Spain! Part III: Olive Trees, Mountains, and a Castle
Before I go any further, I have to mention the olive trees. As soon as we left Toledo, we started seeing olive trees. We avoided the big highway so we were driving right up...
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Spain! Part II: A glimpse of medieval times
Toledo is for many people a day trip from Madrid. We decided to spend a couple of nights there, to experience the famous medieval city in the evening when the crowds were thinner. Before...
Spain! Part I: Madrid
Here is the first installment of this trip. It’s amazing how long it takes to put these things together, especially without a real computer. Note that I can’t do much in the way of...
The Blue Mountains
With Marc off work for the weekend (well, at least until Sunday afternoon), we thought we’d get out of Sydney and see at least a little bit of another part of Australia. Unfortunately it’s...
Hello from Down Under!
Yup, I’m traveling again. Yay! Thought I’d share a few impressions of Sydney, Australia. All images are more or less straight out of the camera (limited editing on the iPad); there are many more,...
San Diego Dreaming
My first visit to San Diego was more than 25 years ago, on my honeymoon. (Who knew we’d be living in California only nine years later!) It’s always an interesting place to visit, so...
Going Home
So many of us live far from where we grew up. In my case, I moved from Montreal, Canada to California more than 15 years ago. After a while, the concept of home becomes...
India – Part 6
I’m back home now but wanted to share one last post from India. My last stop in India, Kochi is a short train ride from Alleppey. The train actually arrives in Eranakulam, a big...
India – Part 5
Always a few days behind thanks to painfully slow and sometimes nonexistent Internet access, I’m writing this from the Bangalore airport and will probably do a final post (or two) about this trip from...
India – Part 4
I’ve joined my sister and her family for three weeks of their six month trip to Southern India, and trying to share a bit of what I’m seeing. We hired a car and driver...