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A Day in San Antonio: Riverwalk Adventures

June 9, 2025July 21, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 14 Comments

TUESDAY 6TH MAY 2025 Our Amtrak train attendant woke us about half an hour before our San Antonio arrival. Bill and I had slept together on the bottom bunk of our bedroom compartment. Although snug, it's roomy enough for two, but, as usual when having an early call on your mind, it had been hard … Continue reading A Day in San Antonio: Riverwalk Adventures

Riding the Rails Los Angeles to San Antonio

June 7, 2025June 7, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 16 Comments

MONDAY 5TH MAY 2025 We went to bed in California and woke up in Arizona. My cold seemed to break overnight and in any case today was a lay day. All we had to do was eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, talk to whoever shared our table in the dining car, and watch the scenery … Continue reading Riding the Rails Los Angeles to San Antonio

Our Final Day in Los Angeles, California.

June 7, 2025June 7, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 22 Comments

SUNDAY 4TH MAY 2025 Somewhere in our brief three night three day stay in Los Angeles we mastered their public transport system. In West Hollywood it was the bus. When we went downtown, as we did on this day, it was the subway. What we didn't always master was walking in the correct direction on … Continue reading Our Final Day in Los Angeles, California.

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