Category Archives: travel

The Carns family goes to London — September 2014

        Here is the first installment of this year’s travelogue — Jim, Anthea, and Teri are off to London for a couple of weeks, with a quick stop in Seattle to start the trip. These were originally … Continue reading

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Iranian flatbreads — by guest Antonia Moras

               Barbari bread in Iranian bakery. [ photo by Kamyar Adi.] Antonia Moras spent more than a year in Iran teaching in the mid-1970s. She recalls the breads: “In Iran, we ate marvelous breads – … Continue reading

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April 7, 2010 — Hotel Carolina and Kerameikos, Athens

April 7, 2010: Kerameikos, and a new hotel A graffitied wall, and the Parthenon on the Acropolis. Jim says: “It’s Thursday, and we checked out of the Athens Studios and checked into the Hotel Carolina, a little trepidatiously since it sounds so much … Continue reading

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April 1, 2010 — Getting to Greece

The Parthenon from the Keraimekos Cemetery in Athens. Getting there is half the fun                                 April 1, 2010, midday We have gotten as far as the Milan airport – it’s a gray day – … Continue reading

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March 30, 2010 — Seeing the ancient Greeks in New York

  New York, New York, what a wonderful town The flowers are up, and the rain is down . . . Manhattan street in the rain. That was the scene in Manhattan yesterday, with sheets of rain driven by a … Continue reading

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March 29, 2010 — Getting ready for Greece

The island and city of Poros, taken from the ferry — what we were looking forward to seeing. . . . Just getting to Greece is an adventure. Here are the first few installments of our travelogue for the Athens trip, … Continue reading

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April 4, 2010 — Athenian Easter

 April 4, 2010: Athenian Easter and other notes from Jim and Teri A street in the Plaka, the old section of Athens. At the top of the Acropolis is the Parthenon. The trees are just getting their spring leaves, and the sun is … Continue reading

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Tower Bridge to Greenwich — November 25, 2011

On Thursday evening, plotting out our Friday doings, I picked up 25 London Walks. We wanted to take the boat to Greenwich, but this book suggested walking the distance — between four and five and a half miles, it said, from Tower Bridge. … Continue reading

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The next trip — the Thames Path

View of London from the Thames Path along the south side of the river. For our next adventure, we’re thinking of walking along the Thames River, from its source to its mouth, just past Greenwich. We walked most of the … Continue reading

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April 17, 2010 — Around the Old City of Jerusalem

April 17, 2010: Around the Old City Damascus Gate, evening — still busy with merchants and buyers. Yesterday, we walked through the Old City and today, we walked around it. Not that we actually set out to do that. These things … Continue reading

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