It's not about the destination, it's about enjoying every step along the way Geoff's Blogs Travel (hotels, food, flying, driving, ...) Places (cities, sites, museums...) Science & Tech Culture & Arts Genealogy of our families Everyday Life and the hidden history of stuff Geoff's Blog Timeline 3 June 2025 A report on my overnight in Le Mas de Gleyzes, Lédenon, near Nîmes. Hotel – Le Mas de Gleyzes, Lédenon 3 June 2025 A quick review of my roadtrip back north, summer 2025. RoadTrip – Summer 2025 3 June 2025 This is a review of the hotel MontSant, in Xàtiva, just south of Valencia. Hotel – MontSant, Xàtiva 31 May 2025 Moving from a MacBook Pro M1 to a new MacBook Pro M3 Tech – MacBook Pro M1 to M3 29 May 2025 A whale watching trip to the Azores in May 2025. Azores – Whale Watching 29 May 2025 This post is about planning a whale watching trip in the Azores. Travel – Planning Whale Watching in the Azores 23 May 2025 This a review of the Azores Faial Garden hotel on the island of Horta in... Hotel – Azores Faial Garden, in Horta 23 May 2025 Flying through Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport. Humberto Delgado Airport, Lisbon 23 May 2025 A review of the Hotel Pessoa in Lisbon. Hotel – Pessoa, Lisbon 22 May 2025 Flying from Lisbon to Horta (Faial) in the Azores and back with Azores Airlines. Flying – Azores Airlines and Horta Airport, Faial 8 May 2025 Life with a built-in planter on a terrace wall. Gardening – in a built-in planter 1 May 2025 Visit to LA Almazara, designed by Philippe Starck, a modernist taken on an olive oil... Ronda – LA Almazara, designed by Philippe Starck 30 April 2025 A visit to the Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor in Ronda. Ronda – Santa María la Mayor 30 April 2025 Some statistic-driven views about music. Music – tuning into Stat Significant 10 April 2025 This is a collection of recent videos about new robots. Tech – Latest Videos on Robotics 24 March 2025 I visit to Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Place – Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires 25 February 2025 This is the first part of my day-by-day description of my trip to the Antarctic... Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 1-7) 25 February 2025 This is the second part of my day-by-day description of my trip to the Antarctic... Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 8-11) 25 February 2025 This is the third part of my day-by-day description of my trip to the Antarctic... Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 12-17) 22 February 2025 Where is Grytviken, and why is it now a heritage site? Place – Grytviken, South Georgia 22 February 2025 This is a collection of articles concerning digital permanence, the long-term storage and protection of... Tech – Digital Permanence 17 February 2025 Le Lyrial, in this post I try to understand what it means to be an... Travel – Le Lyrial – Exploring Hidden Engineering 14 February 2025 Artificial Intelligence leverages advanced algorithms, machine learning models, and data-driven methodologies to automate processes, extract... Tech – AI 12 February 2025 After many years I began to hate the twist-on F-type connector. DIY – I hate the twist-on F-type connector 12 February 2025 Computer security for both industry and consumers focuses on protecting systems, data, and communications from... Tech – Computer Security 10 February 2025 I am going to try to create a clean desk setup. So here goes! Tech – Home Desktop Setup 3 February 2025 Analysing 1 months junk mail from January 2025. Tech – Junk Mail, a pain in the proverbial 2 February 2025 I visit Buenos Aires for the first time. Places – Buenos Aires, Argentina (part I) 2 February 2025 I visit Buenos Aires for the first time. Places – Buenos Aires, Argentina (part II) 2 February 2025 I visit Buenos Aires for the first time. Places – Buenos Aires, Argentina (part III) 1 February 2025 Just how should I start to organise my old boxes of stamps? Postage Stamps – tidy or toss? 17 January 2025 My 2024 winter roadtrip was a drive south to Andalusia. However, due to Christmas-New Year... Roadtrip – Winter 2024 16 January 2025 The Parador di Lorca was our first stopover on our Summer 2023 roadtrip, and I've... Hotel – Parador de Lorca, Spain 15 January 2025 My 2024 winter review of the Parador in Aiguablava, Spain. Hotel – Parador Aiguablava, Spain 14 January 2025 My 2024 winter review of Cottage de Clairefontaine, Chonas l'Amballan, just south of Lyon. Hotel – Cottage de Clairefontaine, Chonas l’Amballan 29 December 2024 This