It’s been several years since I was in Barcelona. My flight actually arrived early and I was at the hotel by 8:00am. Not only did they have a room ready for me but they upgraded me to a Suite. It’s no big deal as the extra room is really more of a Parlor but it does have nice views of the City. For those.. Read More
OMG
In exactly 24 hours the plane I am scheduled to be on will take off from LAX. We go to New York and then an hour later I’m meant to be on another plane to Barcelona. What seemed distant and almost ethereal a month ago is now very real and, frankly, a little bit frightening. I know that tens of thousands of people do this.. Read More
New Post Notifications
This email is a test of the “New Post Notification” system. Since I don’t know how often I will be able to make posts when I am in Spain, I thought it might be useful to have the system send out a notice so you can simply click on the link in the email and go straight to the Blog. You can also Unsubscribe from.. Read More
D Bar – Dubious at first but Delightful now.
There is a restaurant fairly close to my house that I had walked by many times but never went in. Last year a developer built two really cool spaces on 5th Ave and two restaurants moved in. One is a breakfast restaurant, the other is lunch and dinner – D Bar. At first I did not think that D bar was long for.. Read More
I’ve been there before?
The other day a good friend of mine gave me a St Michael medallion on a silver necklace. He met me at a Catholic Church (because I’m going to see so many of them on this trek) and walked me through some of the rituals I might encounter when I go into the Churches. Then he told me something kind of creepy. Several years.. Read More
Selfies
Selfies. (Actually I don’t take Selfies but Tim has been sending me pics of myself. I wanted to play with my new Editor Plugin. _ Tim probably wouldn’t want to hear this but the picture on the left was taken when I was in my early 40’s. Nope, there was no such thing as CrossFit at the time but that is a real 6 pack,.. Read More
Countdown
I hope some of you have had a chance to read the Itinerary page. I looked at it once then decided it was a bad idea to read the whole thing. All of those 18km, 28km, 24km notes make me nervous. Don’t get me wrong; I have been training but I have no idea what the terrain will be like, the weather and where exactly.. Read More
Itinerary
The following is the Itinerary I just received from the tour company. I think it speaks for itself so I’m going to avoid much comment. My only addition is a short conversion of Kilometers to Miles 20kms = 12.4 miles 30kms = 18.6 miles I have also avoided the temptation to download photos of the highlighted locations (Except the one at the bottom of this.. Read More
Saturday Night
I thought this was funny enough to share. On Saturday night Tim and I took some old friends of mine out to dinner. Afterwards we walked to a nearby Bar/Restaurant in Del Mar to have an after-dinner cocktail. We walked in and the place was mammoth so I looked around to ask where we might just find a bar. My eyes happened on a petit.. Read More
Leaving on a Jet Plane
I’m going to walk across Spain. As some of you know, I am leaving Sept 28 and won’t be back until sometime in November. Initially I will be flying to Barcelona, spending the night, flying to Pamplona (where they run the Bulls), spending the night, then meeting 17 strangers where we will be bussed to a small village near the French border in eastern Spain… Read More