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Europe 1992 – Jessica’s Hungarian Birthday, Part One
Eight years would pass before we would visit Europe again. In those intervening years: I returned to working at ASUCLA, We purchased the Wade Street house from my parents, Jessica was born in 1988, One day while I was making copies at ASUCLA Margaret Snow tapped me on the shoulder and advised me to keep […]
Europe 1984 – The Big Trip, Part Six
Having arrived in Munich on September 17th, the start of Oktoberfest was still five days away, beginning on Saturday the 22nd. Because of this, Camping Thalkirchen was still relatively deserted with lots of open space in which to pitch our tent. We spent the next four days sightseeing and shopping, taking in the Hellabrunn Zoo, the […]
Europe 1984 – The Big Trip, Part Five
Departing Munich on September 9th, we took the S6 line towards Starnberg to begin our multi-day adventure on the King Ludwig’s Way (Konig Ludwig-Weg) a 75 mile long trail set up in 1977 to commemorate this most beloved of Bavarian rulers. Out plan was to split the journey into about four days of hiking, with […]
Europe 1984 – The Big Trip, Part Four
Florence is just an hour up the road from Siena and we arrived at our destination there, Camping Michelangelo and picked out a good spot. Located just down the hill from Piazza Michelangelo, the campground sits high above the River Arno about a 20-minute walk from central Florence. This would be my third stay; the […]
Europe 1984 – The Big Trip, Part One
By the end of 1983 we had started planning for a big trip, one that would take us on a grand adventure. This was primarily the result of a couple of unrelated factors, each equally important in pushing us to commit to a plan where we would leave our jobs and travel for multiple months. […]
Europe 1982 – Our Shared Adventure Begins
Upon my return to Los Angeles in early April, I set about looking for a new job. This search would lead me to UCLA, the place where I would end up spending the bulk of my career. The job itself was as a low-level supervisor, but it put me on campus and introduced me to […]
Europe 1979 – The Adventure Continues
I returned briefly to Los Angeles in late 1977 and would then join Doug Hoggatt for nine months in Hemet (a time truly to be remembered), then six months living in the Sierra Nevada gold rush country (Murphy’s and Angels Camp) working for the State of California harvesting pine cones with Norm Benson, a gig […]
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