A Barcelona Hotel . . . Curious?

I don’t know how you search out hotels in new cities you’re visiting, but I’ve been very lucky over the past few years and I thought perhaps you’d like to compare notes. Up until a…

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Knitting in the Sun On a West Coast Tuesday . . . Ah, Summer!

 I’m finally sleeping until past 5 in the mornings now, so well and truly back on Pacific Daylight time. Can’t stay in bed much past 5 though, especially with the sun beckoning so sweetly.  This…

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Why Bordeaux? Check out the Plensa, for a Start. . .

Our Paris friend wondered what it was that we liked about Bordeaux. Many things, we answered, particularly the riverfront promenade, the central square in front of the Opera house, the friendliness of its inhabitants, particularly…

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Joys of Jet Lag — The Short List!

 As you can see, I’m not yet over the jet lag, but that does have the advantage of allowing me to watch a sunrise from start to finish.  We’re nestling back into the home routine,…

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Mainland to Big Island to little island. . . Almost Home

We’ve managed a few things on my Glad-to-be–Home list . . . Visited all our Vancouver kids yesterday, delighting in everyone’s obvious happiness and well-being, the granddaughters thriving, one family having moved into a new…

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