For those who believe that a night in a private hospital room is, restful, let me disabuse you of that notion. Continue reading “A helluva week – Part 2”
A helluva week – Part 1
Monday, July 12
Diana has documented the circumstances around our “helluva week” in the previous post. Given that it is still pandemic times, Continue reading “A helluva week – Part 1”
The hiccups
Storyline: Advantures in our back yard
“Here, take the keys and let yourself in. I’ll go for my fast walk now.”, “That feels so weird”, Continue reading “The hiccups”
What were we thinking?
It’s only mid November. Only!? By now I’d have charted multiple itineraries for the next year’s travel, after concluding the current year’s of course. Continue reading “What were we thinking?”
Covid-19: When flagged as high-risk
April 23. Still 2020?
I don’t know about you, but for me time seems to have stopped. A day feels like a year. What did I do this morning? Or yesterday? Was there a yesterday actually? Continue reading “Covid-19: When flagged as high-risk”
Homeland at last
Storyline: 50 years later
April 11 2018:
Made it through the first full day in my homeland in fifty years. Just. We arrived in London yesterday morning and, jet-lagged and half asleep, had a very filling brunch of much fried, greasy and delicious breakfast food. Spent two hours half-awake on the train to Manchester and, after checking into our small but comfy hotel room on the border of Chinatown and the Gay village, went on a search for a veggie-rich, grease-poor light dinner. Continue reading “Homeland at last”
It was about time
Storyline: 50 years later
While we were working, our traveling was limited to two or three weeks at a time. The focus then was on visiting Diana’s parents with a few days in a stop-over city before the flight home. This is the first year when we can say we are both retired. At least for now… because one never knows where the rusty rails will lead. Continue reading “It was about time”
We don’t collect places, although we’ve been to a few
Before we made the decision to dive in, we browsed through more than a few blogs. There are millions out there. Continue reading “We don’t collect places, although we’ve been to a few”
