And … yesterday’s long day wasn’t over yet! After visiting the monuments, the monastery, the Cascáis church, and the Sintra National Palace, we headed back to the hotel to get ready for the evening dinner and fado music. Fado, as our guide explained, means “destiny” or “fate,” and the music can either be happy or… Read More Not over yet !
I’ve been in Lisbon, Portugal for just about 24 hours and I’ve noticed several unique features about my trip so far. I was thrilled to arrive in the Lisbon Airport to find my friend, Jo Ann Condry, whom I met in Italy several years ago at the Historic Organ Study Tours, along with a new… Read More Day One in Lisbon
I’m leaving London later this morning, and in thinking back to my 4 days and 3 nights in Port Isaac, someone asked me what makes this village so special. Why would I take 17 hours out of my life to travel 7,199 miles to this little town? Well, like most things, you can find the… Read More Magical
Yesterday, Joan Ishibashi and I were sitting in The Slipway restaurant, when a man in a sports car drove up. “Isn’t that Ian McNeice?” I asked. “Go out and ask him for a picture,” Joan replied. McNeice usually carries a small green bucket and asks for a £1 donation to the Port Isaac RNLI (Royal… Read More Starstruck
On Sunday before the luncheon we embarked on the Port isaac Walking Tour (which we had taken three years earlier) mainly because Joan Ishibashi’s husband, Kantila Vaghela was with us on this trip. However the steep hills of Port Isaac proved extremely tiring and strenuous so he decided to pass. I have to admit, those… Read More Port Isaac Walking Tour and Lanhydrock
It was in September 2019 that my relationship to other fans of the TV show, “Doc Martin,” and my life changed. I had already joined several Facebook groups, “Doc Martin (Martin Clunes) Fan Club,” “Doc Martin Fans,” “Season 9 and 10 Doc Martin Spoilers” etc. and was happy to see other people’s posts about the… Read More Doc Martin fans — Reunion!
It was bad enough that the total flying time from Honolulu to London was 15 hours, plus a 2-1/2 hour layover in San Francisco. On Thursday morning, I got up at 5:00 am to be ready for a morning flight to SFO, and arrived the next day about 1:00 pm London time—watching two movies and… Read More Sleepless in the U.K.
From time to time, I have mentioned the name of my Swiss friend, Vreni Griffith. I first noticed her unusual name when I used to stick name labels on our music mailings for the Lutheran Church of Honolulu—that was probably in the early 90s. I later found out “Vreni” was a shortened version of “Varena”… Read More ¡Muchísimas gracias!
Since I can’t travel to Europe at this time, I’m continuing the long process of updating my old posts to relink the photos, a time-consuming task but one which is bringing back many wonderful memories. In many cases, I’m adding even more pictures to those I had posted previously. Luckily, every one of my 43,000… Read More Armchair traveling
If you are a Facebook user, from time to time you will be reminded by your past in a feature called “On this day.” I was reminded of Christmas 2009 when this post from 11 years ago popped up: And just for fun, I called up the music list of all the music we performed… Read More Remembrance of Christmas past