February 3 – Cabo – I copied and pasted some very good maps of Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo as well as the southern Baja Penninsula onto Word Files by going to www.loscabosguide.com and then copying and pasting the maps. Or when you get to Cabo grab one or two of those free Los Cabos magazines which are around everywhere and tear the maps out of them. They are some good maps for finding your way around. I set two alarm clocks last night and woke up about half an hour before they went off this morning. I had a reservation for the whale watching tour at 9 AM. I don’t usually do mornings but I guess the whales do so I had to get up. I was told to try and get there ... read more

January 31 - Cabo –Thursday - I went to bed at a decent time but woke up in the middle of the night and so did some reading on Cabo before going back to bed around 6AM. I woke up around 1PM and so got my usual time of the day start. I pretty much just relaxed on the terrace for a couple of hours and drank my tea while writing my blog and thinking things over. I decided to go to Wal Mart to get some milk, 100% whole wheat bread, cereal, and fruit. The meals at restaurants are mostly meat or fish with hardly anything with fiber. So I have to make sure to work fiber into my diet on my own. So I walked down to the bus stop on Lazaro Cardenas east ... read more

December 6 - Heathrow to College Station , Texas - It was a long and very boring flight from Heathrow to Ft Worth where I changed planes. But I finally made it home and my brother picked me up at the airport. So that is another trip done for this year. I actually looked at it and was suprised to realize that I have spent 5 months out of this year in Europe. First a 6 week trip in Ireland. Then an 8 week trip in Ireland and England. Then another 6 week trip in Ireland, England, France, Rome, Athens, and Santorini, Greece. So that totals 20 weeks or 5 months. I think I am done with Europe till April for now.... read more

December 5 – Athens to London – Today I repacked my suitcase and left it at the luggage storage room at the hostel. Then I checked out and went out till 3:00 PM when I would come back and get my luggage and go to the airport. I went and explored the ancient agora in Athens. It must have been really impressive in its day. Just the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos shows that. Also in the museums here they have scale models of how it looked and it was really impressive. I think a lot of people believe that there are ruins here now because they fell down or whatever. That is not the case. Basically as time went on different groups “recycled” the marble for their own projects. The same thing happened to the Forum ... read more

Dec 3 - Santorini to Athens – I left a big pile of discards on the bed plus €5 for the maid and since my plane wasn’t leaving till 3:55 I made arrangements with the manager of the hotel to take me to the airport at around 2 PM. Then I went out and walked around a bit taking a last look for now at the Caldera. There was a very high wind blowing and it made it cold. The sky was partly cloudy but the clouds were being blown around so the view went from brilliant blue to subdued by the clouds. It was a fantastic view still. After a bit I walked back down to the main street and had a Greek Salad for lunch and an ice cream from a shop. Then I ... read more