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July 12-13, 2022 We drove north, arriving in Olbia in the late afternoon. Olbia is a pretty seaside town. It is much smaller than Cagliari with about 60,000 inhabitants and also has much less graffiti. At the market the locals were engaging in a lively discussion. Unfortunately, our lack of Italian meant that we weren’tContinue reading “Olbia / Sant’Antonio Di Gallura, Sardinia, Italy”

July 11-12, 2022 With close to half a million inhabitants, Cagliari is Sardinia’s largest city and also its capital. Arriving in the late afternoon, we checked into our hotel and walked to the nearby city center to get a late dinner. Well, we say late, but by Italian standards it was still early with mostContinue reading “Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy”

June 7, 2022 Joe and Dale led us on a tour of the Yale University campus in New Haven. We started out at the Yale Center for British Art. The museum houses the largest collection of British Art outside the UK. It is in a building designed by Louis Kahn, the famous American architect, whoContinue reading “Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA”

June 5-6, 2022 We spent a wonderful couple of nights staying with our dear friends Dale and Joe in the idyllic village of Stony Creek. Here they are outside their beautiful new home, designed by Joe. The village sits on Long Island Sound and just off shore are a number of small islands. Appropriately calledContinue reading “Stony Creek, Connecticut, USA”

June 4, 2022 After spending a couple of days checking out one of Boston’s newest districts, we made our way over to Back Bay, a much more traditional neighborhood. First stop was the Saturday market that surrounds Copley Square. Sitting at the edge of the square is Trinity Church. Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson andContinue reading “Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts, USA”

June 2-3, 2022 The Seaport District is a redeveloped stretch of the South Boston waterfront, lined with modern buildings, restaurants, bars and hotels. The area appears to cater mainly to the young professional crowd, with trendy pop-up stores, garden bars, outdoor yoga (complete with DJ) and a large supply of Rose wines in the neighborhoodContinue reading “Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts, USA”

May 6, 2022 We spent a rainy day exploring Fauquier and Rappahannock counties, about an hour’s drive outside of Washington, DC. Fauquier is named for Francis Fauquier who was Lieutenant Governor of Virginia at the time the county was established in 1759. Legend has it that he won the land in a poker game. RappahannockContinue reading “Rural Virginia, USA”

April 3, 2022 On a coolish Sunday, our friends Sally and Liz suggested an outing to the National Gallery of Art and we happily agreed. The newer East Wing was closed for renovations but there was plenty to see in the massive neo-classical West Wing. Designed by architect John Russell Pope, at the time ofContinue reading “National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA”

March 27, 2022 We are back in Washington DC and with temperatures, currently, in the thirties we are already missing the sunny and balmy southern California days. Here are some photos taken during a walk around Venice on our last day in Los Angeles.

March 26, 2022 When Mal first visited Disneyland it was the 1960s and he was a small boy. At that stage, the amusement park had only been opened for only ten years or so. Now, over fifty years later, much has changed but much has remained the same. It was a surprise first visit forContinue reading “Disneyland, Anaheim, California, USA”