So, as previously noted, the zoo was round the corner. We got duly parked in a space of my spotting, and then we headed in. Tzurriz was small-kid excited, being a big fan of zoos. She said the only reason she wasn’t running and skipping and stuff was because my foot was knackered. I told [...]

15 April Sometime after nine I heard female-sounding footsteps and the unmistakable sound of heavy luggage being dragged along. I thought, “I bet I know who that is,” and was halfway to the door before the knock came. Tzurriz arrived, big smile, looked knackered. She had books. Lots of them. ;-) We did basic helloes, [...]

Eventually the minibus showed up and I clambered on. I was the only tourist! The driver was quite cheerful and nice, and signed me up there on the bus; I then got the pick of all the seats, and we proceeded. I was sitting there trying to scribble down the name of every building that [...]

This was my tourism day. I had planned to wander round downtown St. Louis, where every second building seemed to be some kind of landmark, but my foot precluded that much walking. So, I had booked myself onto a Gray Lines “historical bus tour”. I woke up way too bright and early for the kind [...]

I was packing until the last minute, and still forgot my hairbrush and penguin. ;-) Don gave me a ride on the back of Max to the airport. Managed to dump gas on my luggage while filling up, but no harm done. I told him he didn’t need to see me off to the plane, [...]

April 14 “But St. Louis isn’t in California!” That’s right. But there is a historical marker at the airport, and the first North American Book Crossing convention was in St. Louis–so how could it possibly not count? A few days before the 2004 Book Crossing convention in St. Louis, I’d gone to fetch Chinese food [...]