Friday, September 4, 2009
Folklore in Galica
Two days without writing and I have withdrawl symptoms. In fact I have been busy preparing my visa application for a 6 months stay this time. I won't bore you with the details, but among other things it involves an interview at the US consulate in Istanbul. So, on the 24th it's back by coach to...
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Blogit friends are the best!
Thank you, thank you, all of you who have supported me, commented on and even bought one or the other of the two books. It can´t get any better than the support and help I have found here, more I must say, than from any "live" friends I have, because at blogit, we are all the same, moved by the same...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Please, please root for me..
Got the Galicia guide done, dusted and published. Frankly, because of all the technicalities, it was a nightmare, but here it is. If you feel kindly inclined towards me, please take a look and rate. You don´t need to spend any money, you already know what´s in it, but with your help, I might have a...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Have a laugh at vogue´s headdresses
My grandmother belonged to a genertion of ladies who wouldn't leave the house without wearing a hat. More often than not, she also put on gloves. I loved to play around with the vast collection of hats and dress up in them. That childish pleasure has persisted over time and on our recent trip to...
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Monday, August 31, 2009
All clean and fragrant..
that´s how you are supposed to feel after a visit to a Hamam in Turkey. I didn´t go yet and don´t really want to, although I couldn´t explain why. But, when we were in Istanbul last week, my enterprising friend Wendy and I were exploring all day long and just happened upon the oldest Hamam of the...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009
Galicia will be coming out your ears
by now, but there are still a few pictures I wanted to share with you. Of course, this bing a catholic countries, churches, cathedrals and images of saints are everywhere. There are a few who appealed to me beause of their life like expressions and they kind of talked to me. See what you think. Not...
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Art Deco in Istanbul
I´m bravely fighting my way through all the technicalities involved in getting that Galicia guide ready. Not easy, but on the other hand, it´s quite satisfying to have managed yet another hurdle of doing this, clicking here, installing that. The actual writing of the text is the least of the...
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Friday, August 28, 2009
auslander and other travel writers, take a look
I came upon a great opportunity yesterday which I would like to share. It´s a competiton for a guide book for gecko. Take a look at it and have a go. I certainly am. The deadline is 24th of September and first prize is a trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair and promotion of the guide book. Runners up...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
A floating museum in Bayona
After yesterday´s detour to Kos, let´s return to Galicia and the town I liked best which is Bayona near Portugal. The floating museum this post is referring to, is a replica of the caravella ´Pinta´, one of the three Columbus set out with to discover America (not that he thought he was going...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Escape to another country
No rest for the true gypsies. Luckily for me, my friends are much the same, or rather, don´t put up too much resistance if vogue gets itchy feet and feels like company for rhe next short trip. Yesterday, we went on a daytrip to the Greek island of Kos. It´s only an hour away by speed catamaran,...
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