

A Quick Tour of Southern France and Spain - Barcelona, Catalonia
Original: November 8-12, 2013 For the second leg of our trip, we took the TGV back to Lyon and headed to Barcelona by air, an Iberia...


A Quick Tour of Southern France and Spain - Grenoble
Original: November 2013 This blog is the first from our November trip to France and Spain. Our initial stop was Grenoble where we mixed...
Jack’s Favorite Silicon Valley Restaurants
My Christmas was spent with family members in the Silicon Valley Area of California (San Jose, Los Gatos, Palo Alto, and San Francisco)...


Budapest Hungary
This trip report is about Budapest Hungary or “Budapesht” as the Hungarians would pronounce it. I found the city overall to be very...


Vienna Austria
This was a quick two-night trip to Wien Austria with a little bit of work while I was in the area. I got enough of a taste to know that...


Nürnberg Germany and the Altstadt Festival
This blog describes our trip to Nürnberg. We arrived in Nürnberg on Friday after a flight from Dublin to München. We then took the S-bahn...


Central Texas(Centex) - Music Venues and Bands
This is the third (and last) blog from our recent visit to our old hometown of Austin TX and will focus on my view on music venues and...


A Pound A Day in Central Texas - Part 2
Here is a review of the restaurants where we ate during our recent visit to Central Texas. This is the final installment. Tuesday Lunch -...


A Pound A Day in Central Texas - Part I
On June 30th we had the grand opportunity of hosting our oldest daughter’s wedding and celebration… in Austin, Texas, so this blog is...