Do it in Cake
Cake tastes better than pavement, and other things I learned today.
Click (gently) on the ballet dancer for details.
Timbuktu and Tuktoyaktuk
We are considering a couple of winter holiday ideas.
Click on your preference, and we can chat about it.
Gin-Scented Tears
This is a working telephone. I keep it as a reminder of better days in the telecommunications industry.
Click on the dial for details…
Hate, or Hard Work
When you sleep with an elephant and that animal cocks its leg to fart, you have a right, indeed an obligation, to register an objection.
Click on the pachyderm for a long-winded warning.
An Edible Dormouse
Dormice aren’t really mice, technically they are squirrels, but I still wouldn’t eat one.
Click on the Slovenian delicacy for details.
Tough, and Reliable
Never take a rubber mallet to a fist fight, and other things we learned in Velden am Wörthersee.
Click on either pistol for a full run-down….
Pork Chops
The biggest pig I have ever seen in my life came loping out of the ditch and crossed the road.
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Until László Returns
“The English Patient” might have the most tragic ending in all of cinema.
Click on László Almásy’s passport photo for details.
One For the Road
It is good to have working feet today. My driving skills have been seriously impaired.
Click on our preferred mode of transport in Bratislava for details….
Live is Life
Bear and I attended the Vienna State Opera House last night.
Click on either Romeo or Juliette to learn more.
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Forgotten Island Wine (revised)
We intend to do our best to restore Madeira wine to its former glory by drinking it in quantity while we are on the island. Clink the glasses to hear more. Read more
The Fortunate Isles
The magnificent tree on the left was planted in 1870, nineteen years before Frederik Bekker landed on the Azores. Click on the Metrosidero tree for the full story. Read more