2023
A splendid visit to Cynthia's new home in this most delightful town in Chiapas, Mexico.
At Michi's on Lake Chapala.
Camarillo and a night with Steve and Celina-Paso Robles and a night with Susan and Fred-Morro Bay three nights with The Girls at Beckys-Santa Barbara a quick visit with Nancy-HOME!
2021
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2022
Reykjavik, Iceland
Þingvellir National Park, The Golden Circle, and The Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland
Mountains, gravel roads, PUFFINS, The Diamond Circle, and the Troll Peninsula, Iceland
and Horses, Iceland
We stayed in Roma Norte, visited all around town, and had some excellent walking tours.
A splendid visit to Cynthia's new home in this most delightful town in Chiapas, Mexico.
2021
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2021
Windy and I, fully vaccinated, heading south for a few days of looking at something different.
LA-Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo-Morro Bay-Pinnacles National Park-3 nights at The Ranch-San Francisco-Sacramento-3 nights at Lake Tahoe-June Lake, Mammoth, Manzanar, Home Sweet Home.
Collection of posts referencing The Incident.
It's a helluva town.
Les and Elizabeth and FUN.
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2020
The I-15, Road of Roadside Attractions
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2019
Aloha for FLOWERS.
It was 1984 when I sailed away from Helsinki Finland after a grueling work stint and, so exhausted, I cried for not having had the chance to visit St. Petersburg.
'Estonia..performs favorably in measurements of economic freedom, civil liberties, education, and press freedom. Citizens are provided with universal health care, free education..' and more!
According to UNESCO, the Art Nouveau Capital of the World!
I was here for the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way which was an excellent treat.
Back to the not-so-long-ago past, home of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Lapland and the High Coast with Lill and her squad: Tony, Jim, Rick, Baby, Marita. Nice!
PHASE TWO at Per and Marita’s House. Eslöv, Lund, Lovestad-Kyrka-Sjöbo-etc, Malmö.
YAY, Christmas and the following Thanksgiving.
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2018
Six hours a day five days a week for three weeks: Spanish Class, total elapsed time 9am-4:30pm. Then excursions, parties, homework. Yikes is right.
1) HoHo City Tour on the Turibus. 2) Monarch Migration and surrounding area
Oh goodie, back in the Garden Isle with a plan to visit all the Farmers Markets we can find.
Windy and Darnelle and Travis and family. It's 100 degrees up in here.
First stop in a big city run through the East coast of South America. Here you'll find many of Rio's greatest hits.
Only four short nights.
2 nights in Argentina 1 night in Brazil 1 night in Argentina
Two weeks of Spanish class and two weeks of fun.
Adventure by bus for two nights at an estancia, two nights in Paysandú, and two nights in Colonia de Sacramento.
A few days before Uruguay and then back in November. Also San Antonio de Arecos
Mostly with Michi in Chapala.
Last week in December and first week in January. Mostly KAI! Also a few days in August, another visit in September, and yes, mostly KAI.
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2017
We visited churches this year since Easter was late and we could catch all the decorations.
Driving around, catching up with Christa, and YAY the Merrie Monarch.
Fantastic Sydney bookends to this trip. June 11-16 and July 29-August 3.
Canberra June 16-20: The nation's capital, and Relatives! Melbourne June 20-23: A very fine city.
Including a bus tour of the mountains. And it's cold. June 23-July 1.
Western Australia Camels and sunsets and a tour of the Danpier Peninsula - July 1-7.
The Northern Territory, Darwin+ and The Red Center. July 8-13 Darwin, Kakadu, Arnhemland. July 13-18 Alice Springs, Uluru.
Queensland! Cairns, Port Douglas, Lady Elliot, and Brisbane, including two visits to The Great Barrier Reef! July 18-July 26 And then back to Sydney for my last few days.
2007 With Ken and Bill and Cheryl. What's there to do in KC? I'll let you know! 2017 AND THEN The Total Eclipse Of The SUN!
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2016
I'm hoping for some pictures of fish with my new underwater camera!
This is going to be amazing.
From Cuenca to Quito and a week of homestay and Spanish class.
At home and a visit to Madison and The LAKE!
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2015
Mostly Manila plus a day trip to Tagaytay and the Taal Volcano and surrounding area.
So cleeean...
Sometimes I surprise myself ...Kuala Lumpur... interesting!
Oh my goodness, by road from Yangoon to Mandalay.
Chiang Mai: the Chiang Mai Flower Festival Parade and elephants.
Mostly Luang Prabang, a handsome and expectedly touristified UNESCO World Heritage town.
A capital city.
With Chris and Dave and TREES.
All family all the way.
OOOO LA LAA! Street Art of the 13th, with Brigitte and Knut at Versailles, with Windy at Giverny, with Darnelle and Tony in the Latin Quarter, the omg Sainte-Chapelle.
W/Lill: Mont Saint Michel and Chartres (Road Trip!), Champs Elysees (etc) and the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Montmartre; w/Windy: church tour; w/Windy and Darnelle: a fine outing with Tony. Also W&D …
Enjoying around Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Also the Pompidou; Deyrolle; Museum of the Army and Napoleon's Tomb; tours with Alain, Street Art, The Sewer Tour(!); Musees Carnavalet, Picasso; and Rodin; Jardin du Luxembourg
A little of a lot of places I've already been; the gargoyles of Notre Dame; lunch and a walk-about with Tony; D-Day beaches of Normandy; Musee d'Orsay.
