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June 24, 2019 by Kathleen Mullaney
Quick 2 days in Johannesburg. We stayed in the downtown neighborhood of Maboneng, which is a newer arts development. It was a good place to stay: lively, good music, good restaurants, good coffee, friendly people, very central. Driving/crossing the s
Visited Soweto, home of Nelson and Winnie Mandela and the Soweto uprising. I didn’t take any pictures of the Hector Pieterson memorial and monument, but it was our favorite part of the visit. If you visit Johannesburg, I recommend going out to
Cake for breakfast in Johannesburg
Sad to pack this fave print of mine, but it’ll definitely go up in the new apartment when we move to SF! So, I’ll just look forward to that.
Conference “companion” is definitely the best type of conference participant. Spent the week on the beach and in the ocean, occasionally bringing a laptop out to work on planning our next vacation 😂 . 10/10 recommend Elba, even if you&rs
Accelerator physicists know how to conference. Every two years they convene in Elba, Italy at a 5-star resort. Elba is best known as the island Napoleon was exiled to. And for the last 8-odd years it’s where accelerator physicists come to catch
New interview posted today! This time we interviewed Brad Heckman (@hecksign), now a professor of International Affairs at NYU. Like all 10 Bricks interviews, he didn’t start with an academic career as his goal. Read about how he went from play
Happy 4th anniversary dude!
This is my bestie, Bowie. We went swimming today. 🏊‍♀️ ⛱☀️
Day 22-23 (July 18-19) Soča Valley & Kobarid Ok, so this is the start of the most epic day of our trip. When we asked for Slovenia recs, Sarah described eating at a restaurant called Hisa Franko “life changing”. We figured we’d
Days 20-22: Trieste, Ljubljana, Lake Bled (July 15-17) We left Florence in the morning and made our way to Ljubljana (Slovenian capitol). We stopped in Trieste, Italy, a layered coastal town with concrete “beaches.” Trieste is <1hr be
Days 17-19: Tuscany! Pitigliano > Terme di Saturna > Scansano > Siena > Florence Oh my. Driving from the ferry to Pitigliano where we stayed for the night after we got off the ferry from Barcelona felt very epic. What a cool town built i
Day 15: the boat! We spent Thursday night and most of Friday on a ferry from Barcelona > Sardinia > Civitavecchia (just north of Rome). Why? Well, it was cheap, we have southern France on our itinerary for later in the trip and didn’t wa
Days 14-16: Barcelona! I already posted about my fave food spot in Barcelona. The rest of the time was spent exploring/shopping/eating in la Gràcia neighborhood (hadn’t toured in previous trips—loved it), visiting la Sagrada Fam&i
Days 12-13 Madrid! I wasn’t sure what to expect of Madrid. It’s a big city and we were there for a short time. There should have been no concern (thanks for telling me to chill out @carina8 @queen_pri_ ). We ate well, celebrated Pride, c
This is Juanito, the owner of Pinotxo Bar in La Boqueria market in Barcelona. He has been there for decades and each of the 3 times I’ve been to Barcelona I’ve met him. If you’ve been, I’m sure you’ve seen him. If you ha
June 24, 2019 /Kathleen Mullaney