Not sure if temperatures below 92F qualify as cool, but compared with the 99-100F we have had it seemed better, or maybe we are just acclimating a bit. I got out on a few afternoons just for sketching, quite nice. Since I am contemplating switching to oils from acrylics I have been using Procreate to…
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Music, monastery, castle, and smoky food
How can you not love Dublin? On my way to find a barber, I listened to a Gaelic singer playing a harp, how cool is that? We kicked it up a notch or two in Dublin. Temple Bar is the heart of the action in Dublin, it is also the name of popular place for…
Sidelined by a microbe in Nanterre
Last Wednesday the homeless viruses of the area decided they needed a place to hang out, and I was chosen to be their AirBnb. In spite of the efforts of the Airborne that we took I succumbed to their invasion for a few days of coughing and sniffing. Thankfully for me, they checked out yesterday,…
Dubrovnik, should be on your bucket list
We are in Dubrovnik. OK, so let me confess to some things before we go on. In general, when Tricia asks me about places I want to travel to I usually don’t have much input. So it seems that I am lukewarm to her suggestions. The reality is that I don’t have a bucket list…
Milan to Amsterdam to Split, oh my
When we started planning this trip many months ago it was pretty simple – Tuscany/Umbria then Croatia. Like some Bill passing through Congress we added a bunch of addendums along the way. All of our trips start with a two hour train ride to Paris, then an airplane or more trains from there. Since all…