Category: Travel

Pablo Picasso

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“It took me my whole life to learn to draw like a child.” Pablo Picasso Picasso spent his formative years in Barcelona before moving as a teenager to Paris, where he became arguably the most influ... Read More

Barcelona

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“The straight line  Belongs to Man, The curved line Belongs to God” Antoni Gaudi “The dotted line……. Is between owners.” Simon  Dawn on our last day in Barcelona. Gaudi was the highlight... Read More

The Last Cathedral

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The Sagrada Familia may be the last majestic cathedral built. Religion is much less popular than it was and the share of the economy that worshiping gods commands has been shrinking for five hundred y... Read More

Risk

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There is risk in everything we try, demanding certainty is another way of stalling. This quote reminds me of a Richard Feynman quote from last year’s trip. This Asian looking cabinet was at the Imag... Read More

Cruising

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Tomorrow we leave on our first ever ocean cruise on a large cruise ship. I have always opposed cruises because in my uninformed opinion they were too organized and regimented. Too focused on comfort a... Read More

Serendipity

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You can’t plan for serendipity But you can leave space for it. This is another of a continuing series of posts about serendipity. Simon and Serendipity are alliterative and I should be able to m... Read More

Price

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“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” Henry David Thoreau The Red Rocks of Sedona. Thoreau was wise but unrealistic. He needs qualifiers. Life is not an on/off switch.... Read More