by Bernadette Nason | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cramming 5 years’ worth of Dubai life into one 90-minute storytelling presentation is of course impossible. I had three jobs while I was there: two lasting 18 months a-piece, the final one lasting 2 years. More than enough happened at each job to warrant three...
by Bernadette Nason | Jun 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
You know those days when you can’t do anything, when you’re so lethargic, you can barely hold your eyelids open, let alone a viable conversation? I’ve been feeling that way today. I wondered why. And then I remembered. Yesterday. In the morning, I performed a...
by Bernadette Nason | May 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
The cruise log is over (thank GOD, I hear you say) and I’m deep in the land of Dubai tales. Before I get swallowed up, here’s an ex-pat POV of an Austin, Texas treasure. Austin’s earnest Parks & Recreation Department offers many super swimming holes including...
by Bernadette Nason | May 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wednesday, November 10, 1971. There were issues with going ashore today, after yesterday’s events. I think we visited a museum, something like that. Shame on me for this gross memory lapse. As we were flying back from Venice to London the next morning, Thursday 11...
by Bernadette Nason | May 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
I believe we arrived in Venice today, Tuesday, November 9. I’ve heard that Venice is spectacular in the sunshine but today, it’s raining. It’s grey and a bit smelly. Still, we’re glad to get off the ship. Venice is famous for its hand-blown glass so our first stop...
by Bernadette Nason | May 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Without a log, I mostly reminisce. On Monday, November 8, we certainly travelled from Greece, west across the Mediterranean towards Italy. No doubt we did the usual things: breakfast, classes, lunch, deck games, dinner, dancing, hot chocolate and cookies before...
by Bernadette Nason | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
As I don’t actually remember the day trip to Itea, Delphi, I thought I’d post a few photos taken from the web. Itea is so exquisite, so unbelievably beautiful that I’m sickened by my lackadaisical attitude. Please enjoy the photos while picturing a big bunch of...
by Bernadette Nason | May 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is actually the last day I wrote up my log even though we didn’t fly home from Italy until Thursday 11/11 — the cruise was 17 days long. “The following day” I cite here was Sunday 7/11 and it seems we went to Itea in Delphi. I admit with shame that I’ve no...
by Bernadette Nason | May 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
This was an important day; my log entry doesn’t come close. The Parthenon had a profound effect on me. My mum, an amateur historian, always said that some folk had “a sense of history” and by this she meant, could “feel” the past when standing at a ancient site. I...
by Bernadette Nason | May 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Santorini remains one of my favorite places in the world. When you see pictures of it, believe what you see — it’s as magical in real life. The buildings are that white, the sea that blue, the air that clear. For once, my teenage disdain is in abeyance and I write...
