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Tag Archives: Travel
Pisa
It’s 1000 and white stone gleams in the sunlight. Tourists flock with selfie sticks and expensive cameras. The museums and the tower are about to open; I can see the lines Just starting to snake forward to disappear inside structures … Continue reading
Tortola
First stop on this cruise is part of the British Virgin Islands. Which has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Carmen and I found WiFi at a Cafe/Bookstore. For whatever reason, it is just far enough away from … Continue reading
Paperwork
And here I thought it was going to be easy. Sit down with the computer, print out a few documents, slide them into the binders and be ready to go. After all, I packed the suitcase yesterday. But then I … Continue reading
Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen
It was a bracing 3*C as we started sailing up the Fjord to Longyearbyen It is easy to see the remains of the former coal mining operation As a large number of the mountains on the way in were just … Continue reading
St Kitts
The sun is shining, the weather is warm. It took about 15 minutes to tour the local museum (no pictures allowed) which does a nice job of summarizing the history of the island. Part of the explanation actually is obvious … Continue reading
baaaaaaccccckkkkkkk
in Mexico – Porto Vallerto as a matter of fact. The Internet on the ship has been down since before Guatemala – apparently the contract service is notoriously bad in this part of the world. The fact that RCI is … Continue reading
Will he ever get out?
We will not talk about getting back on Monday (Warsaw? Lovely airport, poor signage. I don’t read Polish which is really my issue not theirs) but trying to find the “transfer area” turned out to be a challenge. Even more … Continue reading
If I could buy at ticket
The following was much more amusing after the fact than during: Amtrak would not let me buy tickets on line because it was too short a notice from purchase to delivery. I was referred to their 800 number. Answering the … Continue reading
On her way
The last (and obviously youngest) of our four was born 19 years ago today in Washington DC. Like her older siblings, she showed up at a time that was most convenient to her. In kindness to her brother, she waited … Continue reading
Don’t pull the plug
Setting up a place to live from scratch for one of the off-spring transferring schools might be called a challenge. I have been leaving a lot out between the lines but have been called to task enough times in the … Continue reading
S Wabash
We will arrive in Chicago this morning. The plan is coordinated for us to get keys to the apartment followed by unloading the van. I figure that will give us a few hours to wander around the area before heading … Continue reading
People in Indiana
don’t walk anywhere. Really. The whole place is automobile dependent. Now, admittedly we are staying in a motel near the major freeway exchange just south of I-80/90. But sidewalks? Pedestrian lights? Not a chance. I got more than a few … Continue reading
Driving by
Fredrick, Hagerstown, Pittsburg, Youngtown and a lot of small tows whose names are unfamiliar. There are also those that I vaguely remember from driving the DC to Ft Drum route in 1990-1991. Gwen wasn’t thrilled but rode in the back … Continue reading
Woof
LaQuinta Inn – Jessup, MD Ms Soprano and the four footed blond arrived safe and sound. George had driven them to the airport in Frankfurt this morning their time. Checking them in at his ticket counter (something about being that … Continue reading
posting early
It is not all that early in the morning -not for someone who got the wakies at 0030 and finally caved at the magic 0200 in the morning. The good and the bad is that there is almost no one … Continue reading
Honningsvag
fraid there will not be photos today. It is not that it is Sunday and everything is closed. (Except for the museum which is closed for two weeks on another account). It is because the wind has been blowing, the … Continue reading
For Real
yes, it is for real that we are headed out again. I started the year with 60 days on the books. I earn 30 a year. Since I can not take leave after 1 Oct due to being in Afghanistan, … Continue reading
Le Havre
Back on shore, I think the Mole covered miela thia morning just walking around the city. I know that I did, partly just because I was looking for an In ternet connection. MacDonald’s is the answer here for free wiif. … Continue reading
Sydney, Nova Scotia
This is our last day in port till we see the French coast on the 18th. Docked at the port no more than a couple hundred meters from town we have arrived at Sydney. (Sydney is Cape Breton Island in … Continue reading
Bar Harbor
Since it is another day of going ashore by tender, of course the temperature has dropped, the wind is up and it looks like rain inbound. Bar Harbor is a lovely town, especially a couple blocks back from the main … Continue reading