Category: Travel
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Anyone seen my stuff?
This last trip to Colorado was a chance to try out Apple’s AirTags. They didn’t work as well as I expected. Sitting in IAD outside of D.C., the tags kept telling me the luggage was still in Denver. Then as we boarded a flight back to R.I. the tags suddenly reported the luggage was with us.…
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Colorado Skiing
Back at Beaver Creek with another chance to kill myself on the frigid slopes of the Rockies.
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A New England Literary Tour
Every time I drive by New London, Ct. I mean to stop by Eugene O’Neill’s family cottage, the Monte Cristo Cottage. Finally, I did. He would have had a fine view of the Thames River from the front porch. This spot was the start of my literary tour of New England, which was inspired by an old NYT…
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Over the Gorge
Doing the Via Ferrata at Ausable Chasm in upstate New York. A little rainy, but still a pretty good two hours of structured climbing along the cliffs and over the gorge. Nice to know I still have my nerve and a few moves.
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Berlin
Took the train from Geneva to Berlin. I did somewhat the reverse 30+ years ago going from Munich to Geneva back when the trains were slower and there were dining cars with table clothes and silverware. The wide seats facing each other would fold down to make a bed and the seats could be walled…