Category Archives: Elsewhere

Gaudi

Posted on 3 Jan 2014 by lornaofarabia

Barcelona’s buildings by Antoni Gaudi (1852–1926) are so incredible that I had to give them their own post. Gaudi was an important figure in Catalonia’s Moderisme architectural movement. His works are colorful and curvy, based on shapes and figures from … Continue reading →

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Homage to Catalonia

Posted on 1 Jan 2014 by lornaofarabia

After a week in Berlin, we transferred our moveable feast to Barcelona. The big Christmas holiday in Spain is Three Kings Day on January 6. With Ethiopian Christmas on January 7, we are getting the most out of our holiday … Continue reading →

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Then we take Berlin

Posted on 21 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

We began the holiday season this year with a visit from Alice, our older daughter who lives in our house in Oregon. Alice was more than ready to come see us after the ancient oil-burning basement furnace gave up the … Continue reading →

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What we ate

Posted on 18 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

Those of us on the conference trip were amazed by the food. As you would expect, Hong Kong has fantastic Chinese food, especially dim sum, but there is also every other kind of cuisine you could wish for. There are … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong

Posted on 14 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

Last Wednesday I flew to Hong Kong along with two ICS colleagues for the 3-day 21st Century Learning International conference. The conference itself was pretty inspirational, and I’ll try to post about that later this week. But meanwhile here are … Continue reading →

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Marrakech medina

Posted on 4 Nov 2013 by lornaofarabia

I apologize for all the gushing prose, but I was completely smitten with Morocco… Commercial streets in the walled medina of Marrakech bustle with activity. The old city is vibrant, cacophonous, and aromatic (when not downright smelly).  It’s fantastic and … Continue reading →

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The Marrakech Express

Posted on 31 Oct 2013 by lornaofarabia

Here’s a little tune that’s been running around my head for three weeks now. Just thought I’d share… We went to Morocco last week for our October break. There we were so occupied with soaking up ambiance and eating tagine … Continue reading →

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Driven to distraction

Posted on 21 Sep 2013 by lornaofarabia

It’s a tradition in America to take your DMV driver’s test on your 16th birthday, but none of my four older children was keen enough on automobiles to take part in that time-honored ritual. The oldest one still doesn’t have … Continue reading →

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So long and thanks for all the fish

Posted on 4 Aug 2013 by lornaofarabia

The last two days of our summer vacation were given over to a shop-til-we-drop London scavenger hunt. The list of required items was long and varied. We split it in half and raced separately around the city in search of … Continue reading →

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Glasgow

Posted on 1 Aug 2013 by lornaofarabia

We had planned to visit the whisky isles – Jura and Islay – but after our last day on Mull, we thought that anything else we might do in the islands couldn’t compare with our trip to Staffa and Lunga. … Continue reading →

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