Dear Readers: Yes, yes -- promised I would blog my family’s Grand
European Vacation. I even brought my laptop along, to make
regular posts. I know very well that blogs are supposed to be real time, not
retrospective – the format thrives on the (pardon my French) élan and joie de
vivre of the now. A post has the lifespan of a mayfly.
But once I got there? I’d be darned if I was going to look
at my computer screen for any more than I had to. My phone was used almost
exclusively as a camera, and my laptop gathered dust once I’d done my mid-trip
check-in with work. This vacation was for cool summer breezes, Deutsch wines
and cheeses (with apologies to Buffett). My loyal readers would have to wait.
Anyway, stay tuned, please. Shortly I’ll be recounting the
trip in roughly chronological order, with an eye to some of my previously
posted suggestions, to see how those worked out in practice. I did take notes
along the way, good old pen and paper, so perhaps some of the spontaneity of
the moment can still be captured. Next post: Getting There.
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