Monthly Archives: April 2011

Friday, April 22, 2010 | Toledo LAST NIGHT I went to bed without dinner. I wasn’t that hungry and I didn’t want to go out in the rain, so I stayed in my room to read and write my last … Continue reading →

April 21, 2011   Toledo Rain. Rain has been falling for the past six or seven hours and it appears ad if it will go on all night. And, if the weatherman is right, it might be with us tomorrow … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | Madrid IT HAD BEEN long day of walking up and down the narrow streets of this beautiful city and I was tired. I was heading home – to my hotel room – at 4 p.m., … Continue reading →

Madrid | April 20, 2011   AT A STARBUCKS near my hotel, having my morning coffee and muffin. Yeah, I know: I fly all the way across the ocean to have breakfast at a Starbucks. But I’ve not seen any … Continue reading →

April 18, 2011 | Dulles Airport AT THE BRITISH Airways Lounge. Fancy digs. I could get used to a life like this. Already I’m feeling like George Clooney in that movie where he goes from airport to airport. Except that … Continue reading →

April 18, 2011 | Washington IN AN ODD coincidence, the travel issue of The New Yorker arrived a few days before my departure. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the issue, but right now I am reading … Continue reading →

April 16, 2010 | Washington In 48 hours, I’ll be flying on a British Airways jet somewhere over the Atlantic, on my way to London, where I’ll catch another flight to Madrid, the first stop in my three-week Spain/Switzerland/London vacation. … Continue reading →