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11 hours of travel for 40 hours of bliss, part I

Posted on 2 August, 2006 by Mike

(The first in a series of tales relating to what I did on my European vacation after I stopped having reliable and/or cheap Internet access. Today’s adventures: Getting to Provence.) We left our hideaway in Riomaggiore at 09:00 intent on … Continue reading →

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Journal spackling

Posted on 24 July, 2006 by Mike

Obviously I’m home now. And obviously there were some, uh, gaps in the journal the past few weeks. That’s because once we left the Cinque Terre, my ability to find an Internet connection — and my ability to find time … Continue reading →

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O Bag, Where Art Thou?

Posted on 23 July, 2006 by Mike

Right. So. It’s 23;57 PDT. According to my body, it’s something like 07:57 BST. I have been up, more or less continously, since 04:30 BST yesterday and, after 22+ hours of non-stop traveling, have been home now for about four … Continue reading →

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The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love

Posted on 30 June, 2006 by Mike

Leaving Venice was a lot harder than I had anticipated. I’d fallen for the place, hard, and with the expectation of Rome ahead, I can’t really say I was looking forward to taking off. Rome was a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Two if by canal

Posted on 24 June, 2006 by Mike

We arrived in Venice after a night of hell. As you might have guessed from the last entry, Vienna (and much of that part of the world) was under some kind of stagnant heat wave, the sort of thing that, … Continue reading →

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