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STAGE V The Second Atlantic Crossing - 2001 continued In October we realized that we were stuck by weather and some scary seizures, and bound to stay in the same big new marina in southern Spain as last time. It's the kind of environment which precludes meeting other sailors (there were 2000 boats in it) and where everyone speaks English, thus overriding all awkward attempts to learn Spanish. However, I determined to make the best of it and proceeded to catalogue the aspects I found interesting - the buildings and courtyards, the palmed villas the nearby golf course and the horse paddocks, or hipicas. In addition, friends banded together and we had excursions by car into the country side to arrive for coffee in towns or walks in the country: Later, two retired sailors bought a house in a village called Darrical, and we visited there By the time the Christmas season rolled around, we were part of a warm circle of caring friends quite accustomed to our large appetites for food and vistas. In Late January we would return to teaching and further medical advice. Both loomed large in our thinking.

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