Tag Archives: Diary

Maryland, USA

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 80: USA 2011 1618 Lennox Park, 1400 E. W. Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland, 25th April 2011 Up at seven-thirty, showered, packed and sitting in the early sun on the veranda of the Atlantic Hotel waiting for Matthew … Continue reading →

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Avignon

Posted on January 11, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 79: France 2011 Hotel le Colbert, Avignon, 10th March 2011 The Hotel le Colbert, in a narrow, quiet and shuttered back street, is independent and unpretentious.  The warm welcome yesterday was reflected in the décor of reds, … Continue reading →

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Aleppo

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 78: Syria 2010 Cillicia Hotel, Aleppo, 9th September 2010 Breakfast to the sound of laughing doves in the palms and rafters – a peaceful counter to the roar and bustle of traffic in Syria’s industrial capital.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Kardamyli

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Brian

Mining the Diaries 77: Greece Stone House, Kardamyli, Wednesday 9th June 2010 Morning.  Still, silent.  Sun breasting the Taygetos woke dormant cicadas. Today we planned to walk to the church at Agia Sophia, which we can see high up overlooking … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 76: Patagonia 2009

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Brian

Maison Vitraux, Buenos Aires 15th November. Disorientated.  We took off from Heathrow Terminal 5 at 21.50 yesterday and landed in Buenos Aires at 10.45 today.  The flight was uneventful – flying long-haul is one of those occasions when uneventfulness is … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 75: Italy 2009

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Brian

2969 Calle Del Forno, Venice, 21st September 2009 Woke about 6.30 and sat by the window reading The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt while Nina slept.  Footsteps, boats and voices outside – the Venetian dawn chorus. After breakfast … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 74: Wales 2009

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Brian

Or’eira, Llanfacherth, Dolgellau, 12th June 2009 To Dolgellau for the cattle market.  A slow start with a few small trailers bringing in sheep – lambs, rams and hoggets. Selling starts at noon. Auctioneer and his assistant stroll across the yard … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 73: Spain 2009

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Brian

Palau de la Mar, Valencia, 18th March 2009 We did not need to set that alarm for last night’s firework display –we lay listening to it rending the sky like too-close thunder! Down to a bustling breakfast room soon after … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 72: Italy 2008

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Brian

2969 Calle Del Forno, Venice, 7th September 2008 This a first floor apartment overlooking the Rio di S. Margherita and the Calle Del Forno.  When the children in the apartment above run about the lights in the dining room chandelier … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 71: France 2008

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Eden. Les Praz de Chamonix, 24th August 2008 The day dawned crystal clear, the rising sun turning the summit of Mont Blanc and the surrounding peaks brilliant, glittering white, the sky the palest ice blue streaked by chalky contrails.  … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 69: Italy 2007

Posted on November 13, 2023 by Brian

Rezzonico Garden 2796 Calle del Traghetto, Venice, 1st September 2007 A morning in what has become one of my favourite place in Venice, the curious, often macabre, Museo Fortuny, in the former Palazzo Pesaro degli Orfei.  Today the dark mystery … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 67: Wales 2007

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Brian

Or’eira, Llanfacherth, Dolgellau, 9th May 2007 A rainy day in Aberystyth.  I came here with Phil Barradell in 1971 after we had finished our finals; and with David Taylor in 1975 for the RTPI Summer School held at the University, … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 66: Morocco 2006

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Brian

Ryad Mabrouka, Fez, 15th September 2006 Our second day and it’s time to head into the labyrinth, the medina.  It’s claustrophobic and jumbled; dirt is swept into the street; goods are hauled by men and animals; nuts, grains and pulses … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 62: Greece 2005

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Brian

Fotini, Kaminaki, Corfu, 28th August 2005 We drove north to Kalami, Kassiopi and up to Ano Perithia (sometimes signed as ‘Old’, I prefer ‘Ano’).  The road from Loutses has been much improved since we visited in 2001, widened and surfaced, … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 61: Italy 2005

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Brian

2796 Calle del Traghetto, Venice, 27th June 2005 This year we have abandoned the Piano Rialzato, though we are still in the sestieri of Dorsodoro.  The entrance to number 2796 is through anonymous wooden double doors directly off the Calle … Continue reading →

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