It is Sunday, April 13th and we’re on the flight home. I’d brought my laptop with the idea that I’d write a bit before bed during the trip but that never happens. So, I have a journal entry on the way to Spain and now a journal entry on the way home. It was…… Continue reading 2025 – Spain – Second Post
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Posts from our about Spain. I studied in Toledo, Spain in 1998.
2025 – Spain – First Post
Spain Trip We woke up at 3:10 AM for a 5:50 AM flight. It is always a horror getting up that early but the benefit is that the flights are usually wide open and there is little traffic on the way there. There were 100 empty seats on the 5:50 AM flight where we might…… Continue reading 2025 – Spain – First Post
Trip to Toledo Spain
It had been twenty five years since I’d last visited Toledo. I was a student and had just wrapped up the best six months I’d ever had. I had learned to converse in Spanish which was a great boost for my academic ego and had a lot of fun on top of it. I had…… Continue reading Trip to Toledo Spain
The Spanish West – Time Life Books
The more I travel and learn the more I realize people of every nation do not know their own history. It is not necessarily their own fault but that of the elementary and secondary schools which teach a ‘happy’ and patriotic version while diminishing or completely ignoring anything which could paint the country in a…… Continue reading The Spanish West – Time Life Books
Racial unrest and other news
It is 8:49 AM on Sunday May 31st, 2020. I have asked myself many times this year if things could get any worse. I quit asking myself that question months ago yet things continue to get worse. At this point I’m wondering if we will see a bottom for a while or if things will…… Continue reading Racial unrest and other news
Renaissance Man
I’ve always wanted to be a renaissance man. This idea came about in college when I started studying languages. I was so enraptured by my study abroad in Toledo, Spain that it changed the course of my life. The history, the culture, a new language were things I had never experienced before and here I…… Continue reading Renaissance Man
Travels in Asia and Africa – 1325-1354 – Ibn Battúa
I heard about this book from Reddit and knew right away that I wanted to read it. I love history and traveling and here is a first hand account from a well traveled (for the times) man from over 600 years ago. This is unlike a history book. History books are the past seen through…… Continue reading Travels in Asia and Africa – 1325-1354 – Ibn Battúa
The Alchemist
I read the Alchemist for the first time around 1996, almost a decade after it was originally published. Like many books I’ve read long ago I had forgotten most of it. It was a chance encounter seeing it featured as a book to digitally borrow from my library app and I listened to it during…… Continue reading The Alchemist