All day I say to myself, “I need to blog about this – no, about this, no about this, or what about this?” So it comes down to that I wish anyone reading this could be with me on this trip. It really is turning out to be even more delightful than I had imagined. […]
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Spain and Portugal – Post #3
October 16th, 2014 · No Comments · Art, Food, Garden, Learning Spanish, Museums, Musings, photo of the week, retirement, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, Spain & Portugal 2014, travel
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Let’s do the numbers…
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel
We’ve been home for over a week now, yet we’re still adjusting in many ways. We seem to be back on the right time zone, which thanks to the ocean crossing really went pretty easily. We arrived only about 2 – 3 hours off. We still seem to want to eat different amounts of food […]
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Our post-trip Trip
June 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, travel, Uncategorized
Anyone reading this from the 60s-70s generation might need read no further; you probably get the general idea! Two days home and we’re beginning to adjust. The time changes that happened on board the ship helped a great deal – but not entirely. We seem to be about 3 hours off still, not bad for […]
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The Queen Mary 2 takes us home!
June 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Itinerary, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, travel, Uncategorized
Sorry to be out of touch for so long! We boarded the Queen Mary 2 on June 2 and we haven’t been able to connect (they did have internet but at 50 cents a minute). This morning we watched the sun rise over the Statute of Liberty as we arrived in NY . We are […]
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England
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments · eating, Itinerary, Learning Spanish, Sabbatical trip, Site Seeing, Uncategorized
We had a great train ride through the Chunnel from Paris to London. It’s actually a rather “boring” ride in terms of the scenery (and at least 1/2 hour is spent in the tunnel). We enjoyed first class and were served a nice luncheon type meal while enjoying cozy seats. I was worried about my […]
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