Tag Archives: travels with the viking

Dessert in Wine Country

Posted on September 18, 2014 by travelfoodandlife

The Viking and I went for a long weekend to the Willamette Valley, and so many things, fun and not so, happened, and I can’t organize everything I want to tell you in my head.  It starts with rain delays … Continue reading →

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TwtV: Toronto: Food, Cocktails, and Wine

Posted on October 22, 2013 by travelfoodandlife

Loraine and I went to Toronto this past weekend to visit our friend, Marco, whom we met and got to know in Italy when he got recruited to spend ten hours on a Friday driving us to far-apart wineries in … Continue reading →

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Travels with the Viking: Buenos Aires

Posted on October 3, 2013 by travelfoodandlife

[My writing teacher advised me to try to sell this piece to a magazine, but I can’t find the right one, and the freshness is fading.  Also, my horrible cold has drained all the energy and creativity out of me, … Continue reading →

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Travels with the Viking: Australia, Part 3: Wine in the Barossa Valley

Posted on September 19, 2013 by travelfoodandlife

When you only have a week in Australia, one of you has been before, and the one who hasn’t wants to know everything there is to know about wine, you have to make some hard choices.  Do you stay in … Continue reading →

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Travels with the Viking: Australia, Part 2: Forced March

Posted on September 16, 2013 by travelfoodandlife

Yet another reason that Loraine and I are good travel companions is that we are the exact same kind of lazy.  There was a five year stretch of time when I had to worry about getting from a meeting at … Continue reading →

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Travels with the Viking: Australia, Part 1: Transportation

Posted on September 12, 2013 by travelfoodandlife

One of the things I love best about traveling with Loraine (aka, the Viking) is that it doesn’t take us long to decide to travel somewhere.  Our “planning” for our trip to Australia at the end of August consisted of … Continue reading →

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Travels with the Viking: Iron Horse

Posted on July 11, 2013 by travelfoodandlife

The Viking and I have gone on enough wine-tasting trips together that we have a couple of unspoken, de facto rules.  The first is that if it’s just the two of us, I drive.  There are a few reasons for … Continue reading →

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Drinking with the Viking

Posted on July 8, 2013 by travelfoodandlife

My friend Loraine is my favorite travel buddy, but the downfall of spending free or vacation time with her is that I get lulled into false sense of alcohol-related security.  I get caught up in the fun, and I forget … Continue reading →

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