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Her Ring

This is the real circle of life, Simba. Her Ring = herring, and that’s but one of the joyous discoveries of the fish-addled mind. Seriously – this herring shit has been popping off for two weeks, and it is time … Continue reading

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Sitka, Alaska – Summer v. Winter

Sitka, Alaska is a beautiful little city. As you should know from my kayak tours and vast interpretive knowledge, it is mostly surrounded by Tongass National Forest, a temperate spruce-hemlock rain forest. In this varied climate, you may see a … Continue reading

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southbound

20 September 2007 Salmon brought me to Alaska, and the salmon are dead. It must be time to come home. In June, a tightly-coiled Alaska waits for the salmon schools to make their way north past fishermen, dams, animals and … Continue reading

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Valenthia to Sevilla

March 29, 30 & 31 (Days 17, 18 & 19) : [Like an upsot tortoise, waiting for the bus between Barcelona and Valencia] The Thursday afternoon bus from Barcelona to Valencia gave us our first views of Spanish countryside in … Continue reading

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Barthelona

March 28 & 29 (Days 16 & 17): The overnight bus from San Sebastian dumped us at the Estacio’ de Sants (South Station), Barcelona. Unlike most bus stations where the buses dock underneath or beside, this one you have to … Continue reading

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Guernica/Gernika and San Sebastian/Donostia, Basque Country

Before Guernica was a Picasso, it was a small town that had the shit bombed out of it by German and Italian planes, authorized by Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Regardless of tactical theories, the raid left at … Continue reading

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Matalascañas – inescapable paradise

April 10 (Day 29): Alfonso XII is a narrow street that runs between the Fine Arts Museum and the Plaza de Armas bus station in Seville. The car tires on the cobblestones make the same noise they do in parking … Continue reading

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I believe in Bilbao Baggins

Howdy, howdy fuckin partners! I’m half-juiced on fermented Spanish grapes and ever-so-eager to catch you up on my recent Euro travels… [Over the river and up the hill in Bilbao, Basque Country.] March 22 (Day 11): Bilbao was a nice … Continue reading

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Belfast to Bilbao – cinchy as a Rubik’s Cube

Did you know that you can take a multi-hour walking tour of Belfast with a formerly-imprisoned member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA)? I did not have time, but the mention on our bus tour piqued my interest. I will … Continue reading

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Of ancient pubs and hooligans…

As we started up the path to Belfast Castle, scattered lint-ball snowflakes shot by on wind gusts. Two boys on the cusp of adolescence stood by the remnants of a disemboweled snowman. Four mischief-bent eyes followed our progress above rigid … Continue reading

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