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Tuesday, 10 May 2011 | Views [1055]
San Miguel is the largest of the Azores, a chain of volcanic islands that rise from the mid-Atlantic ridge. They gave Portugal a real edge during the age of exploration in the 15 th Century and were a strategic base during WW II, first for the ... Read more >
Tags: still cruising
Monday, 9 May 2011 | Views [1510]
We were very lucky when it came to
our tablemates, although they may have a different opinion of us. Gregg and Laura both work for
Boeing. He is with NASA’s manned
space flights and will retire after the final shuttle mission and I think ... Read more >
Tags: cruisin
Sunday, 8 May 2011 | Views [1110]
It’s hard to know exactly with the
almost daily time changes but we have been cruising for about a week now. The weather has been good to us up till
now. Today is cloudy and much
cooler. The barometer is dropping
and the seas are rising.... Read more >
Wednesday, 4 May 2011 | Views [734]
It’s possible to eat healthy aboard
the ship, but judging from the lines (both food- and waist-) not many do. Each night one of the dinner offerings
– appetizer, main course and dessert – total fewer than 800 calories – but only
one. No ... Read more >
Tags: cruisin
Monday, 2 May 2011 | Views [860]
It’s a pretty good bet that my ancestors (and yours) that
immigrated to the US came by steamship from Ireland. So it is fitting that we are leaving in much the same way,
although a bit more posh. And
while their first view of America was ... Read more >
Tags: cruisin
Monday, 2 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
From Texas to Spain by Ship
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Thursday, 28 Apr 2011 | Views [751]
We packed the car, locked the doors and put out the trash for the last time on Sunday. April 24 is our anniversary and we wanted it to be memorable. We spent it at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, where we were married 17 blissful years ago. Then ... Read more >
Saturday, 23 Apr 2011 | Views [722]
"What are you bringing with you?" is the second most asked question. The first, of course, is "You're moving where ?" Well, you bring as much for 10 years as you bring for three months - or two weeks. We each have one wheelie bag ... Read more >
Sunday, 17 Apr 2011 | Views [800]
It has been two months since our last entry and all I can say is I am so sorry! Let me try to catch you up. Selling a house in these trying times is not for the faint-of-heart. There are just too few potential buyers and way too many homes for sale.... Read more >
Friday, 25 Feb 2011 | Views [989]
The house is on the market but there are still things to be taken care of - mending fences, the kind Robert Frost rhymed of, not those of the inter-personal type, although there are several of those that are also suffering from neglect. Or were those ... Read more >
Friday, 18 Feb 2011 | Views [746]
So said Caesar as he prepared to cross the Rubicon. For us it’s not a river to be crossed,
it is the Atlantic Ocean. Unlike old Julius, who just wanted to return to Rome, our goal is to see the
world beginning with Europe. We have been ... Read more >
Tuesday, 25 Jan 2011 | Views [669]
The kitchen guys have been gone for a week now and we are getting things back to rights. Our cherry floors suffered some damage from the electrician's ladder but he sent us a check for a couple of hundred bucks as a peace offering. All in all we ... Read more >
Monday, 10 Jan 2011 | Views [833]
Sarah Palin must be the goddess of American construction workers!
Now we know where the conservatives work; construction. When he heard we had lived in Africa, the electrician told
me of his hunting safari in Namibia.
He only shot ... Read more >
Sunday, 9 Jan 2011 | Photo Gallery
How to leave everything behind
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Saturday, 8 Jan 2011 | Views [958]
I know we shouldn’t get attached and make selling a house
personal but it’s easier said than done.
When the realtor tells you that the colors you picked out and have lived
with for a decade aren’t what the buyers want, you just smile and ask, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 5 Jan 2011 | Views [882]
“When I was very young
and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people
that maturity would cure this itch.
When years described me as mature, the remedy prescribed was middle age. In middle age I was assured ... Read more >
Tags: in the beginning
