Tag: history
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Transition Day
Monday October 27, 2025 Th day began with plenty of sunshine and an early morning trip to the San Pedro Market. It was also the day I had to check out of the Hotel Siete Ventanas and travel with Wilbert to the town of Urubamba in the Sacred Valley. The rest of my group were…
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A Peruvian Adventure
Where a house is built and the high god explored To my gentle and dedicated readers, my deepest apologies for abandoning you in February 2025 in Portugal. Seventy years of life caught up with me and I had to deal with it in my own way. Unfortunately, that excluded this blog. However, I am back…
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PORTUGAL: Algarve winter
Welcome back to Estoi: Sunday January 19, 2025 It’s more than half-past January and I have been in Estoi a total of 24 hours. It’s wonderful to be here again and renew acquaintances and begin revisiting old haunts and make plans to visit new sites. Quinta Pé da Cruz is once again my home for…
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My Ireland adventure continues…
New Ross: Dunbrody Famine ship The time has come to catch-up on what has been happening on this great Irish adventure. One thing is for certain: access to the internet can be rather feeble in places especially when advertised as free! I’m currently in Northern Ireland in a town called Strabane situated south of Derry…
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Kilkenny
Thursday July 25, 2024 The train trip from Dublin was very pleasant. I had an interesting chat about Ireland with a lovely couple from Dublin who were escaping to the smaller city for a bit of a break. Now that I have been here for several days, I understand why. It is absolutely beautiful, very…
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An Irish Adventure Begins
Dublin Thursday July 25, 2024 For reasons that can only be imagined and because of a life-long desire to visit the Emerald Isle, I decided to enrol in the summer Irish Harp School held every year in Kilkenny at the end of July. I also decided this would be a good moment to return to…
Five Feet, Nine Inches Above Ground 