Tag: Travel
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The four green fields blog: Touchdown at shannon to Kenmare
[The shortest distance between two points is a curved line (when The Great Circle is in play). Photo is mine.] To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart. ~~Old Irish Saying Five hours and fifty some minutes separated us from New York City and Shannon Airport. Round…
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the walking stick: father’s day 2025
I never wanted a Guinness more than the moment when I reached the bottom. ~~ Paul Egan. Upon finishing his climb of Croagh Patrick. [Paraphrased] Once upon a time, when I was a young boy, my father gave me a ‘beaver stick’. For my readers who have never had or seen a beaver stick, it…
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Peter, Lenny & pat’s big adventure
[The route. The dark blue line. Disregard the time notation. Source: Google Maps.] “I remember it was up hill all the way.” ~~ Lenny Schmidt “There is a cow outside of our tent.” ~~ Patrick Egan Oh, the exuberance of youth! The innocence of the young! The pure and wild wind in our hair and…
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below the equator IX: looking for carlos gardel and getting lost in the other cemetery.
[The Entrance Gate. Video is mine] Only in Buenos Aires can the wealthy and powerful elite keep their status after death. Argentines are a strange bunch who tend to celebrate their most honored national figures not on the date of their birth, but on the date of their death (after all, they’re nobody when they’re…
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Below the equator VIII: Across the Rio de la plata and onto Montevideo
[The Salvo Palace on Independence Square. Now an office building and apartment complex it was for a time the tallest building in Uruguay. I never saw anyone on the upper terraces; maybe not for tourists? Photo is mine] Montevideo n. (Portuguese) I Saw A Mountain. ~~Result of my Chrome search. The Journey and The Arrival~…
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Below the equator vII: at the acam bistro mariam dances the tango
[The musicians at the Acam Bistro. The piano and the Bandoneon. Both gentlemen can sing, dance and play each other’s instruments. Photo is mine] ** I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young. ~~Pope Francis I’m a bad walker but I can dance the tango. ~~Melody Gardot ** It was a…
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Below the equator vI: Among the thickly rooted trees
[Statuary in the Plaza San Martin de Tours. The park with the thickly rooted trees. Photo is mine] I was thinking about Ubers as ours clipped along Avenue Pueyrredon on our way to an art museum. I made a list of observations about the car service, comparing the ride here to a similar ride we…
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