Bright On

                                          Another day chasing the Californian sun, this time in an Artic Pole excursion mode.                      Let the memories of this day last forever.

“Let us again pretend that life is a solid substance, shaped like a globe, which we turn about in our fingers. Let us pretend that we can make out a plain and logical story, so that when one matter is despatched—love for instance—we go on, in an orderly manner, to the next. ”

― Virginia Woolf, The Waves.

The Salt Water Escape

It's not the first time I share this Karen Blixen quote here in the blog, but after my brief holidays in Menorca, where I really felt cured by the sea, I think this is still the best caption.

The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea.

Photos of this gorgeous Balearic island to follow.

Sea

If the world was really going to end in four days and this was our very last week, I definitely had to watch/see/hear/smell the sea one last time. The perfect solution: Brighton, of course.

A perfect Monday? Yes.

The last one?

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Punta in Film (II)

Punta del Este and a little Piriápolis.

Magic indeed.

A new playlist here.

Salt Water

By checking on the statistics on how people from so many different places in the World end up here in my blog (which made me infinitely happy) I found a wonderful quote from Karen Blixen I couldn't be more agree with:

"The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the sea."

I really would like to live closer to the ocean, it doesn't matter to me if it's tropical, cold, sandy or stoney, as long, of course, it is salty.



*Photos are from La Barra, Punta Ballena and José Ignacio in Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Punta in Film

More things that happened on December 05:

I developed this photos from Punta del Este I took with a disposable camera. I'm currently into that type of cameras, they are really nice :)

The Morran's Book Project is ready, if you wanna find out what is it about please visit the previous link or Camilla's Blog.

And last but definitely not least an Earth-like planet was recently discovered, is called Kepler 22-b. I posted a couple of articles in my 2012 Blog. Does someone fancy to join me on that interstellar trip?

Piriápolis I

Exactly one week ago I was wondering around Piriápolis in Uruguay. A little city near Punta del Este on the coast of Río de la Plata. On the photos you can see a little bit of the seaside and the Argentino Hotel. Between the years 1920 and 1930 that hotel was one of the biggest hotels of South America. Now, due to the declined popularity of Piriápolis as a resort and the lack of proper maintenance the luxurious hotel would fit perfectly as location of a summer version of The Shinning.

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Hace justamente una semana estaba paseando por Piriápolis en Uruguay, una pequeña ciudad cerca de Punta del Este en la costa del Río de la Plata. En las fotos pueden ver un poco de la costa y el Hotel Argentino. Entre los años 1920 y 1930 ese hotel fue uno de los más grandes de Suramérica. Ahora, por el descenso de popularidad de Piriápolis como balneario y por la falta de mantenimiento las instalaciones de tan lujoso hotel quedarían perfectas como una locación para una versión de verano de The Shinning.

West Country Tour (IV): Durdle Door

It the coast of Dorset, facing the English Channel you got this very special place called Durdle Door (a combination of words really dificult to be pronounced properly if you happen to been born in a place other than the UK). The name Durdle is derived from an Old English word 'thirl' meaning bore or drill.

The door is an arch made of stone located in a beautiful peaceful beach (despite the big amount of tourists coming and going). They say that eventually the arch is going to collapse leaving just a bunch of rocks piled at the sea.

One thing I didn't know when I went there is that all that area is privately owned by the Welds, a family who own 50 km2 in Dorset in the name of the Lulworth Estate. I read that on the map though. Fortunately this amazing place is open to the public.

The water is cold, very cold, but not impossible cold. Being there and knowing that is possible that I might never come back I took my chances and went for a swim even though I had no towel, it was part refreshing and delightful, part painful, but overall it was definitely worth it. Who knows if I'm going to have that chance again.

So, if you ever around this part of England you definitely have to go to Durdle Door. A lot of amazing sights, delicious water, gorgeous sunset light and the best Mr. Whippies ever. And as Douglas Adams would say: don't forget to bring your towel. 

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