Author Archives: Steven Damron

Coronavirus has taken the life of Spain’s oldest person. María Branyas died at the age of 113. Among her accomplishments, Branyas was a survivor of the Spanish flu epidemic. Lots of other Spanish news today. Barcelona will not advance to Phase 1 next week as I’d hoped. That means we still can go out forContinue reading “14 May 2020 – Thursday – #60”

The travel industry isn’t having it! Airlines don’t want a capacity cap to regulate onboard social distancing and hotels don’t want tourists to suffer a 14 day quarantine. In an echo of the social media frenzy about a packed United flight from New York to San Francisco, Spanish passengers are complaining on social media aboutContinue reading “13 May 2020 – Wednesday – #59”

Yesterday I was scheming with Brad to return to Spain. Today, we can forget about our schemes. It appears Spain will open its borders. I’m not sure how the Spanish travel order squares with Ryanair’s plan to fly 40% of capacity by 1 July. Sure, you’ll be able to snag a ten quid flight fromContinue reading “12 May 2020 – Tuesday – #58”