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"It was just an ocean of stars. And you\\u2019re in the middle of night. And it\\u2019s pitch black. You can\\u2019t see your hand in front of you. And\\u2026you just sit there and wait for the light."

Having a crazy dream is good. Making it come true is rapturous! And that\\u2019s what Betsy \\u201cLa Guapa" Gude did on the cusp of her 59th year, all-too-aware that 60 was not far off. One of her dreams was to cross the Atlantic on a ship, but not a luxury liner. As you\\u2019ll hear, her odyssey began when Betsy happened upon the Gale\\xf3n Andaluc\\xeda (a replica of wooden ships in Spain\'s 16th fleet) moored in Kingston, New York last summer. Barely a month later, she joined 23 strangers as part of the crew on the Gale\\xf3n\\u2019s three-week voyage (during hurricane season!) from Atlantic City to Spain. The trip offered a silence and a beauty that she could never have imagined ...and changed her forever.