Dennis' brain from the inside.
This is the first in my Re-writes series where I take a snippet from a previous post, add more detail and offer a completely different perspective from the original telling. This is from Europe 2024 and our stay in Lyon. There will be 2 perspectives offered. The first being a scientific offering, and the second …
Just to tidy up a few loose ends from our time in Mestre/Venice. On our last day in that location we took our foot off the gas and decided that we had given Venice our best concerted effort and opted to spend the morning and afternoon with Megan who had to be back with the …
Today is our only full day in the Okanagan. It's already 6:30 pm and we have steeped ourselves in medium big-city living all day and are worked, napped, and fed. Carol has an armload of treasures that she's rescued from second hand shops plus a host of vegetation to take back home to spruce up …
It's going to be a busy day so we're up at dawn (dawnish... okay, it's 8:30). I go through my morning routine minus my date with the tub, while Carol organizes the suitcases, the in-car meal, the snacks, the itinerary, waters the plants, empties the garbage, sets the lamp timer, and locks the windows and …
By now the faithful reader has become accustomed to the entourage that accompanies us when we escape the confines of the West Kootenays. There is Fred, my Samsung S5 Neo; always looking for mischief, falling off tables, getting drunk in a puddle of beer, wrapped in his Otterbox Commuter shield. His current home screen shows …
February 27 It's a proven fact that middle-aged men can only hold their breath for 3 minutes and 14 seconds; after that they're left to contemplate if killing all those brain cells from the '70s till now was really worth it. Lounging under a palapa on the beach in front of our hotel, adorned only …
Carol and I were walking along the beach this morning hand in hand, staring into each other's eyes almost dream-like... no seriously, she was 20 feet ahead of me, hunched over with her eyes scanning the latest gravel pile looking for loot to weigh down our suitcase, her caboose in the air looking very unlady-like. …
Day 12 Feliz dÃa de San ValentÃn - Happy Valentine's Day the banner across the square trumpeted. It is Friday, Feb. 14th. This is a sad day on the calendar for seniors. Much like a single person spending Christmas in a strange town alone; for seniors it's a day when you remember what passion used …
Day 4-6 I've written in the past of my barber shop experiences in both Bucerias and in Montpeller at the barber school; both visual disasters. So it was with some trepidation that I set out on Thursday morning in my elusive search to find a stylist that could give my head the George Clooney treatment, …
Wednesday was supply day at the Mega which is a fun 15 minute ride away down the highway. A leisurely stroll took us up to the bus stop and we sat on the concrete bench waiting for either a bus or passenger van. Almost immediately a 12 person collectivo lurches to a stop and six …
Day 1-2 It's time to dust off my forefingers and get to the serious business of writing. It's been 7 months since I last opened my brain to the creative arts. February 2020 finds us in Bucerias, Mexico for the 8th? time. If it ain't broke don't fix it they say. Once more we're staying …
Day 31-37 Gee, where to start? I have been reading and eating instead of writing and will have to summarize the past several days. We spent our last day in Avignon going to a very cool English language book store where I purchased a book on Napoleon and Carol found something interesting also. Then we …
Day 30 Today's plan is to travel to Marseilles. France's second largest city and oldest, it is most commonly called gritty in the travel media. It's port has been used by entrepreneurs, pirates, and smugglers for centuries and continues to this day. We had booked our train the day before to make it as simple …
Day 28 The plan to begin the day was to arise after 10. Then lounge on the terrace while sipping on our steamed coffees from the Delonghi Dedica, chewing on toast with one of the many choices of home-made toppings, and feed each other cherries. Well, that was my plan. Carol's plan was to 'get …
Day 26 Carol and I were settling into our new place. We were laying out our clothes, shoes, bathroom items, and plugging in our devices... Hey! Where are the boys? Wilma and Julie were hanging by the bedside table checkin' out the latest videos from Tech Guru but the boys were nowhere to be found. …
Day 25 In the beginning... Dennis created an itinerary, and it was good. And God saw the itinerary and said 'Well done good and faithful servant' and blessed their first 24 days. (My apologies for the mashup from the Good Book). So far no stumbles, nothing lost, broken, or stolen; no stitches required, a few …
Day 24 part deux Okay, this is a pivotal moment in my life. I freak out when I see my shadow for crying out loud! A marine cut would be an upgrade. What did I say that the stylist would think that 'this guy wants the worst haircut in his 66 years of life on …
Day 24 This is our last full day in Montpellier and we've seen most of what we wanted to see so it will be an even more leisurely day than normal. There's time to tidy up loose ends like go to the bank and get my hair cut. I always enjoy getting my mane trimmed …
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Day 23 It was a slow sleep night so my mind was all over the place. There was the dream where I was working in an office at a large factory and I was having a bath and a Swedish school tour group walks in. Then there's the more common one where you're trying to …
Day 20 I was torn on what to write. I have been doing a lot of existential thinking these past couple of days and how travel is changing my world view. It was really starting to make sense and I felt I could condense my thoughts and make it readable and relatable. I was also …
Day 14 part 2 To take advantage of free museum weekend we started nearby at the Centre del Carmen which features artifacts and art from the 20th century. It's housed in a 13th century convent which has been preserved and offers a vegetation-laden courtyard surrounded by three stories of large display areas. While there were …
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