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2014
Roger and Sandy, Wedded Bliss, and more.
ALOOOHA! Back in the bosom of the Garden Isle. Let's do BIRDS.
Mostly Naxos and Santorini plus short visits to Piraeus, Delos, and Mykonos. Welcome to Greece!
Rhodes and Symi, two very recommendable places.
Last leg!
Lefkada, Corfu, and a day trip to Romania(!), a day trip to Paxos and the Blue Caves, and the Monasteries of Meteora.
Nafplio, Mystras/Sparta, and Ancient Olympia, home of so many amazing archeological sites including Mycenae and Epidaurus.
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2013
Mostly Santo Domingo with a swing by Boca Chica during a first visit in a long time to a Caribbean island.
Big Old American Cars and so much more.
Visiting Cienfuegos, Trinidad, Playa de Guanabo, and Viñales, and dancing salsa with fine Cuban gentlemen.
Name That Car!
Aloha! and Congratulations! to Camas and Curt on their upcoming nuptials, which is why we're here in June instead of the usual March or April.
When I told Rome I was going to Ireland her eyes widened and brightly she exclaimed 'Leprechauns!'.
Thanks to Stephen for all the interesting and lively conversation and helping make Belfast come alive.
Scotland: Edinburgh and Glasgow. Wales: Caernarfon, Conwy, and Cardiff.
London, Salisbury, Stratford-Upon-Avon and many lovely places in between.
A gathering...
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2012
We can hardly believe it ourselves but there are Still places we haven't visited on Kauai.
Maui WOWeee.
A short visit for Fireworks From The SKY.
Getting a car in Bozeman and we're off!
Road Trippin', and loving it.
Including a visit to Vac and a couple of nights in Sopron.
Happy Birthday to My Little Sister!
It's great, just as everyone says, and they are two wild and crazy guys. Including four nights in the charming Brno.
An interesting and historic University town.
Dresden, Leipzig, Stadthagen/Hanover, and other interesting places.
A Major Capital City for dang sure.
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2011
With Cynthia for her birthday and to meet Mike and Kieran, and to go Ice Fishing!
It's party hearty with friends and family come to call.
Big! it is!!
From Johannesburg, Clarens and the Drakensbergs, Golden Gate Highlands National Park and Royal Natal National Park, guest farm stays, Durban, the St Lucia area including Hluhluwe-iMfolozi and iSimangaliso Wetland Park.
Sixteen nights safari with Bushways, in a TENT.
Livingstone, Lusaka, 'Up Country' with the Peace Corps and Approriate Technology, and the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage.
I see why everyone who comes here loooves Cape Town.
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2010
I wonder what glories this year will bring.
The more the merrier!
Mer-Hah-Bah!
A fairy land indeed.
Including East Jerusalem, Masada, the Dead Sea.
Caesarea, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and Akko.
Mostly Rome, the Eternal City.
A very hip and cool place!
In Fort Myers for Kim's Wedding, with visits to Sanibel and Cristobal Islands.
In Yorktown, Jamestown, and Williamsburg with Alex and Carol on Nepenthe in the York river.
Our nation's capital, site of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, as well as other interesting things.
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2009
I wonder what glories this year will bring.
The more the merrier!
Mer-Hah-Bah!
A fairy land indeed.
Including East Jerusalem, Masada, the Dead Sea.
Caesarea, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and Akko.
Mostly Rome, the Eternal City.
A very hip and cool place!
In Fort Myers for Kim's Wedding, with visits to Sanibel and Cristobal Islands.
In Yorktown, Jamestown, and Williamsburg with Alex and Carol on Nepenthe in the York river.
Our nation's capital, site of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, as well as other interesting things.
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2008
Lucas, Betsy, Xander, and Anya are Coming HOME!
Or should I say 'BarTHElona'?
Cynthia studied Spanish here!
Holy-ca-moley.
But first getting there with no money...and tine in Sintra.
With Alberto Rosa and his Mom.
Sequoia, Yosemite, Our State's Capitol, and a rally in support of Public Education
A one-nighter tourista pass through San Diego with Cynthia.
With Leigh, and Garrison Keillor!
Coolest condo happenin' and the North Cascades National Park.
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2007
Hangin' with the fam, the Georgia Aquarium, CNN, MLK Jr Historic Sites, Atlanta Underground, and Ree and Gary's home.
Low-country, High-fun.
To Kat and Steve's mansion(!), Ann's Poppa's home, and a quick stop in Washington DC in the Snow.
A return visit with Sharon (Mahalo Sharon) and this time Betty and Cousin Nancy were there too.
Across the top third of the South Island, east to west...Christchurch-Akaroa-Arthur's Pass-Hokitika
(managed almost 2 weeks of the 6 week plan) The Glaciers-Queenstown-Milford Sound-Dunedin-Oamaru
The first week of classes, the Alhóndiga de Granaditas, Pipila, and a SpecTacular 28 Septembre Independence Day Parade.
Don't miss Me and Mr Salsa himself, the Cervantino Festival, the Museo de las Momias and the Diego Rivera Museum.
Dia de La Raza, CELEP, Restaurant Cha Cha Cha, Churches, Plaza Grande and Plaza Chica, more around lovely Pátzcuaro.
Janitzio, which means 'where it rains', Tzintzuntzan, Santa Fe de La Laguna, Santa Clara, Gringo Gultch, and Ice Cream.