San Juan, Puerto Rico Saturday, November 24, 2018 Land ho! It's been 8 days since we left our last port of call in Spain, at Málaga. We were to have had two more stops in The Canaries. But, due to weather, and trying to out-run an enormous storm in the North Atlantic, we were not […]
Barcelona, Spain Saturday, November 10, 2018 La Boqueria (Mercat de la Boqueria) This is one of the big things we were looking to do in Barcelona – aside from the Sagrada Família and the Modernist architecture, of course – was La Boqueria. Located off famous La Rambla, this massive food market had something for everyone. […]
For this recipe, check with your local wild mushroom seller to find out what varieties would go best with the tarragon. We’ve made this a number of times using whatever varieties were availabe at the time: lobster, cauliflower, white and red chantrelles which, in the Pacific Northwest, are available in late summer into fall. We […]
March 2018 I don’t often get to travel for my day job. But when I do, my company sends me to some far-reaching places. The past March was one such opportunity. In December 2017, I found out I would be going to Africa, Tanzania, specifically. I assumed that someday I’d get the chance to go […]
Celebrated two birthdays with friends. It was snowing so our friends were delayed, we were seated without them. That’s a big deal when the website clearly says all in the party need to be there to be seated and your table might be released after 15 minutes. Who knows if we just benefited from the […]
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Barcelona, Spain November 2018 Here are a few more photos of the Oceania Riviera from our trip from Barcelona, Spain to Miami, Florida. November 13-28, 2018. The Riviera has an amazing number of dining venues for a ship of its size. There's The Grand Dining Room, Terrace Café (the buffet), and the poolside Waves Gill. […]
Barcelona, Spain November 2018 A House that Gaudí Built – Actually, his first Gaudí’s First House: Casa Vicens, Carrer de les Carolines, 20-26 Barcelona, Spain…er Catalonia. Metro stop: L3 Fontana (Green line) https://casavicens.org/ After taking the Modernist Walking Tour with Rainbow Tours, I got to looking up more about the works of Gaudí in […]
November 2018 Montserrat The train to Monserrat takes about an hour or so. But before you go, you need to decide which way you’re going to get to the top of the mountain. There’s a gondola-style cable car (Aeri) and a train option (Cremallera) called a funicular. The cable car, or Aeri, is the quickest […]
13 November 2018 Oceania Cruises – M/V Riviera Embarkation Day – Here are a few photos of the ship as we started exploring this ship. Our home-away-from-home for two weeks. More details to come soon.
la Sagrada Familia November 2018 Barcelona Or more fully – The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família   What a perfect way to end our first walking tour. We managed to dodge the roaming showers around that day, coming out of the blue line subway stop to be stopped at the first sight […]
November 2018 Barcelona Ahead of our trip we booked two walking tours through Rainbow Barcelona Tours (http://rainbowbarcelona.com/), a LGBT owned and operated company in Barcelona. Our personal guide, Manu, met us at our hotel, The Hotel Casa Fuster, located on Passeig de Gràcia, at the outer edge of the Eixample district. Manu gave a great orientation […]
