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Southern Californian Airshow, March ARB, Riverside, CA, April 2023
It has been a while! The last two times I watched this airshow from March Field Air Museum if you like the somewhat chaotic parking at the base itself. Downside is that you see the airshow ‘from the back’. This years’ airshow feels a bit watered down. A lot of fly-by’s by moderner military airplanes,…
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London, UK
After a hiatus of about 25 years I made it across the pond to the UK. There is an idiom that says: The more things change, the more they stay the same, and that is definitely true for London. This city was not unaffected by global commercialization (here is your Starbucks, here is your TGI…
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Momentum 2023
An annual recital of dances performed by various groups from the Rancho Palos Verdes High School.
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Barcelona
Barcelona…. once considered a sleepy industrial outpost on the Mediterranean Sea, reinvented itself thanks to the Olympic Games in ’92. Old buildings designed by Gaudi were cleaned up. The subway system was modernized. And what a cosmopolitan city it has become! Plaça Catalunya We start our tour at the heart of Catalunya, the so-called ‘autonomous…
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New York, New York
Of course, this is also the title of the famous Frank Sinatra song. Every year I wonder ‘if I can make it there‘, and besides that it really is ‘It’s up to you‘, I have been too busy to go back to this city with many faces. Hopefully this will happen in the next year…
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Argentina, Part 4: Mendoza & The Andes
The longest bus ride I took was from beautiful Salta to Mendoza. I survived and found myself in Mendoza. This city is a bit bigger than Salta, and it was a bit hard to find the coziness that was all surrounding the Plaza 9 de Julio in Salta. One thing that amazed me was the…
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Argentina, Part 3: Salta & Salinas Grandes
Ah… Salta! Beautiful city hidden in the Andes mountains!Very lively, Salta is a city you should not miss. The Plaza 9 de Julio is the place to be. It has a lot of restaurants, bars and street performers. I spend quite some time at Plaza 9 de Julio, letting it all sink in. As I…
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Argentina, Part 2: Iguazú Falls
Time to head to the majestic Iguazú waterfalls. I have heard a fair amount of people reveling about it. They make up the largest waterfall system in the world. Not hard to imagine while you’re standing out there. After I arrived here I walked around this very sleepy city. The weather was not very cooperating,…
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Argentina, Part 1: Buenos Aires
I have wanted to go to Argentina for a long, long time. That happened in October 2022. First destination: Buenos Aires. After a long delayed flight, I landed in a rainy Buenos Aires. Not knowing what weather to expect, I did pack for some colder and gray weather. If it was not for the signs…
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Thailand – Krabi
On my third trip to Thailand I had the privilege to visit Krabi, also known as the less known neighbor of Phuket, however that is not apparent on the amount of visitors. We actually stayed at a smaller place called Railay Beach, which is reachable by boat only. It does have it charms, less busy,…