'Wow, wow, wooow!' The conversation was a tad limited as we strolled through town today. The place was sleepy in a beautiful Sunday sort of way. The Canarians really do know how to do Sunday well - none of this Sunday trading nonsense, nope, Sundays are not for shopping, but more for strolling, chewing the cud over endless tiny cups of coffee, wheeling the new baby/ies around (today we saw a tandem pram), eating an infinate number of courses over a verrrry loooong luuuunnnnnch. Casper was in architectural heaven (and so was I) as we entered the old town, deliciously quiet and strangely empty. Every building facade is different. Each decorated, mostly colourfully - pink, blue, yellow and none of those timid pastel shades, here we like BOLD. Old gothic features sit comfortable next to stark new interventions. It's brave and it works. The old town is a tad crusty which absolutely adds to its charm. I feel embarassed that we so nearly missed this, that we almost dismissed Las Palmas because the port was, what? ugly? slightly seedy - what did we expect? We will now be staying a few more days...
A last blast in Brittany
7 years ago
I thought that if I Googled
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Kate
Caspar
I would find you ... and I did! Hurrah!
I had no idea your boat (cat?) was called Impulse until I got your letter today, Kate, with "Impulse, The High Seas" (WHAT an address!) on the back - and your heavenly selotape (how do you do that thing with words on selotape, and not only that but words that sound as if you've written them yourself on selotape?) - but this is really not about your (incredible, amazing, brave, mad, impulsive and obviously glorious) adventures but to say a gigantic THANK YOU Kate for your wonderful wonderful letter about SPEAKING of LOVE. It makes all the difference in the world to read how the book affects people who read it and what you feel about it; it makes all those seven long years of writing it and thinking it would never find readers (an audience, as Brue always says)worth it. THANK YOU THANK YOU (and don't worry in the least about not commenting or reading it before - there is a time for everything, and the timing was obviously wrong before).
Happy happy sailing.
Las Palmas sounds amazing ... .
xoxo Ange
Dear Ange - so glad you made it to the blog and it tyook me AGES to write all those words on the selotape (no actually someone bought it like that for me. I can't wait for Casper to read Speaking of Love just to have someone else to talk to about it. Am now reading a book by Maeve Binchy which in comparison feels like I am really really scraping the barrel. Happy writing to you Ange and see you in the summer! x x x k8
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