Author Archives: martykaplan

Monday, December 26, 2011 Having grown up in Dorchester and Brighton, Massachusetts at this point in my life there are only three things that stand out in my mind that are related to this holiday season. The first is my … Continue reading →

Sunday, December 25, 2011 Merry Christmas!  After another late night we slept in this morning.  It is a little after noon and we have just finished breakfast.  We will just have to wait and see what the rest of the … Continue reading →

Saturday, December 24, 2011 The weather continues to be tourist council perfect.  We woke up late this morning after a rather late evening.  There is really nothing on today’s daylight calendar, but in the evening we will head to Brian … Continue reading →

Friday, December 23, 2011 Both of us are keeping very busy.  Susan has been working on winnowing down all her food pictures to find the best ones for a 2012 calendar.  Magic Agora is keeping me busy with both editing … Continue reading →

Thursday, December 22, 2011 It’s another perfectly lovely day here in Valencia.  The sky is clear and blue and the temperature will rise to the mid-70’s.  It is almost lunchtime here as I sit down to write and the only … Continue reading →

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 It is an absolutely perfect day here in Valencia.  The temperature is flirting with the 70’s and the sky is a brilliant blue.  I have just returned from my workout at the gym and Susan has … Continue reading →

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 I have spent most of my day trying to figure out why the printer did not want to talk to the network.  I shut things off and on with no result.  I uninstalled the software only … Continue reading →

Monday, December 19, 2011 This morning I had to do a rush editing job for Magic Ágora. Course descriptions will go up on the website today and they wanted to be sure that the English descriptions were correct.  That delayed … Continue reading →

Sunday, December 18, 2011 Christmas is much more low key here in Valencia than it is back in the USA.  The stores have adopted the American mantra of “Buy, buy, buy!” but the profusion of Christmas lights in private homes … Continue reading →

Saturday, December 17, 2011 Yesterday’s weather forecast called for a windy day and that was exactly what we got.  The winds were whipping things around as they swirled in gusts of thirty miles per hour and more.  The ice cream … Continue reading →