At the base of Salisbury Crag lies Holyrood Park, Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Parliament building which is, for lack of a better word, unique. It was designed by a Spanish firm and you can feel an odd sense of the Mediterranean in it’s result.  So I decided to see the inside. . The inside […]

Hartford CT to Boston, MA by bus,  A slice of Regina’s Pizza then to Logan.  6PM Boston to Iceland to Edinburgh at 9:30 Wed AM.  I caught site of the new Queensferry Crossing Bridge as we were about to land. Same type design on a much bigger as can be seen in Boston.   My […]

I’m done.  My father has been admitted to hospice care, I’m understandably exhausted considering the pace & my condition (old) and the days are getting too short to venture north so I think I’m going to stay Stateside for the winter.  Believe it or not, I’ve never played tourist in Boston, the city where I […]

I tried new ales & stouts whenever possible and logged the reults in my notebook as they were drunk. Wadworth 6X – light color, smooth taste but nothing special 3/5 Sharpe’s Doom Bar – like Wadsworth 6x 3/5 Brain’s Dark – a Welsh smooth black ale 5/5 Brain’s Reverand James- not as dark but just […]