Dec 27-30 , 2005 I left home early on the morning of Dec 26th (with Enrico driving, bless him) to go to Milan’s Malpensa airport – unfortunately, Milan’s only hub for trans-Atlantic flights is the airport furthest away from Lecco, it takes us nearly two hours to get there. I was flying Alitalia, an airline… Continue reading On the Road in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
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Welcome to Spankyville: Texas Hospitality, with a Twist
shot Feb 13, 2005, 2:59 mins, 10.4 MB compressed with Sorenson Squeeze at 360 kbps video, 96 kbps audio music by Crosby, Stills & Nash I’m just back from my third trans-Atlantic trip in six weeks, this one an emergency visit to Austin, Texas, where various of my relatives seemed to be dying. My aunt… Continue reading Welcome to Spankyville: Texas Hospitality, with a Twist
Deirdré Does Vegas: CES 2005
This trip gave me food for thought on many topics, so I’ll divide this account into subheadings. Travel Reading Milan’s Linate airport no longer has a newsstand once you pass security, so buy your reading material before you go through! There’s a big magazine/book store near the check-in counters. I did have a book with… Continue reading Deirdré Does Vegas: CES 2005
Dancing Horses: The Lipizzaner Stallions
For Easter vacation we went to Vienna. There’s so much to do there that we barely got started; we’ll definitely have to go again. The highlight of the trip, fulfilling a 30-year dream for me, was seeing the Lipizzaner stallions perform at the Spanische Hofreitschule. The event fully lived up to my hopes and expectations.… Continue reading Dancing Horses: The Lipizzaner Stallions
Fearsome Flying
“Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said yesterday that he believes security crackdowns over the Christmas holidays, including the cancellation of some passenger flights into the United States, averted a terrorist attack. But intelligence on the threat was so wispy that U.S. officials may never know for sure, he said.” By John Mintz, Washington Post Staff… Continue reading Fearsome Flying