Yearly Archives: 2014


Spain, blablacar and France…part deux

Okay, this is my last night in Spain and I am not looking forward to the next 24 hours.  I made a last minute change to my month-in-Spain-plans to visit my friend Max who lives on the French border with Switzerland, and because we all know how useless I am […]


Flashback…Spain, blablacar and France

I came home last night to a bunch of comments from my nephew and it inspired me to finish this up.  I should have turned comments on sooner, but I just get so much xanax, handbag, penis-enlargement and mail-order bride spam that I just turned them off and posted links […]


It’s China Wok Time!

I know this looks like an advertisement for an Asian escort, but it’s not.  It’s my last night in Athens and I just got back to my hotel after a long day of Athenian hill walking and swimming and archaeology and museuming and I was looking for some Asian food.  […]


Wacky morning in Paros, Greece, just like old times 2

I really want to finish writing about Spain and France, but just have to post some pics of Greece before I go to sleep.  It’s really great to be back on this crazy island after 12 years.  Seeing friends, archaeologists and museum guards I haven’t seen for ages is really […]


Txotx! Txakoli! and flying buttresses 2

It feels so wrong to still be posting about Spain after spending close to a week in France and now sipping a nasty ass instant frappe (oh how I missed these!) from a boat in the middle of the stunning Aegean Sea.  I can’t believe I haven’t been in Greece […]


Yes, Virginia, there is a cider museum 2

I started this one last weekend, but I was too exhausted after the weird festival that never ends and then just couldn’t find time during the week.  I am going to roll three of these out before I leave for France on Sunday. Okay, I wrote that  ↑ on Friday…it […]


Karmengo Jaiak, the Festival of St. Carmen

I’m gathering that “Karmengo Jaiak” means Saint Carmen in Euskera.  I think my Basque name might be Xatriciago.  So, I’m not doing much on purpose here during the week.  Even though I start work later in the day, I do still have to get back at a certain time.  Last […]


Oh no, I forgot about the squirrels 2

That’s probably because there aren’t any here to terrify and torment me.  Reason #5 why I sleep better in Spain. Just have to share this…yesterday, my friend Leanne commented about how the squirrels that surround my treehouse apartment in the Bronx are probably partying it up big time while I’m […]