Category: travel
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Two weeks in Europe: Part 1
A certain someone turned 70 on March 8. That seemed like a pretty big deal, so to celebrate we took a trip to France and Germany, mostly seeing things we’d never seen before. We started the trip in Paris. Well, the adventure really started on the flight from LAX to Paris. We flew Air France…
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Catching Up, Part 2: East Coast Travels
In this episode  of catching up with myself, I reflect on our recent (early Nov 2016) trip to Washington, DC. our purpose was to join the family in a tribute 5K for my brother, who lost his battle with Multiple Myeloma in late Jan. He and a bunch of friends and family had been doing this…
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Catching Up, Part 1: Sightseeing in the Upper Peninsula, or not, as the case may be
This is the start of a series of catch-up blog posts. I fell off the wagon of writing, and had a hard time getting started again. Life sometimes just gobsmacks you, and you have to roll with it and have faith you’ll come out on the other side. So here I am on the other…
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Change of scenery
After a few months of nose-to-the-grindstone working, we went to Austin, on points (thanks, Chase Sapphire!) for my post-birthday in mid-October. Neither of us had ever been to Austin, so it seemed like a good destination for a short vacation. We were there for three days, so it was a bit of whirlwind trying to cram…
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Saying goodbye to Scotland
We just wrapped up two days in the Highlands of Scotland, staying in Inverness. The weather was lovely – cool and breezy but little rain so it was perfect for walking around. We took the train from Stirling and arrived in the early afternoon. Our hotel room wasn’t ready so we left our bags and…
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Heading north
After our brief sojourn in London, we took the train to Edinburgh, where we spent two days and nights. It rained when we arrived which made for a miserable walk from the train station to the hotel, but it soon cleared up and we had a nice evening exploring the town and enjoyed an excellent dinner…
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