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Caminho Português, From Portugal to Spain.
After a nice day off in Viana do Castelo we only have 9 more days of walking with one more day off. Bill is taking a sick day today and will be taking a taxi to our next destination. Tomorrow we start our last six walking days with no more planned rest days. One more…
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Caminho Português da Costa
This will be our third Camino in the last 24 months. We started our first Camino together (Jim walked a previous Camino with our daughter Emily in 2015) on September 17 of 2021 in San Sebastián Spain. On that venture we walked over 180 miles in 2½ weeks before Jim was unable to manage any…
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Lisbon and Porto
Two and ½ years ago our friends Bill Boyle and Karen Lewis invited us to join them on the Camino del Norte to walk from San Sebastián to Santiago de Compostela. We gladly accepted their offer and then due to Covid they decided to bow out and we walked part of that Camino by ourselves…
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Munich
We have been in Munich for almost three months now and will be returning Stateside quite soon, 27 August. The following pictures are a collection of miscellaneous explorations, walks, tours and happy times in Bavaria. Munich and lower Bavaria has provided us with another memorable stay. It has more than met our expectations of beauty,…
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen 3
We return to this beautiful Mountainside town for the third time. First time was by car with Jonathon Steen and family, second time was by SBahn and taxi with a crowded return by train. This trip was a very smooth ride by UBahn and train. Our Canadien friends Ruby and Will had invited us back…
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A Day Trip from Munich to Regensburg
After a long day we took the 17:55 train home arriving about 20:30.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2
We drove to this town on June 21 with our nephew Jonathon Steen and some of his family. We knew we would be back as our friends that we met in Japan, Ruby and son Will own a home in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and were arriving in early July. Here is how this relationship evolved. It seems…
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Tegernsee Hike
We first met Gertrud last July when we were in Munich to attend the Passion Play in Oberammergau. Like many of our friends, the connection begins with our longtime neighbor and friend from Boston. Peggy Scott. Peggy gave us an email introduction to Sigi and Paul when we were in London in 2018. From that…
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St. Mary’s Isles of Scilly
St. Mary’s is the Isles of Scilly’s largest island (population 1,800) and the gateway to the rest of the islands. Covering an area a little more than 6 square miles it offers large stretches of deserted white sandy beaches, dramatic rocky coves, stunning seascapes, miles of beautiful walks along coastal and country paths and nature…
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Dachau
We did our fourth day trip out of Munich with nephew Jonathon, Jolene and Jolin since they had a rental car. Dachau is really just a suburb of Munich and we could have taken public transportation. As an aside, on a run the other day we explored a local cemetery and came across a Dachau…
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
On June 20, Jim’s nephew Jonathan Steen arrived at our place in Munich after driving the short distance from Simbach Austria with his wife Jolene and son Jolin. Jolene has very strong connections with Seminar Schloss Bogenhofen as she attended a year of high school there and learned to speak German fluently. She subsequently took…
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Bravermans in Munich
Jennifer Ludlum Braverman worked with Jim in the Emergency Department and then with Sandy in the PACU at Lahey Clinic. She then met Igor Braverman while working in the PACU as he was an anesthesiologist. We have watched them through their courtship, marriage, childbirth and parenting of Sophie. Jennifer and Sophie visited us in London…
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Kyoto with Audrey and Neil
Sandy first met Audrey and Neil, both Anesthesiologists, in the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Lahey Clinic Peabody in the early 2000’s. They became friends and occasionally interacted socially with other friends and introduced Jim into the mix. In 2016 Jim had major surgery and Sandy asked Neil to administer his anesthesia. After our retirement in…
