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Bremen
For a few years I made regular trips to Hamburg to meet with some clients (and friends) who lived there. On the last visit we flew to London and took the Chunnel to Brussels where we stayed for three days and then took the train to Bremen for a one day stay. While the weather […]
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Cologne
I visited Cologne as a boy with my grandparents and never forgot the overpowering immensity of its great Gothic cathedral. Recently, due to the vagaries of traveling on points I found myself at Dusseldorf airport with a long layover before heading on to Rome. Not wanting to waste the day I took the train to […]
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The Big Island
Hawaii or the Big Island as everybody seems to call it was our last stop on our Hawaiian adventure and it turned out to be the most surprising. Of all the small Hawaiian cities we visited I would easily put Kona-Kailua at the top in terms of combining history, natural beauty and a really […]
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Andorra
I had just finished a solo hiking trip in La Garrotxa National Park in northern Spain when I found myself with a few days to kill before meeting Alison in Madrid where she was attending the World Oil Conference. Looking at maps for some inspiration I realized that the tiny country of Andorra was nearby and […]
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Barcelona
We came to Barcelona on our second visit to Spain and found an incredibly vibrant city that frankly, made me feel a little on the old side. Everything in Barcelona seems to be aimed at the young, beautiful people that throng La Rambla and the city’s very clean beaches. The main attraction of course was […]
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Blue Cruise, Lycian Coast, Turkey
Turkey is one of my very favourite countries. I find the people very hospitable and the food great. While I am no fan of large boat cruising, a Blue Cruise is something completely different; small wooden vessels called gulets usually host no more than twenty guests with three of four crew members. We took our Blue Cruise […]
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Autumn in Humber Valley
Western Newfoundland is a place I have grown to love during quite a few visits over the past decade, however, the reason for this visit was the marriage of Julia Smart, a former associate who had returned to her home town of Corner Brook to work for Legal Aid, then under the direction of my […]
From the road
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March 29th, 2023
@Going4theGreen If it really is a 35 minute drive at any time, then yes. But if it might take an hour in rush hour, then no.
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March 28th, 2023
With some time before leaving Saigon for Phnom Penh I managed to finish this post on Isabela in the Galapagos.… https://t.co/w0XaqcG8Q3
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March 27th, 2023
Vietnam has its own version of Angkor Wat at the ancient Cham site of My Son. Unfortunately the Americans bombed th… https://t.co/GlhMvlVS09
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March 24th, 2023
I didn’t know they still had re-education camps in Vietnam until we got sent to one.
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