Anne and I are back from our vacation in Nova Scotia, and both back at work, in my case, for the first time in a couple of months. It’s good to be back at it, but it’s hard not to wish we were still in Nova Scotia if for no other reason than the extended […]
Anne and I had a great long weekend in New York to celebrate her birthday. We went to see Der Rosenkavalier at the Met, had a couple of excellent meals, and spent three afternoons in, respectively, the new-ly renovated MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Guggenheim. And we got to see Paul, Kelly, Neil and […]
We had a lovely holiday in B.C. and Oregon for Christmas. We started out by spending a few days on Salt Spring Island visiting Kate, and then had five days with Jean and Doug in Oregon. The weather throughout was very good (well, there was one day of rain in Oregon, but that’s pretty good) […]
I’ve posted a whole lot of honeymoon pictures, mostly taken by Anne. These came off the digital camera — there’s a couple of rolls of film that needs to be processed, too. Only a couple of wedding pictures available so far, but the photographer thinks the proofs will be ready by the end of the […]
Home! Our last day of non-travel in Europe was a long, rather packed day in Munich. We spent most of the day in the wonderful Deutsches Museum, a terrific science museum that could have swallowed two whole days without any trouble at all. I particularly enjoyed the boats, trains and planes — and they have […]
3:35pm, Venizia. Sunny and 28°C. We’ve been truly blessed with the weather on this trip — with a couple of slightly hazy days and a cloudy morning exception, it has been sunny throughout. Indeed, in Florence it was slightly too hot — but here in Venice it’s been delightful. As indeed has been the city. […]
11:50, Siena. We had a lovely day driving through Tuscany in our little Smart car which we have named “Principessa”. After heading out of Florence (a very lengthy procedure involving many wrong turns) we headed south through increasingly interesting terrain towards Montalcino. We stopped for a picnic lunch with a bottle of Rosso in the […]
3:30pm, Florence A quick note on the wonderful food we’ve been enjoying: Sausage-dogs and beer in a Munich beer garden, refreshing and slightly gassy. A lovely raclette (melted cheese on potatoes with pickles on the side) in Zurich. Lots of fish dishes, especially involving anchovies (salty!) in Cinque Terre. Plus a specialty dish of “the […]
Vernazza, Italy. 6:17pm. An abbreviated travel post just to catch up to where we are today… We haven’t had much time for diary entries so I’m composing on the spot. Anyone who was at the wedding will be in no doubt how happy we were. It was truly a perfect day — perfect weather, perfect […]
The photos of the trip are up. I’ll have to fill in the details, but here’s the summary of the rest of the trip: Friday night, Aug. 8, concert, drinks at the Duke of Duckworth. Saturday, drive to Corner Brook with lunch at the Irving gas station in Gander, drinks at Murleys’. Sunday, church a.m., […]