Travels with The Rayman

What a great day, this national eating holiday. And we made the most of it. See Charlie cut the chard tart while Al looks on with pride.   So, everyone arrived at 10 a.m. to begin a day of cooking … Keep Reading…

Good morning all. Big Sur, south end, what can I say? We caught a beautiful morning the other day when driving north on highway 1 to see the elephant seals. And we were the only ones on the south path … Keep Reading…

Ah, ha. You thought, perhaps, that once on American soil that the sheep stories would dissipate. Well…that would be a logical assumption but you would be wrong.   Yesterday, we headed south to the California desert and arrived at Borrego … Keep Reading…

Something to consider. We’re going 968kph in our 747 zooming toward Los Angeles. We just took off and they have already called for a medical practitioner. I have the menu selection to consider while they reboot the entire entertainment system…there … Keep Reading…

Approaching Sydney.   The phone rang at 0600…how annoying. And we asked for it. What were we thinking? Oh, that’s right. We had a 6:30 shuttle to the airport. So off we went. To the Auckland airport which is a … Keep Reading…

Last evening after dinner in the hotel (which was quite good and reasonably priced for a Holiday Inn), Ray went for a walk to the drugstore to fetch some Advil for me and my tooth/gum situation and he managed to … Keep Reading…