Yesterday we took a speedboat tour all the way from the end of the Bay of Kotor out into the Adriatic Sea. The entrance to the Bay was guarded by three fortresses, which were built in the 1800s to prevent enemy ships from entering. I wonder what they would think about a ship like this…
Category: TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Crowds in Prague
As I contemplated writing this I acknowledged that some, many, will take issue with my thoughts, I am fine with that since they are just mine. We are in Prague, I am sitting at a cafe in Old Town Square getting ready to sketch the building that holds the famous Astronomical Clock, it draws a…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Well……
We have always been light packers, a habit I picked up during my seminar travel days. We decided early in the planning for this trip, which begins today, that we would not check any bags. AND was that such a good decision. As we were doing a few things, so as to be ready to…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Fine dining
“And asparagus? My father would sooner have carried a twenty-dollar bill to his grave than spend it on some glamorous weed coated in cheese. But for me, dinner at a fine restaurant was the ultimate luxury. It was the very height of civilization. For what was civilization but the intellect’s ascendancy out of the doldrums…
TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Continuing the story II
I am continuing with the story of how I became theTravelsketcher and my life on the road, here is the link to the first post. It is the second day at the Ramada in Portland; a burger for dinner in the Bonzo Bill’s Sports Bar. Monday Night Football is playing, the Indianapolis Colts and the…