This will be a long-ish post, but mostly pictorial, and I thought I’d begin by offering you the agenda: 1. I’ll transcribe my journal entry for yesterday; 2. I’ll make a claim about Zagreb (it’s…
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As promised, this watercolour sketch from the travel journal I’m gradually filling this trip. I should tell you that I began this page by trying to draw another very similar historical-architectural remnant, also being used…
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I haven’t been pen-and-ink sketching in my written journal much this visit, doing watercolour sketches in a separate journal instead (I’ll post my latest watercolour tomorrow or Wednesday, flaws and all). But a few mornings…
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So, let’s start with the bad news, and get that out of the way. . . Yes, against our faint hopes, our train tomorrow has been cancelled due to the SNCF work action. Luckily, we’d…
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We’re happily settled in our familiar hotel in Paris (such a warm welcome — the front desk clerk came out to give me a big hug! — made us up a tisane and then asked…
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