Email: Greetings from Panama City
Lauren and I are in Panama City on a five day trip to celebrate our December birthdays and completion of her finals.
Using My iPad on The Road – First Impressions
When the iPad was introduced a few months ago, I grappled with the decision of whether to buy one. So I began to think how I would use it and, of course, taking it on the road was one of those considerations.
Email: Greetings from Vancouver
After 84 hours and about 2,800 miles of train travel we arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia at 8:30 am this morning, about one hour ahead of schedule.
South America: Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires was the first stop on our central South American journey. Our email provides all the details of our time there.
South America: Encarnación and Jesuit Missions
We visited Paraguay to see the Jesuit mission ruins at Trinidad and Jesus de Tavarangue. Our base was the border city of Encarnacion.
South America: Iguazu Falls
We spent two days viewing Iguazu Falls from both the Brazil and Argentina sides and enjoyed the panorama from each side.
Email: Greetings from Encarnacion, Paraguay
When we last wrote we were in Buenos Aries. After our third and final day there, we boarded a bus heading to Posadas, Argentina which is about an 815 mile, 14 hour trip away. Then we were driven about three miles to the Paraguayan border.
Email: Greetings from Iguazu Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argentina
Iguazu Falls, which is located on the Parana River between Brazil and Argentina, is one of the great waterfalls of the world. Legend has it that when Eleanor Roosevelt first saw it, she said, “Poor Niagara!”
Argentina Planning Update: Researching the Trip
The planning for this next journey, scheduled for March 2010, is progressing slowly but surely. It is now just four months away and, since the last blog entry on this subject, we have purchased a guidebook and done some Internet research to try to get the itinerary nailed down.
Email: Greetings from Edinburgh, Scotland
It is Saturday morning and we are preparing to leave Edinburgh, our last stop in Scotland. We arrived here early Thursday afternoon after our last train pass journey from Fort William, via a change in Glasgow.