Author Archives: Jim@HiTek

I took another day off, my 8th day in Paris, because it was stormy and raining like crazy off and on all day. Stayed in the apartment and researched places to travel and things to visit, collected and saved new links … Continue reading →

I wanted to visit Versailles, often recommended by tour guides and travel experts as a must see attraction in not only Paris, but France, and all of Europe. OK, well, with all that hype, it must be pretty special. From where … Continue reading →

As I said last time, I took a day off, and stayed in the apartment all day except for a couple three interesting excursions. One was to see if my host was right about how close to the subway we were…he … Continue reading →

I was comfortable at the hostel, but it was time to move on since I had reservations for a flat in Paris that looked really nice on AirBnB. This morning was a traveling day and after my shower, gathered all my … Continue reading →

Next morning in Paris, I’m up, showered, shaved, breakfasted and coffee-d by 8:45. Off I go on the subway to the closest subway station to the Eiffel Tower. Had to start with this map of Paris they gave me at St. … Continue reading →

Next morning, up at 7:30 AM. Down to Belushi’s for breakfast of cereal and milk, some fruit, a little cheese, a cold cut slice or two, and coffee. At least the cereal was good. What am I saying…it was all … Continue reading →

May 3, 2014, I board the train at Torino Porta Susa at 7:39. Yikes. Early. I got to the train station around 6:30 as well. So that means I got up at 5:30. That’s not me usually. Not on most trips. … Continue reading →

The next day, back to the museum. I had spent 6 hours the day before and pretty much covered all the smaller items in the Egyptian collection, now it was time to go into the statuary section of the museum. I knew … Continue reading →

The next day in Turin, I headed off to the world’s largest Egyptian museum outside of Egypt. Established in 1824 at the university based on a private collection plus the collection the university already had. I knew from reading that this was … Continue reading →

The next couple days, I just spent wandering around new Pompeii, and visiting the malls, cafes, and shops near old Pompeii. Since I am traveling light, about all I could do was look and not buy. Oh, I did buy another shot … Continue reading →