post is about planning a cruise to the Antarctic, via Buenos Aires. Travel – Planning a Cruise to the Antarctic 17 December 2024 This is a review of Lufthansa's First Class lounge near Gate A13 in Frankfurt airport. Travel – Lufthansa First Class Lounge, Frankfurt 16 December 2024 This is a trip report on my Lufthansa First Class flight Buenos Aires-Frankfurt on a... Travel – Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 – First Class 16 December 2024 This is my review of the hotel Palladio in Buenos Aires. Hotel – Palladio, Buenos Aires 26 November 2024 This is a description of Le Lyrial, on which I visited the Antarctic. Travel – Le Lyrial – A Luxury Expedition Cruise Ship
3 June 2025 A report on my overnight in Le Mas de Gleyzes, Lédenon, near Nîmes. Hotel – Le Mas de Gleyzes, Lédenon
3 June 2025 This is a review of the hotel MontSant, in Xàtiva, just south of Valencia. Hotel – MontSant, Xàtiva
29 May 2025 This post is about planning a whale watching trip in the Azores. Travel – Planning Whale Watching in the Azores
23 May 2025 This a review of the Azores Faial Garden hotel on the island of Horta in... Hotel – Azores Faial Garden, in Horta
22 May 2025 Flying from Lisbon to Horta (Faial) in the Azores and back with Azores Airlines. Flying – Azores Airlines and Horta Airport, Faial
1 May 2025 Visit to LA Almazara, designed by Philippe Starck, a modernist taken on an olive oil... Ronda – LA Almazara, designed by Philippe Starck
10 April 2025 This is a collection of recent videos about new robots. Tech – Latest Videos on Robotics
24 March 2025 I visit to Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Place – Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
25 February 2025 This is the first part of my day-by-day description of my trip to the Antarctic... Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 1-7)
25 February 2025 This is the second part of my day-by-day description of my trip to the Antarctic... Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 8-11)
25 February 2025 This is the third part of my day-by-day description of my trip to the Antarctic... Travel – Antarctic on Le Lyrial (Days 12-17)
22 February 2025 Where is Grytviken, and why is it now a heritage site? Place – Grytviken, South Georgia
22 February 2025 This is a collection of articles concerning digital permanence, the long-term storage and protection of... Tech – Digital Permanence
17 February 2025 Le Lyrial, in this post I try to understand what it means to be an... Travel – Le Lyrial – Exploring Hidden Engineering
14 February 2025 Artificial Intelligence leverages advanced algorithms, machine learning models, and data-driven methodologies to automate processes, extract... Tech – AI
12 February 2025 After many years I began to hate the twist-on F-type connector. DIY – I hate the twist-on F-type connector
12 February 2025 Computer security for both industry and consumers focuses on protecting systems, data, and communications from... Tech – Computer Security
10 February 2025 I am going to try to create a clean desk setup. So here goes! Tech – Home Desktop Setup
3 February 2025 Analysing 1 months junk mail from January 2025. Tech – Junk Mail, a pain in the proverbial
1 February 2025 Just how should I start to organise my old boxes of stamps? Postage Stamps – tidy or toss?
17 January 2025 My 2024 winter roadtrip was a drive south to Andalusia. However, due to Christmas-New Year... Roadtrip – Winter 2024
16 January 2025 The Parador di Lorca was our first stopover on our Summer 2023 roadtrip, and I've... Hotel – Parador de Lorca, Spain
15 January 2025 My 2024 winter review of the Parador in Aiguablava, Spain. Hotel – Parador Aiguablava, Spain
14 January 2025 My 2024 winter review of Cottage de Clairefontaine, Chonas l'Amballan, just south of Lyon. Hotel – Cottage de Clairefontaine, Chonas l’Amballan
29 December 2024 This post is about planning a cruise to the Antarctic, via Buenos Aires. Travel – Planning a Cruise to the Antarctic
17 December 2024 This is a review of Lufthansa's First Class lounge near Gate A13 in Frankfurt airport. Travel – Lufthansa First Class Lounge, Frankfurt
16 December 2024 This is a trip report on my Lufthansa First Class flight Buenos Aires-Frankfurt on a... Travel – Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 – First Class
16 December 2024 This is my review of the hotel Palladio in Buenos Aires. Hotel – Palladio, Buenos Aires
26 November 2024 This is a description of Le Lyrial, on which I visited the Antarctic. Travel – Le Lyrial – A Luxury Expedition Cruise Ship