Author Archives: GypsyShaughnessy

Homeward Bound …Almost – At Sea – [12/09/2014]

Posted on December 9, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

It always feels so very strange, taking everything down, packing everything up. Especially with so much time left to do it. It always feels as if I’m…well, sneaking out! Like any moment now someone is going to come along and … Continue reading →

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Packin’ It Up – At Sea – [12/04/2014]

Posted on December 6, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

It’s always strange when it all starts coming down…not bad, not by a long shot, but strange…and you always end up taking home more than you packed with you. For example, I have to find a way to pack a … Continue reading →

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Life Is A … – At Sea – [12/02/2014]

Posted on December 4, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

When I was a kid, I didn’t scream or yell, I sang. If I was angry, or hurting, or confused, I would go upstairs to the attic and drop the door shut, and turn up whatever soundtrack was my current … Continue reading →

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Interludes – Messina, Sicily – [11/30/2014]

Posted on November 30, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

There are bizarre days when it catches you buy surprise just where you are and how you ended up there. Had anyone told me four years ago that I would end up sitting at a café in Sicily trying to … Continue reading →

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Kids Today – Cadiz, Spain – [11-30-2014]

Posted on November 30, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

I seem to have acquired an admirer. I am, to be honest unsure how I feel about this. Oh relax, I don’t mean a romantic admirer! (yeash, people!). No, I mean…a kid. There’s only one on board, and she’s lonely … Continue reading →

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Off-Season – Naples, Italy – [11/22/2014]

Posted on November 28, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

Every time I have come to Naples two major factors have prevented me from doing what I intended to do; weather and the time it takes to get back and forth from the place I was trying to get to. … Continue reading →

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One Horse Open – Palermo, Sicily – [11/25/2014]

Posted on November 25, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

It’s fair to admit that my memories of my last call in Palermo are somewhat…fuzzy. Lost in the haze of good friends, good food and Italian house red; days like that get freeze framed, you remember the individual moments clearly … Continue reading →

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Speechless – Vatican City, Italy – [11/21/2014]

Posted on November 22, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

It’s been a long while since I penned anything whilst on a moving bus, so we shall see if I still have the knack for it. One thing I will definitely say, the buses that take us to and from … Continue reading →

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Ramblin’ – Barcelona, Spain – [11/18/2014]

Posted on November 19, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

I would love to say that I adored Barcelona the first time that I set foot in it, but in reality the first time I was in Barcelona I hardly saw it all, every time I was there it was … Continue reading →

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Dancing with Eternity – Valencia, Spain – [11/17/2014]

Posted on November 19, 2014 by GypsyShaughnessy

As I said; oh Europe, how I have missed thee. In an interesting turn of events for me, KitKat has never been to Europe, not at all. Not even in passing. This is – after all – only my ‘twin’s’ … Continue reading →

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