Jet lagged but happy to head into Amsterdam city centre. Regular travelogue readers know that Paris is my mistress and most favorite city to visit. Amsterdam tops my list for the best transit airport and day trip. In route to Trondheim, Norway I had to depart San Francisco, transfer in Paris, layover for 4 hours […]
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Dispatch #7: Amsterdam
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Dispatch #6: Daydreaming and Pondering History (Oporto, Portugal)
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As I type this entry, I’m listening to the sweet duet of Rachelle Ferrell and Will Downing crooning “Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This Before”. Sublime music, Spain, Portugal, verdant landscape and Brazilian style food all in one day. Give thanks and praises to the Most High. It’s been a dreamy type of day since […]
Read more...Dispatch #5: Conguitos…Say What?
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Greetings from Madrid, Spain. The first stop this morning after dropping off my luggage at the hotel was to visit a food market to purchase bottled water. As is my custom when shopping in overseas food marts I browse the aisles for unusual food items or black themed food products for my kitchen collection at […]
Read more...Dispatch #4: Japanese Lunch-box Art
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It’s the eve of my departure for San Francisco. This has been a productive but compressed 3-week business trip. I spent the day alternately lounging around the hotel suite, catnapping, listening to the excellent jazz station and reading the Taiwan News and The China Post newspaper. If you want to get a sense of […]
Read more...Dispatch #3: Groove In The City (Taipei, Taiwan)
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ICRT 100 FM is the English language station in Taipei and the “Groove In The City” playlist is DELICIOUS! Mark your calendar to listen to the live broadcast. I am not certain if the program is archived however the playlist is archived. Music heads who miss old school radio programming can go to “church” on this […]
Read more...Dispatch #2: Taipei, Taiwan
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Greetings from vibrant, lively, fast-paced and cosmopolitan Taipei, Taiwan. The temperature is in the low 70’s; this is a good time to visit Taipei before it gets too hot. When I first traveled to Taipei it was in late April when the temperatures climbed to the mid-80’s before 9:00 am and by mid-day pedestrians and […]
Read more...Dispatch #1: Seoul, Korea
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Greetings from snowy Seoul! The streets were covered when I arrived very late last night and I didn’t give the weather too much thought until this morning when I had to dress for my meeting. Upon waking I pulled the drapes back and pondered for a good minute the nature of the “debris” that appeared […]
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