Thrive, Life is your Opportunity!
The message has spread and an Asturian has taken to the streets! The gentleman got quite the kick out of my wanting a picture of his cap. It is good to spread happiness. Yesterday was supposed to be a trip to the beach town of Gijon. That would have been a reward for many hours this week …
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We walked into the mist again this morning and a favorite song from my absolute favorite Bob Marley album Kaya (1978) kept running through my head. That was fine as I love the song. One slight alteration, my brain always wants to change the beginning to, "Misty morning and the weather is fine". I do …
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In 1967 a "psychedelic" pop song from the musical Hair, later recorded by the Cowsills hit the charts. In my rebellious rock and roll youth the song was too poppy for me. The lyrics stuck in my head anyway. "I saw her sitting in the rain Raindrops falling on her hair She didn't seem to …
We have come to Oviedo in time t0 see a unique 2 week weather pattern. Our first week featured no rain and very few clouds with daily average temps 8-15 degrees above normal. Normal should be around 70 degrees. Temperatures are returning to normal for our second week, but rainfall, which is abnormal …
Here we are in Oviedo Spain, even though about six weeks ago I was convinced that would not happen. What changed? Six weeks ago I consistently read stories about the ill feelings toward tourists in Spain. Then a big oppressive heat wave hit (there is another now), and a 4 day blackout hit most of …
[Read more...] about Why Spain Almost Didn’t Happen: Sculptures & statues, bier, olives, helados
