Category Archives: Travel
Home away from home
I’m not truly “home”, since home is now in Spain…but I am back in Montreal (with travel insurance to visit my own country, if you can imagine). My three month ticket return date came up, and since all my Spanish … Continue reading
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Dreams of fútbol
Last night, after 17 days in Barcelona, I dreamed of fútbol. Sure, I’m aware of the extreme passion people here feel for their (our) team, Barça — which includes meeting them with hate-filled protests at the airport and cursing them … Continue reading
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Catalonia Dreamin’
I’m Barcelona-bound, at last. I had seven months of visa-waiting (almost to the day). Now, seven weeks after that (precisely to the day), my house is under new ownership, my worldly possessions have been redistributed, given away, sold, or are … Continue reading
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Things in Spain are moving quickly
Note that I’m no longer talking about visas, or about my preparations to move, but rather about the AVE, the Spanish high-speed train, which today (February 20 when I started this post) made its first runs between Barcelona and Madrid. … Continue reading
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Noticias nuevas, por una vez…
Time for a short but sweet quiz… What is 2008? International Year of the Potato? International Year of Sanitation? International Year of Languages? International Year of Planet Earth? International Year of the Reef? Chinese Year of the Rat (starting February … Continue reading
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More pay-as-you-go (Air Canada)
Sigh. I flew on Air Canada to San Francisco on Friday. A nice flight, non-stop from Montreal, on an A319 with upgraded interior, comfortable seats, personal touch video screen. But — guess what? It looks as though they will start … Continue reading
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The Amazing Race (not the one you think)
I’m not talking about the TV show. Instead, I’m talking about the first edition of the Barcelona World Race. Nine teams, of two professional sailors each, are in a non-stop race around the world in 60-foot yachts. The race started … Continue reading
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“I think you look nice…”
I’ve never been the kind of guy to try to pick up women with come-on lines, and it was interesting (actually sad and/or funny) to see one in action. Something rarely seen in the wild, like out of a National … Continue reading
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Nature loves me…?
I’ve had a series of wonderful “nature moments” in the last week… I was awakened early Tuesday morning by a bugling bull elk outside my open window, expressing his rutting randiness with that eerie trumpeting sound. My goosebumps were not … Continue reading
Why we have rules…
…I know people always complain about warnings and rules, the things that companies and governments put in place “for our own safety.” As if we were stupid. People sometimes ask: What are we, children? Once in awhile, though, you get … Continue reading