Category: vacation
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With every stop, a new memory
We are back home after our semi-whirlwind tour of the east coast (I say semi, as our intrepid and younger friends Meagan and Jock have been doing a real deal whirlwind tour that you can read about at her blog). In my previous post, I mostly bitched and moaned about the hotel we stayed at…
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Travelling fools
Chuck and I are spending a week and a half on the east coast, visiting family and friends. We flew out rfom Long Beach on Jet Blue and landed at Dulles. The plan (okay, the plan I suggested) was to take the Metro from Dulles to downtown Washington. I know, you”re thinking “What Metro from…
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It’s all about the journey, right?
I had to remind myself that we were on our way home more than once over the course of today’s trip home. American Airlines managed to schedule our flights from Paris to Dallas then from Dallas to LA so close together that it was a mad scramble trying to to get through customs then get…
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So long and thanks for all the fish!
We spent our last day in Paris walking around enjoying the sunshine with lots of other people. We grabbed some baguette sandwiches and small bottles of Bordeaux and headed to the Seine to eat on the riverfront. It was lovely. We also took the little French netbook back to the Virgin Megastore in the Carousel…
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Reflections on a truly volcanic trip
All day long we have been watching plane after plane take off from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Normally I either wouldn’t notice, or if the sound was too close I’d find it annoying. Not today. Today it’s like the
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Our trip to England, in which we encounter sheep, castles, assorted other historical sites, and a volcano
We left Paris this past Tuesday and flew to Bristol to spend a few days with our friends Meagan and Jock. We’ve had a great couple of days, seeing southwest England and Wales. The weather has been great – sunny skies, no rain, you know, basically unusual weather for England! We have also seen more…
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