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OVER OR UNDER THE WALL? ON TO CABO SAN LUCAS

OVER OR UNDER THE WALL? ON TO CABO SAN LUCAS

On Sunday, we are flying to Mexico, to stay at the beautiful Las Ventanas al Paraiso, a Rosewood resort in Los Cabos. It is located on the ocean between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo. The flight from Seattle takes four hours and it is a twenty five minute drive to the hotel. This is a five star hotel we have stayed at more than several times and have always enjoyed a very relaxing and pleasant experience. There…

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THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ IS RIGHT “THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME”

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ IS RIGHT “THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME”

We arrived back in Seattle late last Tuesday and are still dealing with waking up at 2 am from jet lag and confused body clocks. Unpacking was almost as big a job as packing because we took entirely too much with us resulting in clothes we never wore and a very large pile of laundry and dry cleaning. Simba the cat was waiting for us when we walked in and immediately demanded food. The dog was with our friend Julie…

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SPAIN TO ITALY ON THE SEABOURN

SPAIN TO ITALY ON THE SEABOURN

Thursday September 22nd. We have sailed from Barcelona to Valencia to a stop at an island in Spain and on our way to San Remos Italy. Weather sunny and warm with calm seas. Jet lag does cause a problem at 3 am but restful anyway. It's unavoidable not to compare past Seabourn cruises we have taken with this cruise line and this one on the Sojourn. Overall, I gather since it's take over by Carnival, they have economized in a…

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SPAIN, FRANCE & ITALY

SPAIN, FRANCE & ITALY

This Saturday September 17th we leave from Seattle on British Air to London and,after a short layover, continue to Barcelona, Spain where we spend the night. The next day we board a Seabourn ship, the Sojourn, for a ten day cruise. From Barcelona we sail to Valencia and continue on to Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain. We then go on to San Remo, Italy and then la jolicette France. We stop at San Tropez in France and Sanary sur Mer in…

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A FINAL WORD ABOUT THE FOUR SEASONS TRIP

A FINAL WORD ABOUT THE FOUR SEASONS TRIP

Now that we have finally unpacked our suitcases and had a chance to recover from the many time zone changes, I’ve gone through some of the photos we both took during the trip. We started with a dinner at the Seattle Center and Dale Chihuly glass museum. The next morning we boarded the Four Seasons jet at Boeing field for the first leg of the trip to Japan. r The Tokyo Four Seasons had a dinner with Japanese singing and…

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MOROCCO TO BOSTON & HOME TO SEATTLE

MOROCCO TO BOSTON & HOME TO SEATTLE

From Russia we were on our way to Morocco. We left the four seasons Hotel in St. Petersburg at in the morning for our plane. On the way however, we stopped at Peter & Paul Fortress and we visited the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. The name is due to the assassination that occurred there. The Peter and Paul Fortress is St. Petersburg’s oldest structure and the cathedral is the burial place of all Russian emperors. This is…

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THE MALDIVES TO AFRICA, ITALY & RUSSIA

THE MALDIVES TO AFRICA, ITALY & RUSSIA

I’ve not done a very good job of describing our experience in the Maldives. In fact, I’m not totally sure of the accuracy of sequences I report as things began to blurr at this point. When I get home I’ll review again. Please excuse my typos as well given the hour I post things. I described the ordeal of a very long flight from China and the series of transportation steps involved ending with our crossing extremely rough water to…

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FROM TOKYO TO CHINA TO THE MALDIVES

FROM TOKYO TO CHINA TO THE MALDIVES

I’m sitting at table under an outdoor roof by a swimming pool at our room in the Maldives. It is 88 degrees within humidity 74% and overcast. We arrived here from Beijing last night after a 19 hour travel day. In reverse order we left the Beijing airport at 5:00 am, flew 7.5 hours to Sara Lanka, refueled and continued another 1.5 hours to the airport where we got on a totally humid commuter plane to the capital of the…

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OUR FOUR SEASONS PRIVATE JET TOUR OF A LIFETIME

OUR FOUR SEASONS PRIVATE JET TOUR OF A LIFETIME

 My wife Lita and I have decided to go on, what is for us, a huge adventure in our retirement. We have signed up for a Four Seasons private jet tour starting in Seattle in April of this  year and traveling to different countries with our final stop Boston after 24 days of travel. We will be traveling on a private Boeing  757 jet under the sponsorship of the Four Seasons. At each  destination we will be staying in a Four Seasons Hotel. The jet…

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ARIZONA AND IT’S POLITICAL CULTURE

ARIZONA AND IT’S POLITICAL CULTURE

We are in sunny Scottsdale, AZ. It is somewhat like visiting another country from a political and cultural standpoint. For example, we have Joe Arpaio, who bills himself as the "America's toughest Sheriff" who, at 83 years of age, is running again for his seventh term. He has reportedly raised $8 million to run for relection as  Maricopa County's Sheriff. But he only has 3.2 million as the race begins because he spent the rest of it. How? According to…

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