Seattle

Usually Kate and I travel together but on occasion we don't. Kate had a meeting in Seattle, Washington where I didn't join her. She travelled with Sam and Sam's mom. From the photo album it looks like she had a good time. The Chihully exhibit was especially exciting.

2014-06 Fry Visits

Kate and I visited with the Frys on our recent trip to Turin. We stopped in to see Chris (our no. 1 son and our no. 1 chum's real son) and Jean (his grandmother -- our no. 2 mom and our no. 1 chum's real mom) in Woking on our way through Heathrow. On the return leg we visited with Martin (my no. 1 chum), his partner Tina and his daughter Ines (Chris's sister) in Nierstein/Oppenheim (on the Rhine just outside of Frankfurt). These are close family friends who we only get to see every few years. They're a great bunch all tied around a relationship with my classmate Martin and my bike trip to England back in 1979 (I biked within England --- not to England). Chris was the photographer for our 25th anniversary back in 2005 when we were entertained by a 63 Monroe reunion at the London Music Club.

Here's a photo album of our visit.

[This is a repost form 2014 on Google+]

2014-06 Turin, Italy

Kate and I were in Turin Italy in early June of 2014 for her annual KBS conference. It was an interesting city but unseasonably hot -- even the locals were complaining. Kate also came down with a bug -- thanks Sam.

No we did not see the shroud of Turin, only a few replicas. But we did have some nice pasta, very good wines and as often happens .... I took far too many pictures. Enjoy if you're curious.

[This is a repost from 2014/Google+]