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Greece is the Word
May 13, 2024: Arrival in Athens Stef’s friend, Anneliese, wished us a “boring flight.” So “boring” is good, right? Well, thanks, Anneliese, it was wholly uninteresting. Easy-peasy to the airport, through security, boarding, and a non-stop flight to Athens. On our way out of the Athens airport, it was Interesting to see evidence that the…
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Greece is the Word
Upcoming Travels with Stan & Stef Ancient Greece, May 12-25, 2024 A lot of Greek tourism involves cruise ships. It took a bit of doing to find a Greece itinerary that didn’t involve spending most of the time on the water. Stef is not, shall we say, the most enthusiastic sailor. And we didn’t want…
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Abroad at Home, Part 2
“John Singer Sargent’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (continued) December 23, 2023 The Boston Fine Arts Museum was only a 10-minute walk from The Verb. We had quite some time before our “window” to enter the John Singer Sargent exhibit. So we went in search of the museum’s collection of Impressionists. On our way, we found loads of…
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Abroad at Home, Part 2
“John Singer Sargent’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” December 22, 2023 When we last left Stef and Stan, they were doing a sort of Stay-Cation, playing tourist in New York City. A lot of that involved the Gilded Mansions tour run by Untapped New York. Lots of references to “The Gilded Age: ”Astors vs. Vanderbilts, Old Money vs. New…
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Abroad at Home
Special Post November 3, 2023 It’s a cliché that New Yorkers see and do less in New York CIty than tourists. Odd, since we seem to be saying “been there, done that,” when we might not have really been there or done that, or at least not recently. So for my 74th birthday (today) we…
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Swiss-ful Thinking
Final Post. September 16-17, 2023. First: Farewell to Lisa. Our travel buddy from Road Scholar left Saturday morning to continue on to Nice. Lovely to have been able to connect with her in La Suisse. Second: Saturday, the Day of Rest (to all members of the Tribe: Shana Tovah!). After having driven in serious traffic…
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Swiss-ful Thinking
Post No. 13: Bern. September 16, 2023. Yesterday (9/15) Stef, Lisa and I drove from Zürich to Bern. We parked at the Bahnhof, where they have one of the ubiquitous Bretzelkönig (Pretzel King) shops. We bought one to share, covered with sunflower seeds. A truly superior pretzel, unlike any other we have ever tasted. Bern…
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Swiss-ful Thinking
Post No. 12. Luzern is Lovely the Second Time Around. September 14, 2023 Today was our day to show off to Lisa our new-found familiarity with Luzern. The first stop was the Jesuit Church (Jesuitenkirche), which is the first major Baroque church in Switzerland (c. 1670). The interior was once decorated in Baroque style, but…
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Swiss-ful Thinking
Post No. 11: Out and About in Zürich, Redux. September 13, 2023. I write this on our terrace at 10 Naphthastrasse, in the middle of a lovely evening thunderstorm. The view and sound of the lightning and thunder are glorious. For the first time in 12 days, little chilly here, but what the hell. The…
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Swiss-ful Thinking
Post No. 10: Zug September 12, 2023 I wanted to see the town of Zug in part because Zug has a Kunstmuseum with a collection of some of my favorite artists, Shiele, Klee, Klimt, Kokoschka. We should have known something might be awry when we looked up Zug in Rick Steves’ guide, and found that…
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