peanut brittle: bite sized, not so little
In and around World
Blog of Mani. And as you may know, I take big bites.
This trip will begin on August 29th, 2007 and probably end on December 12, 2007. I will leave from San Francisco, CA USA and first fly to Dublin, Ireland. Then fly to Amsterdam on September 3rd, then travel via train through Belgium, France and Spain to arrive in Barcelona on/around September 12th. I then board Argo on the 14th. I'll be traveling via sailboat from then on...
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler little_peanut
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This little peanut is potted.
This is my last week before leaving the states. Odd how much time it can take to get up and leave - we do tie ourselves pretty firmly to our stuff... Continue reading »
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groggy and arrived
I arrived in Dublin this morning - one of those flights where you really can't keep track of what time it is where or for your poor tummy. I just r... Continue reading »
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9000 Year Lease is Good Planning
So now that I've recovered from the jet-lag and done some exploring...Here you have it:
So far, I've now seen the Irish National Gallery - th... Continue reading »
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Amsterdam, and there's even a kitty
Disclaimer: since all the dictoionary auto-correct settings are for Dutch, none of my spelling errors or typos will be auto-corrected. Enjoy the raw w... Continue reading » -
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Great Herons Go A-Knocking
Today's events started with a good unplanned wander about town. I managed to find a large maze of outdoor markets that could (and probably does it'... Continue reading »
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Wrapping up in Amsterdam
- Wednesday: *I leave the hostel about 9ish and have a quick talk with Andrew via phone. Yay! So nice to hear his voice and get a quick hello from Ca... Continue reading » -
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Learning the Rails
The trip to Leuven could have been simple, but EU Rails had a different idea for me and my travels.
Starting at leaving the hostel in Amsterd... Continue reading »
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Are the mussels fresh?
So after a harrowing journey to get to Leuven, on Friday I was able to explore it a bit - even having awoken with a cold. Figures, doesn't it? ;).<... Continue reading »
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Simply Paris
so the keyboards are all screwy in France, so this will a) be shortish and 2) mostlikely riddled with unforseen typos. Actually, I think this 4-fin... Continue reading »
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Hunting the Eiffel Tower
After a night of good rest (after vanquishing a rogue mosquito), I was feeling a lot better. Illness turned into a minor cough, and hence I was abl... Continue reading »
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Last train out of paris
Well, maybe not really. But possibly the last train out of Paris headed towards Barcelona on Tuesday, 9-11. No clitche discussion here about World... Continue reading »
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Another blog to watch
http://www.seamester.com/pages/updates.php?id=144 This is the official seamester Argo blog page for the trip I'm on. It will probably be updated a... Continue reading » -
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Prep for Tarragona and a Floating Life
I´m getting ready to check out of the hotel. This included taking a last bath, watching bad TV (I don´t care if it´s in German or Spanish, really.... Continue reading »
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Aboard
Howdy! We're all aboard Argo, aside from one who ditched at the last minute - which means I get a better bunk! There's 8 girls, 16 guys, and then the... Continue reading » -
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Like a bobbing cork
Tarragona is much better than Barcelona, in my opinion. It kind of feels a bit like the Carmel or Monterey of the Bay Area. Folks can come here from t... Continue reading » -
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Passage to France
Wow - what a passage to St. Tropez. Lovely first off - great being out on the open water and seeing so many stars, shooting stars, phosphorescents (sp... Continue reading » -
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Motored Over to Cannes
Arrived in Cannes yesterday afternoon. They had a 10k/5k run going on through town so a couple shipmates and I cheered them on from one of the many re... Continue reading » -
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Arrived in Villefranche Sur Mer
lovely little town on the sea! super close to Nice. Unfortunately our sight of the ocean was blighted by a cruise ship. Fortunately, the cruise shi... Continue reading »
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Nice is Nice
After a breakfast of pancakes and some yummy Lady Grey Tea (Doug, I picked some up to remind me of you and friends and generally home!), we had cle... Continue reading »
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Ever see The Last Unicorn?
