DOUG’S RETIREMENT TRAVEL BLOG

65: time to hit the road

I retired. Twice. The first time in 2022, without Leslie; the second time in 2024, with her. Maybe this time it’ll stick.

Several discreet trips; each is a category. You can select one below to see it specifically, or just walk through. They're in reverse chronological order.

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2025 June 22: East River Ferry, Blyn Bridge

Discovered a nice cafe in the neighborhood: Evening, met Adrienne for a ferry down the East River, from e 90th to Wall Street. We’ve now...

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Jun 251 min read

2025 June 21: Hudson Ferry

Welcome to the summer solstice! Down to Prospect Park, the farmer’s market at Grand Army Plaza, then The Boathouse (had to settle for...

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Jun 251 min read

2025 June 19-20: Beach

Thu June 19: Our street (600 block of Jefferson Ave) in the AM: Took the A train to Rockaway beach, where we met Adrienne’s buddies Bri,...

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Jun 252 min read

2025 June 13-18: August

August here! Fri June 13: Chinatown with August. Excellent lunch from Yi Ji Shi Mo Noodle Corp. picked it up there, ate in Columbus...

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Jun 182 min read

2025 June 7-12: New York

Saturday June 7: Met the small child at The Met, spent a couple hours mostly in the John Singer Sargent exhibit, then a stroll through...

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Jun 131 min read

2025 June 1-6: Donna

Sunday June 1: Macchiato & croissant at Saraghina just around the corner on Halsey at Lewis. Then, the A train into NoLiTa Manhattan, met...

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Jun 71 min read

2025 May 31/June 1: New York!

H&J took us to the airport for our 10:45 flight to Oslo. Flight was uneventful… Eight hours in Oslo. Crammed the bags in 2 lockers & took...

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Jun 21 min read

2025 May 25-30: Trondheim

Still more around town. Covered it pretty well: The coastal steamer consists of two boats: northbound & southbound. They meet in the...

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May 301 min read

2025 May 18-23: Trondheim

A week bumming around Trondheim & environs… Jazz every Sunday PM at Ila Brainstasjon, a pub a short walk from Heidi & Jan’s: Ila...

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May 301 min read

2025 May 17: Constitution Day

17-Mai, as it is known, is the biggest holiday of the year in Norway. It’s the anniversary of the ratification of their constitution in...

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May 291 min read

2025 May 12-16: Ålesund etc

5-day road trip to Ålesund & environs. Jan grew up there; Kai-Erik, Solveig & Sigve live there now. Day 1, stopped for lunch @ friend of...

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May 251 min read

2025 May 9-11: Trondheim

Kicked around town over the weekend: A few of my favorite things..geitost is brown sweet goat cheese:

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May 201 min read

2025 May 8: Trondheim!

As we know, little sister Heidi lives in Trondheim with her husband Jan. It’s been a while (8 years), it was time for an extended visit....

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May 191 min read

2025 May 6-7: Capri

Full day on the island May 6. Morning on the Airbnb terrace: Macchiati & croissants @ the bar (substantial savings if you don’t sit...

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May 192 min read

2025 May 5: Naples & Capri

Mon 5th: Up early, bus to Naples, dropped big bags off at a bag storage shop at the airport, pizza in town, ferry to Capri! Naples:...

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May 191 min read

2025 May 1: Sorrento

Took a longer scoot, 2nd trip to Sorrento - on the north side of the peninsula - maybe 2 hours to get there. The route: down to the...

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May 141 min read

2025 April 30: Agerola

Decided to take a relatively short, morning hike. Halfway in, extended to a longer loop. Turned out to be very long, to the top of Monte...

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May 101 min read

2025 April: getting around

A word on getting around on the Amalfi coast: Scooter. The road to anywhere from Agerola is down the 2000’ cliff with lots of...

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May 101 min read

2025 April 29: Praiano

There’s a town on the coast on the way to Positano, we’ve stopped there a couple times. From there there’s a trail up to the path of the...

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May 41 min read

2025 April 28: cliff below Agerola

Today we did a relatively short exploration of roads off of the Agerola road, on the cliff headed down to Amalfi. So this is, from above,...

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May 41 min read

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