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Is just around the corner from the Born market hall seen in the center above.Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

It is 8:15 p.m. We are in Barcelona. It is twilight. We are sitting in a plaza, a small plaza–there are hundreds of them–under a canopy of leafy trees, chestnut and palm. There is a gentle breeze and the sky looks like rain. Barcelona is old. When Emperor Augustus established an official city here two-thousandContinue reading “Marlow and Wes, Barcelona, 18 September 2012”

When I last wrote on Thursday night from Carnegie Hall, the conductor, Franz Welser-Möst was about to begin the concert. His downbeat set in motion a 100-minute tale for solo singers and orchestra written near 1915 by the composer Richard Strauss, (no relation to the waltz king.) The composition is called Salome. Typically done onContinue reading “NYC: May 24-27, 2012”

Marlow writes: 5/18/09, Final Entry, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. Another great trip is concluding. Wes is a virtuoso planner. Smooth and seamless travel. Thank you, Wes. This weekend in Paris was intermittently rainy. Not stormy. Just occasional light showers. At times, we bicycled. In the rain. At rush hour. In heavy traffic. And IContinue reading “5/18/09, Final Entry, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport”

Filmed from the window in Roland’s room on the top floor of the apartment building. You can see why we spent so much time in the apartment – the views were just wonderful.

Exploring Paris by bike! Roland enjoying Paris! Marlow’s traveling companions We’ve been exploring Paris by bike. Taking advantage of the many “free” bike rental stations called “Velib” located around the City. After registering for a cost of one Euro, you can use any bike for up to 30 minutes at no charge. You can returnContinue reading “Sunday May 17 – Our Final Day in Paris”

We arrived in Paris this afternoon after a short train trip from Brugges, with a change of train in Brussels to the high-speed Thylys train.  The train travels at a standard speed until it reaches the France border where the train tracks have been upgraded to accommodate higher speeds.  Once in France, the speed ofContinue reading “Thursday – May 14 – PARIS!”