Category: Places

  • There Is Something About Bled

    There Is Something About Bled

    I’ve found a slice of heaven, and you dont even have to die to experience it!

  • A Spanish Pit Stop in Bilbao

    A Spanish Pit Stop in Bilbao

    One of the great joys of this trip is that the stars aligned and I was able to meet up with friends I wasn’t sure I would ever see in person again and spend a day with them. In 2019 I did the Camino de Santiago with my sister. On that trip we met two…

  • Sunsets and Green Wine in Porto

    Sunsets and Green Wine in Porto

    Oh look, I went to Porto! And had a great time! Who would have thunk? Read alllllllll about it!

  • It’s hot, it’s steamy, it’s Lisbon!

    It’s hot, it’s steamy, it’s Lisbon!

    In Lisboa (Lisbon for us English speaking heathens) there is a mural of Saint Lucy. When a man told her he wanted to marry her because of her beautiful eyes, Saint Lucy ripped them out. Amongst other things, she is the patron saint of the blind. The eyeballs in a martini glass is a nice…

  • There are no good songs about London

    There are no good songs about London

    Which, considering how many there are about New York, is weird. The city. The big smoke. The big apple. Wait. No. That’s New York. We’re talking about London town, baby! For London, it was just another Wednesday lunch time. For this blind accountant, it was the first day of a Big Adventure. History repeats Upon…