Category: Travels
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Crikey, Its The Australian Zoo
As I discussed in the last post, when Dawn and I started planning our Down Under adventure, the Australia Zoo was at the top of the list of things we wanted to do since the Zoo was such an important part of Lena’s teen years. So although we were sad…
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The Queen’s Birthday Holiday
Blog readers may wonder where we have been for the last few days. Saturday was our last day in Brisbane with a wonderful adventure chasing the humpback whales in Moreton Bay. Dawn was tired and said she was going to bed early but it turns out she had something to…
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In Search of a Sim Card and Humpback Whales
Part One: The SIM card. I realize I promised the readers of this blog to talk about the Vodafone SIM card saga in the last blog, but the successful redevelopment story of South Bank Park took more time and words than I expected. Dawn also wondered why I spent all…
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Brisbane at First Glance
Although the kind lady at the desk of the Hotel Diana allowed us to check-in early, we still needed to wait a couple of hours before our room would finish being cleaned. Since we had the time, we decided to do our usual and explore the surrounding area. The desk…
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The Garmin Struggle
In the “old days” of travel, you looked at a map and hoped your maps were accurate. Dawn and I wandered off to some interesting places as a result, including the time in Crete when the “road” we chose ended in an olive orchard in a remote valley. But such…
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And it begins WITH SLEEP
This is Dad from Australia (We made it here). As the readers of this blog know from Lena, my passion is string band music, particularly bluegrass. Well, last week I was participating in Raleigh’s biggest economic development event of the year, Wide Open Bluegrass. For a week, I was presenting…
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Leaving Soon for our Adventure: the Parents
Hi, everyone who is used to reading the observations of Lena on these pages. This is her father, who is often mentioned in her posts, particularly when she was traveling and posted at the end of each report: “P.S. Dad, I am still alive.” Well, the roles have now reversed…
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Guest Blogger, AKA My Dad
For the next two months, the blog will be taken over by a guest blogger (my dad) while he and my mother explore Australia and New Zealand.
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Esmeralda: The Cat That Hates The World
Today, because the wifi went out in Zouheir’s apartment (which apparently it is really common in Lebanon for the power or the internet to just disappear – though not for 4+ hours like it did today), I spent the day catching up on work that I have been neglecting for…
Ginger Without Borders 