This morning weve arranged to do a tour of the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac. We meet our guide, Thomas, who tells us that hes a French travelling salesman, and that hes 112 years old. Were perhaps struggling a bit with that last bit, but at least hes dressed the part.
Were told that the Chateau is named after Louis de Buade de Frontenac who was a much loved Governor General of New France in the Read on...
Your first reaction is that both are quite bad, or perhaps even tolerable, given the circumstances. I can probably count on one hand my decent airline meals, and most of those were on Singapore Airlines. My best hospital meals were at UC Berkeley. I contracted pneumonia as a sophomore there and was also hospitalized with a mysterious and unknown virus while I was in grad school. And I must tell yo Read on...
Filled up with fuel as we left Blanes at a fully automated garage. Goodness knows what you do if it eats your card.
Motorway all the way and we have been down some of these same stretches of busy motorway before when weve visited Barcelona and Tarragona. At least 10 years ago though but probably busier now than before. Lots of trucks sharing the road and sometimes our lane. Delighted to find all Read on...
It rained for 1 hour between am, which was truly amazing because that is exactly what the weather report called for. It was right for once. I had planned on stopping to visit my niece Tanya and the kids, but plans changed. I really like the back roads route I had planned through RI and into CT so I decided to take the roads less traveled. I traveled Route 44, Route 6 and Route 66. It was awesome Read on...
Well another day in paradise (Phil Collins eat your heart out). It has been a quiet day today mainly by the beach. However, we did venture out for brunch which was a really nice meal. We also managed to change our PCR test to over the road instead of being over 30 miles away slo that was a win win for us to be honest.
When we got back to the room Sue and our key card did not work to get into the Read on...
The push and pull along with the give and take that dominated my travel calendar resulted the substitution of my time in Madrid, Spain for some spontaneous, freelance escapades in and around Barcelona, Spain; however, the abandonment of the Tangier/Gibraltar option between Marrakech, Morocco and Madrid offered me the opportunity to spend six days in Madrid before I met up with the folks participa Read on...
It was only 12 months ago, that I would have instinctively booked some aeroplane tickets for our usual autumn jaunt. Last year, we were wandering around the boulevards of Lviv and enjoying the Indian summer. I was eagerly awaiting my attendance at the Lviv derby to add to collection of Eastern European footballing obscurities. My spies in Moscow tell me that the weather is once again unseasonably Read on...
¡Ol! Ole Miss, that is. While not my first time at the University of Mississippi, this weekend was the first time I spent more than 7 hours in the town of Oxford and the university. I hadnt even planned to this school this season, but when have things ever gone to plan for anyone in 2020? Still, I finally got to my first SEC game of the season, and it was a barnburner. So much for the SEC being k Read on...
Breakfast was available between this morning. Bernie felt recovered enough to venture down with me at about for a glass of orange juice and a slice of toast. Even though we felt we left it quite late to make our way down for breakfast we were certainly not the last to arrive in the dining room this morning.
After breakfast we headed upstairs to the sun deck. The signal is strongest on the sun Read on...
We have made it a habit to have breakfast at 7.30 and to get on the road by 8.00. Why 7.30? Because that is the time kitchens seem to open here. Fortunately for me, kitchens do not open earlier!!
The day proved to be a heavy one with a lot of climbing. In total, we climbed almost 1.300 m. As I explained in previous notes, climbing generally requires more battery usage. Today that certainly was tr Read on...