Greece Travelogue, Part 10
Editor’s note: It has been nearly a month since I was able to get back to updating the postings, despite Katy having sent in all of her materials on time and in good order. It was my fault and bad time management that led to the glitch. I apologize to Katy, and to all our [...]
Greece Travelogue, Part 9
by Katy Scrogin Well, here I am again, back in the noise and grit and wariness of Athens. I arrived in the port yesterday around 3:30, checked into the hostel a little over an hour after that, bought some juice, and slept. Lo and behold, I’ve come down with a cold, one of those that [...]
Greece Travelogue, Part 8
by Katy Scrogin I’ve reached that point in my travels where I’m feeling fat and overly-fed. This isn’t quite a desire to go home (why in the world would I want to leave this place?), but an indication that my vacation from my usual dietary and exercise-related discipline is catching up with me. Good thing, [...]
Greece Travelogue, part 7
by Katy Scrogin At lunch yesterday, the conversation turned to the insulting nature of the media in all of our respective countries (the U.S., England, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Canada). Collective indignation gave way to laughter at the holograms, histrionic tickers, and live graphs used to convey supposed significance, urgency, and complexity to simple matters [...]
Greece Travelogue, Part 6
by Katy Scrogin I was thinking about how the color of the water changes according to time of day and to the weather. A greyish blue in the mornings, by the afternoon on sunny days, there are turquoises where the floor of the bay is sandy, and deep blues where rocks prevail. Yesterday was sunny [...]
Greece Travelogue, Part 5
by Katy Scrogin It stayed cloudy all day at our little encampment on Tuesday, and so instead of taking a swim after tea and cake, I took a quick walk down the road, past an olive grove. It wasn’t warm, but was humid enough to make my venture brief, and I had to be back [...]
Need to find a new getaway? This Google app can help
Google has now launched a “favorite places” app as part of its GoogleMaps service. As part of the pull to attract folks to the service, they have apparently polled a series of celebrities to add their favorite places to the interactive map. For example, Yo-Yo Ma uploaded some of his favorite places to eat on [...]
$30 an hour may be a small price to pay for privacy, comfort
When I travel, one of the things I build into the budget is self-care. This can take several forms, of course. Often it is as simple as making sure I have enough time between flights for a small frozen yogurt or a beer. Not the healthiest option, of course, but if it helps me to [...]
10 Things to Do in Cape Town (link)
Velvet Escape blog has published a good post on Cape Town as part of their ongoing “10 Things to Do…” series. Read all about it here.
OTTO Restaurant, Montreal
I decided to arrive a day early for my conference in Montreal so I would have a chance to see the city. I wanted to have all Friday to explore, so my plane landed in the late afternoon on Thursday. After getting settled in to the hotel, I decided to take myself out for a [...]
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