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 …
It was an uneventful train journey on our next stop to Mestre (mess-tray) which is just over the bridge to Venice. Our Airbnb is a room with private water closet in a 4 bedroom apartment with a 300sq.ft terrace on the 3rd floor of a 10 storey building. The owner, an entrepreneur, and her 2 …
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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 27 After giving Avignon the once-over yesterday, checking out many historic sights and stopping at a few restaurants and very cool cafes and bars, it was time to stretch our legs out of town. Friday had us on the bus for a 45 minute ride to L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue which is enclosed by the river Sorgue …
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 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 …
It's been said that a can of Coke has the same number of calories as a bottle of beer, or a glass of wine, albeit with a shitload more sugar. Also a bottle of wine contains 4.3 glasses (6 ounces). So calorically-speaking we have consumed 42 cans of Coke each since we arrived in Spain …
Day 14 Fred and I decided to do a little site seeing on our own this morning before I stopped at our latest coffee spot. Fred has really warmed up to his new Spanish SIM card. Gone are the old days of laying on our counter back in Castlegar inhaling beside a glass of scotch …
Day 11-13 We've arrived in Valencia. Airport to city center by metro was seamless and our host's directions got us to our destination with minimum fuss. We will be sharing the flat of two 30-something architects who have recently completely a renovation of the premises. It's very nice with many tasteful touches which no doubt …
As we were loading up for our latest move I looked around me and double-checked my mental list. Small denomination Euros, check, credit card tucked away in my special place (Let's not get silly here people), check, sunglasses, check, Fred, check. Then I look up at Carol and she's thrusting the money belt towards me. …
Day 7-10 part 2 I have to admit the first stop in Madrid left a funny taste in my mouth, and it wasn't because Carol stuffed a sock in it to quiet my snoring. We were undoubtedly jet-lagged supremely but still it lacked the mucho gusto that I had anticipated for 7.2 months. It came …
Day 7-10 We had a near-death experience last night when we returned to our condo. It looked fatal initially but with sweaty palms, I, with Carol's calm demeanor backing me up, was able to save the victim. She had been laying face down for hours and we assumed everything was normal as that is her …
Day 4-6 part 2 Oh! oh! oh! I forgot to mention that we stopped at Orange, a huge wireless provider, and purchased new SIM cards for our phone! Just as Europe celebrates liberation from the Germans, we are now liberated from the stratospheric Canadian data costs. Ya stick it Telus!! Our new European plan includes …
Day 4-6 I'm adding a new feature this trip. Its called the TRS meter. The Travel Richter Scale which will gauge what impact the situation or town has had on us. As an example: An afternoon at Barcelonettta Beach on a sunny day is a TRS 9 or 10, a winter's evening doing anything in …
Day 3 Exhilarated upon arriving in Madrid, the culmination of 7.2 months of planning has finally arrived! Despite Spain not being an economic juggernaut the Madrid airport is impressive. Very spacious, to the point of needing an Uber golf cart to transport patrons from our terminal to Spanish Customs. Despite several videos showing antidotes to …
Day 1.5 - 2 The taxi came through and deposited us at Spokane airport with time to spare. In a mere hour and a half we were skyward on the first aerial leg of our wonderful adventure. Only 2 seats on each side of the aisle so I had no one to talk to (Carol …
Day 1 I booked our flight to Madrid 7.3 months ago and despite a myriad of possible choicess regarding travel points used and money added for convenient schedules I decided on the cheapest option . Partly just so I could inject into any random conversation that "Oh ya, were flying to Europe for $18" and …
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