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Pining for Fjords
At the end of my last post, I was leaving Helsinki, Finland, and heading by plane to Oslo, Norway, homeland of Norse gods. Before I move on to that, a few brief status updates. First: I’ll be returning to L.A. … Continue reading
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Tagged Catalan, Charmed Life, Chrestomanci, Diana Wynne Jones, Gjetost, Norway, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Oslo
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Finn-ishing Finland
I have often blamed my delay in getting to these blog entries on my absorption in video games, and that’s not untrue. On the other hand, I’ve ramped waaaay down on ESO since I left Finland, and it’s still taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryggeri, Buddha Water, Church in the Rock, City Sightseeing, dog park, Finland, Helsinki, K-Market, Kalevala, Kyösti Kallio, Lecithin, Lidl, reindeer, Sedna, Skyr, Temppeliaukio Church, Tom of Finland, Zetor
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Land O’Lakes
As I start this, I am finishing up my Helsinki, Finland, stay, where I’ve been from August 8th to September 9th. It’s Thursday, I leave early Saturday morning, and anticipate a good 4-5 hours of sitting in the airport in … Continue reading
Croydon
What, no clever title relating to some interesting fact about Croydon, a working-class suburb south of London, or my experiences there? No. Croydon really isn’t that interesting. It’s just there, a quality that I had in common with it, briefly. … Continue reading
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
Hey, now this is exciting! I’m currently in Croydon, a suburb south of London, where I’ve been for about 3 weeks. And with this entry on Edinburgh, I’m finally catching my travel blog back up nearly to current time. Yaaaaay! … Continue reading
Had I but world enough, and time
First, sorry for the earlier blog post false alarm. I went to save my progress on the draft, and hit the wrong button and published it instead. My bad. ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯ Catching up Ok, so it’s been a while since … Continue reading
Psych! (Aka, oops, wrong button.)
Sorry, my bad. I meant to save the page I was working on and hit Publish instead of Save Draft. And then, of course, the e-mail blast goes out and there’s no way to recall it. So, hold on. The … Continue reading
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No Hablo Español
I am writing this instead of stepping out into a warm, sunny, afternoon in Seville. This is almost certainly an error on my part, and I’m going to spend the next several paragraphs trying to persuade myself to go out … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, American Airlines, Columbus, Fallout Shelter, John le Carré, Madrid, oranges, pig, Seville, Spain, The Pigeon Tunnel, trees, yoga
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