Monthly Archives: April 2019

Sunday, continued cool. Intermittent rain. Lots of walking again. All lit up, after dinner walk back to the hotel. First, after a hearty hotel breakfast up the Champs to see it and the new hip Galleries L. A stroll back … Continue reading →

Saturday: another cool day. Forecast was for a much cooler day with showers. Got very windy. Our original plan was to visit Chartres today. Seeing how many areas of Paris we have not explored decided to stay in town. Stopped … Continue reading →

Friday, another cool day but not raining. Train to Giverny via St. Lazare then shuttle to Monet’s garden. Well, the train was planned but then when looking at the schedule and how to go from Vernon to the gardens could … Continue reading →

Wednesday, last exceptionally nice day in Amsterdam before the weather turns cooler and rainy. Direct from Amsterdam CS to Paris Gare du Nord. Easy trip. Arrived in the rain which subsided by the time we got to our hotel. Two … Continue reading →

Monday, more perfect and warm weather. Museum day again. But first the rotated picture mystery. It is now confirmed that on Mac computers, PCs and Android tablets and android phones the portrait pictures are rotated. On iPads, iPhones all are … Continue reading →

Easter Sunday and again a fine day, a little cooler. First a short question to the readers. One reader, so far, has pointed out that many pictures are rotated when using a computer but not on his iPhone. If you … Continue reading →

Friday, another perfect day. The hotel sent a bottle of wine to our room. Nice gift. Looked around for a corkscrew, when none was to be found I asked reception. “Will send one up with a bartender to open it”. … Continue reading →

Another trip, less of an adventure than city tours. A break from walking and hiking. Just a great view of the physics of the newly “photographed” black hole. Now back to regular programming. Easy to fall in love, again, with … Continue reading →