@jcocktosten posted:Moved from right bank of Paris to left. Tomorrow back to Key West
Quick trip! Have a safe flight back.
@jcocktosten posted:Moved from right bank of Paris to left. Tomorrow back to Key West
Hope you have had an incredible time!! I am very envious.
@jcocktosten posted:[snip]
Why we cannot have the health pass system like they do makes no sense - actually as we are a country of morons [almost 50% anyway] it makes complete sense. QR Code on phone to prove vaccination required to enter restaurants, museums etc.
Mostly just very happy to be here and appreciating it all. Have not been to Paris in a very long time. Far more English spoken here now
I agree completely about the health pass system. We have it in NYS, but it is not used much. When I was in Marseille in September, I used the French #TousAntiCovid app all the time. It was fantastic.
And yes, English is widely spoken. My French is atrocious, but it was fun to try (and appreciated).
We have plans for a trip to Alsace in October. Will be brushing up on my French prior thereto.
Just back from a 3 day trip to Kansas City. My first official business trip since the beginning of the pandemic.
Leaving on Thurs for 10 day trip out west. Las Vegas, Zion Nat’l Park, Ring of Fire state park in the Mojave desert, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Palm Springs.
I might play golf in Death Valley where I will, no doubt, have the lowest score of my life. That’s because the golf course is 210 feet below sea level!
Death Valley, California.
Palm Springs, CA. Staying at a ritz Carlton in ranch mirage.
Cancun
Sanibel Island
Just got back from Phoenix. Visited the Martin Auto Museum while I was there. Some real automotive eye-candy in that place.
Spending the weekend at the condo in western Maryland. It snowed 6 inches last weekend here but we’ll get into the 70’s this weekend.
Hotlanta
From Morocco. We spend one and a half weeks in Casablanca enjoying the food and hospitality of locals, now are going to visit caves of Hercules https://keckcaves.org/caves-of-hercules-morocco/, Agadir and Marrakesh. IS Rose Valley worth visiting as well?
San Giminiano. Lunch and tastings in Chianti. Back to Florence after lunch
@jcocktosten posted:San Giminiano. Lunch and tastings in Chianti. Back to Florence after lunch
Bastard. 
Enjoy! Had some great meals in Florence. The Golden View, just on the other side of the Arno from the main part of the city has a great view and good fish. Also on that side we ate at a family owned small place, not elegant but good food, called Osteria Del Cinghiale Bianco. This was 10 yrs ago, and knowing you, you have your restaurants all planned out. Have a great time!
Thanks. Rest of meals in town are at our friend's house
We hit a very 2 very nice enotecas yesterday. One excellent wine selection including seriously aged wines
Just got back from Springfield, MO. Funeral. 
Dubrovnik
Flying out first thing tomorrow for a 4 day weekend in Madison, WI. Our annual Jose Rodriguez Memorial Dinner (jar1). Prepare for insane wines that no one individual should consume in one weekend.
Washington, DC.
@wineismylife posted:Flying out first thing tomorrow for a 4 day weekend in Madison, WI. Our annual Jose Rodriguez Memorial Dinner (jar1). Prepare for insane wines that no one individual should consume in one weekend.
Enjoyed so many wonderful wine dinners with Jose in Houston over the years. NolanE and Steve8 made numerous of the dinners as well. Jose was an enthusiastic wine guy for sure.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
@bman posted:Halifax, Nova Scotia
I can almost hear the bells chiming in the slot machines at the Casino. Bon chance, mon ami! 😎
London for a brief stop. Back to Key West today
Fredericton New Brunswick
Saint John New Brunswick day before yesterday, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea New Brunswick now.
Just back from a long weekend in Napa.
Prince Edward Island.
Beautiful, calm, super friendly and relaxing. Freshest seafood possible.
big island, HI
then swinging over to oahu
nice to get some temperature relief from the texas heat
Wish we were still living in Hawai'i to show you some Aloha.
Currently, in Portland (OR). Very high use of face masks here.
Yea we were masked up unless we were solo hiking. Rising covid numbers daily ambilances picking up fainting people.
Alas Oahu trip is over too sitting at lax waiting on a connecting flight.
Oregon is mynretirement spot too!
Nyc!