Author Archives: billybaba
MARCH 16, THURSDAY
TRAIN RIDE ACROSS GERMANY We got to the Geneva train station at 9 and the train left at 9:30. We got on the train at the right time on the right track, but at first we were not sure that
MARCH 16, THURSDAY
TRAIN RIDE ACROSS GERMANY We got to the Geneva train station at 9 and the train left at 9:30. We got on the train at the right time on the right track, but at first we were not sure that
MARCH 15, WEDNESDAY
GEX, FRANCE All I saw of Geneva and Gex, the village where Mary and Craig have a house, is Mont Blanc. We arrived on Sunday and on Monday I suddenly was coughing and sneezing and was congested and felt lousy.
MARCH 15, WEDNESDAY
GEX, FRANCE All I saw of Geneva and Gex, the village where Mary and Craig have a house, is Mont Blanc. We arrived on Sunday and on Monday I suddenly was coughing and sneezing and was congested and felt lousy.
MARCH 14, TUESDAY
PARIS TO GENEVA Gare de Lyon was only a half hour walk from our Airbnb. We had breakfast of croissants and hot chocolate and then boarded our train to Geneva by scanning in our ticket as we went through the
MARCH 14, TUESDAY
PARIS TO GENEVA Gare de Lyon was only a half hour walk from our Airbnb. We had breakfast of croissants and hot chocolate and then boarded our train to Geneva by scanning in our ticket as we went through the
MARCH 13, MONDAY
MONTMARTRE In April of last year Susie and I stayed for a month on the third floor of this building with the window in the upper left corner from which I would throw the key down to Susie to let
MARCH 13, MONDAY
MONTMARTRE In April of last year Susie and I stayed for a month on the third floor of this building with the window in the upper left corner from which I would throw the key down to Susie to let
MARCH 12, SUNDAY
RUE DES MARTYRS On the Mahy family’s regular Sunday zoom call with Lisa in Bellingham, Washington and Sara in Washington, DC and Mary and Todd now in Gex, France, Lisa was asking about things to do in Paris. Her whole
MARCH 12, SUNDAY
RUE DES MARTYRS On the Mahy family’s regular Sunday zoom call with Lisa in Bellingham, Washington and Sara in Washington, DC and Mary and Todd now in Gex, France, Lisa was asking about things to do in Paris. Her whole
MARCH 11, SATURDAY
PERE LACHAISE CEMETERY For the two nights we stayed in Paris we stayed in an Airbnb in the Bastille district, the same district that Susie and Todd stayed in a two months ago when they arrived in Europe. In walking
MARCH 11, SATURDAY
PERE LACHAISE CEMETERY For the two nights we stayed in Paris we stayed in an Airbnb in the Bastille district, the same district that Susie and Todd stayed in a two months ago when they arrived in Europe. In walking
MARCH 10, FRIDAY
HELSINKI EVENING It was cold (17 F) and windy in Tallinn and just as cold and windy in Helsinki when we trudged two miles from the ferry to our Airbnb so that on arriving I immediatedly fell asleep until dinner.
MARCH 10, FRIDAY
HELSINKI EVENING It was cold (17 F) and windy in Tallinn and just as cold and windy in Helsinki when we trudged two miles from the ferry to our Airbnb so that on arriving I immediatedly fell asleep until dinner.
MARCH 9, THURSDAY
TALLINN, ESTONIA, AGAIN Yesterday we took the four hour bus ride from Riga to Tallinn and spent the night in the same efficient, small Airbnb that we were in three nights before. We rested up a little and then went
MARCH 9, THURSDAY
TALLINN, ESTONIA, AGAIN Yesterday we took the four hour bus ride from Riga to Tallinn and spent the night in the same efficient, small Airbnb that we were in three nights before. We rested up a little and then went
MARCH 8, WEDNESDAY
RIGA CENTRAL MARKET Our spacious and comfortable airbnb was in the old part of Riga, but it didn’t have the charm of Tallin, except for our square. So we took first tram 5 to the end of the line and
MARCH 8, WEDNESDAY
RIGA CENTRAL MARKET Our spacious and comfortable airbnb was in the old part of Riga, but it didn’t have the charm of Tallin, except for our square. So we took first tram 5 to the end of the line and
MARCH 7, TUESDAY
ROAD TO RIGA, LATVIA We were ready for breakfast at a beautiful nearby cafe at 8 a.m.. I was too ravenous to take a photograph of my breakfast but the Estonian invitation to the British for breakfast was marvelous: two
MARCH 7, TUESDAY
ROAD TO RIGA, LATVIA We were ready for breakfast at a beautiful nearby cafe at 8 a.m.. I was too ravenous to take a photograph of my breakfast but the Estonian invitation to the British for breakfast was marvelous: two
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