Ahoy. (I have been discovering all sorts of new nautical terms this week.) Right now, I am not at sea, however, but in the not-so-steamy port of Las Palmas on Gran Canaria. Unfortunately, my inner ear has yet to realize that I am on land and I seem still to be pitching and rolling as I type. It is proving a fun and interesting week aboard the tall ship. I have climbed the rigging, set and stowed sails and pulled and eased all sorts of bits of rope that rather confusingly all look the same. I have learnt an astonishing number of new words, most of which have misleading spellings. I have seen dolphins frolicking in the ship´s wake, glinting phosphorescence, and even the rising sun, which was a very great novelty.