The first morning it is hard to wake up. I am deep in vivid dreams and I just want to sleep. But the pull and excitement of the day wakes me up. Even with all our planning we had neglected to deal with the phone. Jane and I have a long tradition of calling each other from airport… Continue reading Hello Halifax
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Learning to Trust: A Blanche Dubois Moment
These past few years have made me more guarded towards strangers. On the personal level–on the level of our everyday lives–we’ve been lucky with our health and quite happy, but politically it’s been challenging. After the past six years or so, I feel closer to misanthropy than optimism about my fellow humans, and have real… Continue reading Learning to Trust: A Blanche Dubois Moment
Staying in Gràcia
Barcelona 2020 In our past visits to Barcelona we’ve stayed in the Eixample district of the city, but we have always been drawn to Gràcia, the area beyond Ave. Diagonal. Gràcia’s smaller buildings, narrow alleyways, numerous plaças and limited tourists give it a distinctive feel. Even though it is deeply urban, the pace seems just… Continue reading Staying in Gràcia
Reboot: Oh Canada!
Kitty and I started this blog as a way to help us record our travels, stay in touch with friends and family, and hopefully provide worthwhile information for others who might be planning trips. When we retired in 2018 we expected to travel regularly, but like so many others found our plans delayed due to… Continue reading Reboot: Oh Canada!
Caravaggio Delights
Lorena has booked us a wonderful hotel in the center of Baden by Wein. It is fun to compare hotel life to Airbnb apartment life. We traveled so many years staying in pensions two or three nights. The best was/is going down for breakfast. We had lunch so late yesterday that we skipped dinner. So, we were hungry and we… Continue reading Caravaggio Delights
Last Day in Valencia
It’s our last day in Valencia. We are awakened by a text on my phone informing us that our flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta has been cancelled. We move into action and quickly rebook for Monday and communicate with our Asheville folks about the change of plans. We manage that before coffee. We buy more… Continue reading Last Day in Valencia
Page County, VA
Kitty and I rented a VRBO home for the first week in October in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We hadn’t been away from Asheville since January, and were looking for somewhere within a day’s drive that was dog-friendly. Initially we looked for homes on lakes, but as Kitty was actively exploring my genealogy, and… Continue reading Page County, VA
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