“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 […]