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AND SO, THIS great adventure comes to an end. It is about 3:30 Washington time (8:30 England time; 9:30 Spanish and Swiss time) and in less than four hours, I will land at Dulles Airport, and – I hope – … Continue reading →

May 5, 2010 Geneva From the very beginning, one of my main concerns about this trip was security. I had read too many warning signs, in guidebooks and newspaper articles, about bands of gypsies and hoodlums crowding around you, then … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 | Neyruz, Switzerland IT RAINED MOST of the morning yesterday and so the bits of sight-seeing allowed a view of the Swiss countryside through a misty prism as we drove from place to place along narrow … Continue reading →

Tuesday, May 3, 2011 | Neyruz, Switzerland I WENT TO church again this morning, with Isabelle and Jean-Maurice. I had suggested to Isabelle when I arrived that it might be a good idea to honor our dead friend, Rogelio Reyes … Continue reading →

May 3, 2011 | Neyruz, Switzerland TONIGHT WE HAD raclet for dinner. Raclet is a firm, buttery Swiss cheese. The way my friends eat it is melted, using a heating contraption that melts the top portion of the cheese round … Continue reading →

Neyruz, Switzerland | Monday, May 2, 2011 I’M SITTING OUTSIDE, on my friends’ patio, looking west toward the setting sun and a lovely green meadow. A small woods, or forest, as my friends call it, is about a quarter of … Continue reading →

Sunday, May 1, 2011. Barcelona SEE WHAT I mean about this city? Hungry for something — anything — to eat after wondering around all morning, I finally saw an outdoor restaurant with an available table. So I took it, only … Continue reading →

Sunday, May 1, 2011 | Barcelona MY LAST DAY in Barcelona. My last day in Spain. A bit after 7:30 tonight, I’ll get on a high-speed train that will take me to Geneva, arriving around 6:30. From there I’ll take … Continue reading →

April 30, 2011. Barcelona   AND ON THE twelfth day, he shopped. After 11 days playing tourist in Spain, I decided I wanted to play shopper instead. I had one aim at the beginning of the day, and that was to … Continue reading →

April 29, 2011, Barcelona ENJOYING A SECOND beer at an outdoor cafe. My first beer was accompanied by a jamón sandwich, which has become my favorite food in this country. That and paella, although paella is a distant second. This place … Continue reading →