On Aug 30, 5:17 am, Morcel Moreseaux wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/6966714.stm
>
> A not-so-happy return to the Med
> By Julian Pettifer
> BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents
>
> According to English writer Samuel Johnson, "the grand object of all
> travel is to see the shores of the Mediterranean."
>
> A lifeguard hut on the beach at El' Estatit
> The Med remains one of the world's most popular coastlines
>
> In his day, that expression of love was harmless enough, but in recent
> years, so many of us have been able to satisfy our desire to visit the
> Med that we have loved her almost to death.
>
> I was lucky, I knew her at her best. Fifty years ago, in 1957, I
> hitchhiked my way around Spain and had the beaches almost to myself.
[snip]
First sign of old age. One starts to talk about how much better
things
were when they were young. Go back 50 years, old people were
complaining then too.
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