When all else fails, we do continue to eat. Our B&B serves. Breakfast, and not just hard rolls. More about that later. The best news- We are in the best bed and breakfast yet. Among other things, We have hot water! We have antibiotics! ( For Elaine) We have beds, and private bathrooms. We have …
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I really had done a blog post this morning, but the wee ones that determine such things performed a bit of Bloggery, and it disappeared. My apologies- I am sure it was the best one I ever wrote… But, it is gone, and now I write at the tail end of a day instead of …
A final farewell to Genoa is in order. We are juggling cars, luggage, people and aiming for a morning at the port where the boat show is in progress. We have an old friend, now in a nursing home, to visit for a final goodbye to her. It was she who first , several years …
We are arrived – at least six of us. John is our later arrival, our stateless cousin, if the Consulate doesn’t help him out with a new passport tomorrow when the office opens. The beginning of our Italian journey chapter 2019, began in Venice this morning with the arrival of a van at the airport …
Last night we completed the police report filed with the help of Barcelona’s Boys in blue, some wonderful guys at a station nearby. They were great; that is – understanding, helpful and kind. Thanks Vincent and #411… Today, we headed to the airport, where our plans unraveled faster than a good dream. The airport, metro …
Yesterday was slightly different as an energetic level. We finished off our Gaudi experience with a walk all over the roofs and apartments of la Pedreras, the residential building designed by Gaudi, whose owner lived in the first floor 14,000 foot apartment amid the most unique home around anywhere. You should be saying – who …
Day one has gone superbly well, and my feet are blistered, my tummy is distended, and my heart is full. We’ve had such a run at Barca’s things to do all day. We made it to the Basilica (Sagrada Familia), and with a group or 18 or so people, we toured – following a red-risen-fly-swatter …
I know I said that I was fried, but now I really mean it. I am blessed beyond belief with friends, family, ideas, and things to do. It is this amazing life-robust and juicy. Lew and I are busy as bees in the fall, trying to get our acts together in time to leave tomorrow …
September 10,2019 The things to accomplish in the next five days seem lively. Those things involve work, fun, responsibilities, keeping up; paying bills ahead of time; vehicle registration, ahead of time; completing commitments due; funeral plans-just in case; laundry; doctors appointments; renewing prescriptions; sleeping, while entertained by John Lennon singing “Watching the world go round”to …
Hello to you friends, and family. I am trying to join the world of blogging, in this case specifically, a travel blog, and more specifically, our 2019 trip to Barcelona and Italy. I like to write out new experiences as they happen, given my memory (that of a love-sick- mosquito) This is a personal blog …
