SUNDAY 27TH APRIL 2025 Despite the cool, windy weather it is actually Springtime in California. When Bob arrived in the morning to collect us from the Dublin (California) hotel we had occupied for the previous four nights, he showed the choked-up sinus signs of pollen hayfever. Yeah ... no. He soon discovered he had actually … Continue reading Doing Nothing Much in San Ramon, California
San Francisco
Insights from a Day in San Francisco: Marriage Licenses, Public Transport, and Local Culture
FRIDAY 25TH APRIL 2025 With a marriage scheduled to take place in about thirty hours, the first order of this day was to get a Marriage License. This saw us accompanying the bride- and groom-to-be to a County Clerk's office. We drove to Contra Costa County in Martinez, California. I have no idea why. It … Continue reading Insights from a Day in San Francisco: Marriage Licenses, Public Transport, and Local Culture
USA Here We Come
Despite applying my mind to planning a USA trip months ago (see Touring in the Good ‘ol US of A.) in the end it all turned into a last-minute rush of bookings before Christmas. It seems people are travelling again all over the place. For example, we got the last two seats on our outbound flight, … Continue reading USA Here We Come
The Reluctant Retiree 