Censorship by Subtraction
Last year I wrote a post about using Cloudflare in this blog. Things were going well until recently when I encountered a problem uploading images larger than 1 MB. A […]
Victoria Day Ramble
It was a warm and cloudy morning in Almonte this holiday Monday, but no rain was forecast. We decided to walk downtown and see the sights from the old railway […]
Still Crazy After All These Years
When I started taking family holidays over 30 years ago I always brought along a camera kit that was heavy and expensive – SLR, 4 lenses, flash, and 15-20 rolls […]
Churches and Fountains
Our fourth day in Rome was sunny and mild, and we finished it with a visit to the Trevi Fountain. More about that later. We started things off with a […]
Cosmas, Colosseum, and Cats
Our third day in Rome was Palm Sunday. We had originally planned to attend Mass in French at Trinita dei Monti but after climbing the steps we found the church […]
Peter Paul & Mary
Day II in Rome was a Saturday and we planned to take the Metro. However, our task got complicated right away. Three stops on the Red Line were closed due […]
Roma Day I
The trip from Civitavecchia to Rome took about 90 minutes thanks to mid-morning traffic. Maria sat in the front with the driver and they chatted amiably in Italian all the […]
Getting There
We had one sea day left before arriving in Civatavecchia. The weather – which had been beautifully benign all cruise long – suddenly got a bit nasty. In the wake […]
Map-Free Valencia
When we docked in Valencia we noted that the Viking Sea was berthed near us. Viking is best known for river cruises but also has a sea cruise division. Very […]
Elegant Alicante
We took a bit more time to get from Gibraltar to our next port of Alicante, Spain. By 10 AM we were starting to see signs of land. As we […]