Bolzano, ItalyOctober 9, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 09-Oct-2011Back down in town went out to an old restaurant and ordered another german meal, the plate for 2 could have fed 4, but the pork was not tender enough for the trouble of even eating it. The hotel was a bit to …
Bolzano, ItalyOctober 4-6, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 09-Oct-2011Bolzano / Bozen arrival was with good weather and warm enough temp to head to the gondola/lift to Obolzano, a town at the top where you can look over the dolomites in the alps. A small chestnut festival was happening where they were …
Munich, GermanyOctober 8, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 08-Oct-2011Munich, rain when getting in, hotel farther down the street than wanted for the downpour, but its a nice hotel. Being close to the “Original” hofbrau haus, had to take dinner in there. The noise level was quite high for just getting in …
Wuppertal, GermanyOctober 7, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 07-OCT-2011The German language– for some reason, even though I knew I was going to be in the german speaking country of germany, I didn’t think about the fact the once switching trains after the chunnel, I would be on a german train, I …
York UKOctober 5, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 For the Rail fan, the national railway museum started off the day. Amazing how many old engines and carraiges were saved. It was amazing to see some of the old King and Queens rail cars, with such tacky decor. The store room has …
York UKOctober 4-6, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 04-Oct-11York, origination of the Kit Kat bar, Yorkie, and probably the York peppermint patty… It was laundry time, walked it down to drop it off, the Brentwood guest house we are having are stay at offered to pick it up the next day …
Blackpool, United KingdomOctober 3, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 03-Oct-11It was a long morning of 4 trains after leaving The Henry in Bath. The first headed back line to Bristol, where we picked up the next to Birmingham. A Virgin train to Preston ran late so the connection for the train …
Plymouth UK and Bath UKOctober 1-2, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 01-Oct-11After a strange breakfast at the hotel, where service never happens the same as the US, we headed off to Paddington Station for the train towards Penzance, our destination for the night in Plymouth. Plymouth, the town where the Americas cup …
London, United KingdomSeptember 29-30, 2011Trip to Europe 2011 The tripping begins. Sept 28, 2011 the first leg from medford, oregon MFR to SFO begins on a tiny prop plane that was “delayed” because of “weather” on an 88F degree day in San Francisco. Some kind of invisible fog that only …
Trinity Headwaters, California, USASeptember 13, 2011 Hike! The headwaters of the Trinity River in Northern California. Picked up our new friends s and t and drove to down to the headwaters about an hour and a half drive, then strained ourselves on a hike almost all uphill from Deadfall meadow. …
On 8/18/11, went for a drive down to Northern California and took a road west from just north of Weed, to see what was in the mountains. After first finding a nudist colony, we continued on the side paved road up the hill on the I P Rd. At the …
Serena came to visit Ashland to see a few shows with her mom and a friend on August 6, 2011. I had not seen Serena since the 1985 Santa Rosa High School Graduation. We met at the Oregon Shakespeare Festivals’ Green Show, where I was able to stalk her with …
The Mt hood classic passed over the KOM or king of mountain twice on June 3, 2011. The pictures were all taken at the top or near the top of Seven Mile Hill rd in The Dalles Oregon. It a big rise in elevation with no break, so the strain …
Benefit Gorge Jazz ConcertThe Dalles, Oregon, USAApril 10, 2011 In The Dalles, Oregon, performed on 10-Apr-2011 with The Gorge Jazz band at The Dalles Civic Auditorium led by Sam Grotte.
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaApril 12, 2010Trip to South America, 2010 Leaving for north, the last day of the trip