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The Cocktail Hour

01 Friday Aug 2014

Posted by Tom in Travel, Video

≈ 8 Comments

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Before we begin, some items to consider:

  • According to the Oregon Craft Beer website, Portland’s 56 breweries (76 in the metro area) constitute the greatest number of breweries of any city in the world.
  • In 2012, Bicycling Magazine proclaimed Portland “America’s Best Bike City.”
  • Although Portland does sport the smallest city park in the world, the city’s Vera Katz Park, at 750 square feet (my estimate, which includes a sidewalk down the middle), is darn close.

Okay. Now we can talk about the cocktail hour that Louise and I share almost every evening.

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Theotokopoulou Street

31 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by Louise in Accommodations, Travel, Video

≈ 6 Comments

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Chania, Crete, expat, Greece, Theotokopoulou Street

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We finalized our arrangements on Theotokopoulou Street back in October, 2012 (and recruited our avatars to make a short video, which is here), and now our stay in Greece is about to end. To complete the circle that our avatars began, we take you back to Theotokopoulou Street, this time in person with Louise as host, to see our neighborhood up close, to try to pronounce “Theotokopoulou,” and to meet some of our friends there:

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What’s Left to Talk About?

12 Wednesday Jun 2013

Posted by Tom in Travel, Video

≈ 15 Comments

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expat, Girona, travel

Let’s take stock: we’ve taken you to the Costa Brava multiple times; we’ve introduced you to our friends; we’ve hiked to the hills, walked the wall, and rented bikes; we’ve even told you how we make phone calls and get mail. What’s left to talk about?

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April in Paris

11 Thursday Apr 2013

Posted by Tom in Travel, Video

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Barcelona, expat, Girona, LGV, travel

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Cue Tony Bennett: Last year, the train trip from Barcelona to Girona took an hour and twenty minutes. Last week, we did it in thirty-seven. Minutes. On a train. At 200 km/h.

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A Slice of Heaven Atop Girona

01 Monday Apr 2013

Posted by Louise in Accommodations, Travel, Video

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expat, Girona, travel

photo of our apartment's exteriorWe have just arrived at our apartment in Girona. We committed to this place for three months, sight unseen. It cudda been Hell, but instead it’s Heaven (especially at this height).

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Box Town

05 Tuesday Mar 2013

Posted by Tom in Travel, Video

≈ 8 Comments

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packing, travel

“Shambles” is much too nice of a word to describe our apartment — or our lives, for that matter — as we remove our worldly goods from closets and shelves and box them up for sale and storage. In a two-minute video, Louise conducts a tour of our Portland apartment — or what’s left of it — 25 days before we begin the expat life.

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