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packing frenzy

28 Wednesday May 2025

Posted by in getaways, Malaga, malaga getaway, spain, trips

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I don’t know if my present state of packing frenzy means I need to travel more often or that I should never travel again. And yes I KNOW it’s only for two nights (well, maybe three) but this hasn’t stopped me from rethinking everything constantly since a few days ago. First of all, I don’t travel light. I mean, I’ll bring a small suitcase but it’ll be packed as full as it can be. The other thing is that the train leaves at 8.00 am tomorrow, which means getting up at stupid o’clock after, of course, having barely slept. Anyhow… I have to go now and finish packing. Next stop… Málaga!

down… again

20 Tuesday May 2025

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So just a couple of weeks after the gran apagón large swathes of Spain lost their internet connection. The 5G still worked (at least here), but no WiFi. Apparently Movistar/Telefónica had updated blah-blah on their whatever and blam! All shut down. It wasn’t as serious as the apagón but certain emergency services were out of service for a while. About 18 hours after it began things were back to normal. But once again people were left feeling vulnerable, realising how dependent we’ve become on these services. Which clearly can just be removed at any time. Hmmm.