The train from Lyon to Barcelona took about six hours and it wasn’t at all the sort of journey I expected. I had images of passing through… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Six: Barcelona”
Tag: Travel
Book Review: Washington Black
I’ll admit, I was kinda hornswoggled into reading this book. I saw it sitting on the shelf, found the cover art appealing, and read some of the… Read more “Book Review: Washington Black”
Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman
“It was no doubt easier to believe in the ultimate rightness of the cause when one was no longer likely to be its next victim.” It… Read more “Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman”
Book Review: Ace of Spies
Sometime around 1990 or so, my local PBS channel played the 1983 British mini-series ‘Reilly: Ace of Spies.’ I was absolutely captivated. Sam Neill was awesome. The… Read more “Book Review: Ace of Spies”
Honeymoon Stop Five: Lyon & Aix-en-Provence
From Geneva, we took a short train ride into France, to the historic city of Lyon. Lyon was the economic center of the Roman Empire for a… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Five: Lyon & Aix-en-Provence”
Book Review: The Lives of Dillon Ripley
There’s rich, and then there’s inherited wealth rich. Truly wealthy people don’t live like the rest of us, their world isn’t like ours. Dillon Ripley was born… Read more “Book Review: The Lives of Dillon Ripley”
Honeymoon Stop Four: Geneva & Gruyeres
Having left Venice very early in the morning, we rode our train to Milan, where unfortunately we didn’t have time to leave the train station to look… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Four: Geneva & Gruyeres”
Book Review: Lallia
My favorite Dumarest of Terra novel so far, Lallia shakes things up a bit for our hero. In the previous novels, Dumarest is typically on a planet,… Read more “Book Review: Lallia”
Honeymoon: Night Train & Stop Three
We left Munich behind and took an overnight sleeper train across the Alps, returning to Venice, a city we took a too-quick day trip to two years… Read more “Honeymoon: Night Train & Stop Three”
Book Review: Taran Wanderer
The fourth book in Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain Chronicles, this one takes a somewhat more pensive direction. Taran leaves his home at Caer Dallben once again, but this… Read more “Book Review: Taran Wanderer”