There is a gentle rocking that lulls the mind into reflection. The past week I've done more new things and seen more new sights than I normall... Continue reading »
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Hiking and Pizza
Take yesterday's ride back from Cinqueterrra to La Spezia (where Argo was to meet us to start our passage to Italy's Shiva land) - the regional tra... Continue reading »
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Roped up to a commercial dock
...and we thought that would get us out of doing an anchor watch rotation. Nope. We do dock watch instead to make sure no one who shouldn't hops ab... Continue reading »
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When in Rome
We had a Rome day yesterday. This entailed waking at 5:45 and being at the train station in town at 6:45 to catch a 7 am train. We arrived near the... Continue reading »
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Elba and a bit of Napolean
so a lot has happened since the last blog entry. On 10-4 we left civitevecchia for elba. We were on passage from 10-4 through the PM of 10-5. We spent... Continue reading » -
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Coffee Cake and Centuri
In the AM 10-8 we got up early and set off for a day sail to Corsica. This passage absolutely rocked. I was at the helm for about 1.5 hours with the b... Continue reading » -
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A Rugby Win in Palma
We had a couple days in Palma. I love love LOVED Palma. And I think all my DHAP friends (as well as others) would love it, too. Good food, good wine,... Continue reading » -
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My feet didn't touch land here
I didn't depart the boat to check out Formentera. Others did, and I managed to get some peace and quiet a bit as well as rework my PSCT project into s... Continue reading » -
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Some shopping
I forgot to mention that when in Palma I managed to finally find fleece pants, even though there was no laundry to be had. All ok. As I've dropped off... Continue reading » -
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Passage to Gibraltar and some time on Main street
So our passage to Gibraltar was pretty crazy. We had lots of weather - big waves, 30+ knots of wind - Argo was taking water over the bow regularily, a... Continue reading » -
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No Donkey, No Monkey, No Dog
We arrived in Muhammedia, Morocco yesterday. As we dropped anchor, we were welcomed by the mid-day call to prayer resounding through the town. Muhamme... Continue reading » -
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Carpets Cats and Dogs
It’s a town of carpets and cats, dogs that roam and children that welcome the sun with a smile. People are friendly and tell you ‘welcome’ upon greeti... Continue reading » -
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Halloween Aboard and Surfing Attempts
I was part of a Steve Zizu group costume. It rocked. The inspiration for it came about when in Portovenere, having stumbled upon matching red beanies.... Continue reading » -
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Arrived in the Canary Islands
The last couple days have been of passage. A sinkness has come over much of the crew – not seasickness, but booting over the rails, none the less. One... Continue reading » -
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Africa won't let us go
As of yesterday, I officially have whatever has been going around the crew since arriving in Morocco. This brings the sickness tally up to (I think) 2... Continue reading » -
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Cape Verde Islands
More info on this to come...the Johnny Walker club has some great Mojiotos :). Seriously - more info eventually. This is where we made our last stop b... Continue reading » -
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Land Ho!
We crossed the Atlantic with very little fuss. More on that, to be sure. For now this is just simply a pin point on the map ;). We did a day of diving... Continue reading » -
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Shirley Heights Tonight
Arrived in Falmouth Harbour this AM after a day/night passage. Lovely night sky last night. We'll be doing some more Nav Master studying prior to the... Continue reading » -
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Quick Saba Stop
So we arrived in Saba via a night sail. Such a dramatic place - most folks are going on the Mt. Scenery hike, but since I've done that already and... Continue reading »
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sighted Oceanstar
After the short time in Saba, we sailed over to the BVI. It was a lovely entry back to the home port of Argo - it was her first time arriving in her f... Continue reading » -
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The Practical.
Five of us from Argo flew off from Tortola to St. Maarten to do our IYT Practical training and exam. Intense, to be sure. The six days here were br... Continue reading »
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