21 Comments
User's avatar
søren k. harbel's avatar

Nice! Sounds like a good meal in the making! Nice pics....

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

It was pretty good improv if I do say so myself! Thanks for reading Søren, I appreciate it!

Expand full comment
Liam Jones's avatar

Amazing! Super fresh!

Expand full comment
Katharine Strange's avatar

I've come around to sardines after years of aversion. They're very healthy for you, too!

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

Right?? They’re pretty tasty!

Expand full comment
Kirk's avatar

I sure remember the smell when you cooked those sardines, in a small kitchen with no exhaust fan, lol. ( It also seemed like you had to cook them in several batches, which took some time). And I like your photo series with the article, showing the visual story of what transpired- we just needed one final photo of one of us holding our nose while watching you cook the sardines 😂

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

maybe a little stinky, oops! haha

Expand full comment
Suzanne Bragdon's avatar

As you have a wonderful story to share, undoubtedly so do they! Image the impacts of us all just reaching out a little bit, now and again, to people we don’t know. Even in our own backyards.

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

"hey there's some weird kid with a camera trying to buy fish, can I just give him a few so he'll go away?" haha

Expand full comment
MB's avatar

I love this. I ve been to Sorrento and can totally see this happening 😍

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

haha glad you liked it, hopefully brought back some memories

Expand full comment
Jeanine Kitchel's avatar

What a fun and great story. You nailed it!!

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

Haha thanks Jeanine!

Expand full comment
John Pedley's avatar

This all sounds so familiar, when we used to rent villas in Spain every year with hardly a word of Spanish.

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

I bet it was a great time! Sardines too??

Expand full comment
John Pedley's avatar

Before my wife and I moved to Spain permanently over 20 years ago, before Google Translate existed, we went into a patisserie in Ronda, Andalusia with 2 friends to order cakes. We could not remember what “four” was in Spanish, so we asked for “dos-dos”. If looks could have killed, but we got the four cakes.

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

Hahaha amazing

Expand full comment
Trevor Wilson's avatar

Great story Skylar, and I really like the accompanying photos too! I also prefer to visit coastal areas in the winter. The desolation somehow appeals to me.

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

Thanks Trevor! I totally agree, not much of a sunny beach person myself so the I appreciate the tranquil winter seasides

Expand full comment
Jenna Vandenberg's avatar

I’m with Steph and the skeptics, lol. Hopefully they were delicious

Expand full comment
Skylar Renslow's avatar

They were! Even Steph admits it haha

Expand full comment