Tag: Travel
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Finnemore Fridays: Train Travel
Amtrak and I have a love-hate relationship. I love the uninterrupted (except by beautiful views) work time. I often choose the train to travel so I can QC audiobooks, write, and occasionally catch up on sleep from late-night recording sessions. Something about the Ca-Chunk, Ca-Chunk rhythm (modern trains do not clickety-clack, alas) and the camaraderie of…
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Wien…er, schnitzel
Overcoming jet lag by adding a quick two-day visit to Vienna probably wasn’t the best plan. It just made me sad to leave. The visit was relaxing, welcoming, and left me desperately wishing I had more time to spend. Mark and I waved goodbye to our driver in CA on a Tuesday afternoon. We arrived…
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Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1)
Re-reading out of order, which makes me want to turn around and re-re-read Long Dark Teatime RIGHT NOW. Alas, I will move on to other books looking for wonderful locations for my Pilgrimage. This book turned out to be chockablock full of not just geographical places but buildings – with addresses. On my pilgrimage I…
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently #2)
This remains one of my all-time favorite books, by one of my favorite authors. This re-read was to plumb the content for locations I want to visit during my upcoming 42 for 42 trip: I am traveling to 42 places that occur in Douglas Adams’ novels for my 42nd birthday. I’m hoping to see Miss…