The Barnes Family

Category: Travel

  • Back from a great trip to New Zealand

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    Jeremy and I went on February 6th, and Marina and Caelean joined us on the 16th. We spent our time in Christchurch, where I have a school friend who was kind enough to have us to stay for part of the time and to help us get oriented. We rented a house in Diamond Harbour,…

  • Baja and Danzante!

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    After too long I’ve finally found the time to post some of the pictures from our trip to Danzante! in Baja. We were there just before Thanksgiving – a few days stolen from the working year. We had a great time, lapped up the sun, did very little, ate great food, and enjoyed excellent company.…

  • Home again

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    We’re back from our whirlwind trip to Seattle. Today we went to the Boeing museum close to the Sea-Tac airport, which has an old Air Force One (707), and a BA Concorde. Also a great exhibition of first world war planes, the Blackbird, and a simulator that the boys enjoyed (twice!). Yesterday I met a…

  • Enjoying Seattle

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    We’re just enjoying a few days in Seattle – visiting the Public Market, the first Starbucks store, and today trips to Bainbridge Island for lunch, and the Boeing factory north of Seattle. Typical Seattle weather, I gather – lots of cloud, some rain, but today a bit of sun. The trip to Bainbridge Island was…

  • Santorini!

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    2201 One of the world’s great photogenic places.  Extraordinary beauty, and a quiet sense of isolation make it a great place to visit. 2127 I was there in May, following a conference. May is a good time to visit. It was hot, but not unbearable, and I did a lot of walking. The roads are…

  • We’re installed in the US of A

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    It’s great to be back in our house – even though there’s a great deal of work to be done. It was very sad saying goodbye to all our friends and family in Europe, and I am looking forward to the opportunities I will have to visit them again. Having been in a rented house…

  • Barcelona photos – first batch

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    1651 I’ve posted the first set of pictures from Barcelona. Topics include: La Sagrada Familia Park Guell and Gaudi’s house Exploring the city I’ll have more as and when I can get them processed. Still to come are Casa Millo, and some of the cathedral and Tarragona. Enjoy. tim

  • Barcelona in November

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    1804 What a place! We just came back from a week staying in an apartment in the Gothic Quarter – easy walk to the Metro and many of the sights. I took lots of pictures – I’ll post them as I get them processed. But if you get a chance, it’s the most wonderful mix…

  • Three days in Dorset

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    1621 When my family first came to England (I think at the end of 1959?) we lived in a small coastguard cottage in Swanage. Last week we visited Swanage for the first time in many years, and showed our children where I lived when I was younger than them. On this trip, we stayed in…

  • Pictures of the Cotswolds

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    1577 This was a walk over a period of four or five days in 2004 – our first year in the UK. A group of Marina’s friends came over, which was nice, and they walked across the hills, from pub to pub. These are not new pictures – just moved from the old site for…