Kaysersberg and its vineyards
A long drive from Le Puy-en-Velay put us in Colmar just after the sun set. Colmar is located in France’s Alsace region. Not far away, about ten miles as a crow flies, is the Rhine River and the border with (more…)
May 11, 2012
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France: Beaune
December 15, 2010
October 29, 2010
France: St. Emilion and Bordeaux Wine Country
Inside the barrel room at Chateau Lynch Bages
Though they are amongst the most expensive toll roads in Europe, France’s Autoroutes are a fast and efficient way of traveling between (more…)
February 25, 2010
The Best Restaurant in the World?
Spider Crab with Jerusalem artichokes at Mugaritz
For a short period of time I’m in the unique position of being able to add our opinion to the debate on what is the best restaurant in the world. I’ve now been to top five restaurants on the San Pellegrino 2009 list of the World’s Best Restaurants. Four of (more…)
November 8, 2009
Passing Through Healdsburg in the Fall of 2009
A large tomato at the Duchamp WInery
The seasons have turned to fall. For us, it was time for our sometimes-annual trip to Northern California’s wine country ostensibly to pick up our allotment of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. What started as a trip that (more…)
August 27, 2009
Laguardia to Burgos
Bodega Ysios seen in the morning light
Our cell phone’s alarm clock rang early. We were tired from the travel, but forced ourselves up and out into the early morning light. This was the last hours of our short stay in La Rioja and we wanted to make the most of it.
August 22, 2009
Laguardia
Stainless steel inside Bodegas Juan Alcorta
Don’t be confused. This log entry is about our stay in Laguardia, Spain and not the airport of the same name in New York City. There’s little debate that Laguardia, Spain makes for a better vacation destination than the NYC airport.
August 20, 2009
On to La Rioja
A fountain on the grounds of Marqués de Riscal
It was time to leave San Sebastian and move the two hours south and west to La Rioja. After the last fiasco of trying to bring the car to the luggage in Bilbao, we gave in to the public humiliation of being seen on the streets of trendy San Sebastian with our (more…)
October 2, 2008
Auckland, New Zealand
Leaving Auckland on the ferry
This is an account of our trip to New Zealand in January 2007. Enjoy!
Our travel to NZ was pretty uneventful and we made a few forays into urban Auckland on the bikes. We managed a little sightseeing and a (more…)
