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A wheely suitcase in Europe #4: Llanca to Zaragoza
Leg four of our journey took us from Llanca to Zaragoza, as illustrated below. Compared to previous journeys (here, here, and here) this one was relatively straightforward: We caught a train from...
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A wheely suitcase in Europe #5: Zaragoza to San Sebastian (plus some musings...
On leg five of our journey we meandered from Zaragoza to San Sebastian (Donostia in the local lingo, which I respect even if I revert to San Sebastian for the remainder of this post). For this...
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A wheely suitcase in Europe #6: San Sebastian to Gijon
After four nights in San Sebastian, Basque we journeyed further west to Gijon, Asturias. Again we decided to use BlaBlaCar, mainly because the alternative rail and bus journeys were slower and more...
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A wheely suitcase in Europe #7: Gijon to Santiago de Compostela.
We left Gijon and drove our rental westward on the A8 highway. Our destination? Santiago de Compostela. Our route? Illustrated below (source). Asturias is a beautiful part of Spain that mixes coastline...
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Confessions of an Auckland voter: Why I voted for Chlöe
Introduction Greetings from Amsterdam. A couple of issues relating to Auckland’s local government elections have exercised my mind of late, specifically: Candidates for councillor in the Waitemata...
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As delegates were leaving the American Constitutional Convention in 1787, a woman asked Benjamin Franklin: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”. Franklin replied: “A Republic, if...
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Bookstores, cities, and shared streets
For me, a new house or apartment doesn’t truly feel like home until I begin to fill it with books. Books serve as familiars and friends: re-reading an old favourite can bring me back to places, people,...
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Wheely suitcase in Europe #8: Santiago de Compostela to Lisbon — Where...
Earlier this year I undertook a rather long and splendid journey starting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and ending in Lisbon, Portugal. In seven previous posts I document our progress as follows:...
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Wanderlust: One week in Bordeaux makes a hard man crumble
Wanderlust: Strong longing for or impluse toward wandering (source) Imagine you own a house in the French countryside, where you live with your dogs and horses. Now imagine that you want to spend...
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50 Years of waiting for an Auckland Rapid Transit system.
Ian Reynolds 1946 by Brian Brake My father, Ian Reynolds 1922-2005, was an architect (as was my mother). He was also a what was then called a Town and Country Planner. After returning from working in...
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