Sharing Guy's Journey

Thoughts, comments, observations, reactions, enthusiasms

Travel

Amazing Adventures? Absolutely!

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Remembering how pleased we were when Andrew and I pursued our Proust marathon, we’ve now formed a habit of reading together. Actually Andrew reads and I listen, and we have a lot of fun, pausing for conversation when we want to discuss this-or-that point brought up from what we’ve just read. Recently, after some long …

Berlin: Another “City of Music”?

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My enthusiasm for musical performances seems to take on some sort of overwhelming urgency when I travel. As a result, I’ve been known to use the “city of music” description as I move about, especially in Europe. I’ve used the phrase when I write of Vienna (which really does call itself such in the city’s …

Two Surprises at the Kröller-Müller Museum

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The Kröller-Müller Museum, which Andrew and I visited last spring, is a lovely and relatively short drive from Amsterdam. As we see it, an excursion to the Kröller-Müller has to be one of the most rewarding experiences of any European visit. Recognized as having the second-largest Van Gogh collection in the world (the largest being—not …

Digital Postcard: Hello from Madrid (but Sent from Amsterdam)

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Hello (again) from Amsterdam. Here’s our post from last week, re-sent with the photographs inserted as part of the text (using the blog format instead of the email format): We’ve been here in Amsterdam for a while, and I don’t think you’ll be surprised to know that we’re loving it.  And the title is a …