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Fall colors persist in our back yard.

Caribou Coffee: Demonstrated my extensive knowledge of world history. (Most British schoolkids can answer this one.)

Posted about gas.

On today’s final North Shore hike, we looked down on the Manitou River, churning its way towards Lake Superior.

Superior Trail today: watched beavers extending their lodge. One told us to go away by bashing its tail on the water.

This afternoon, walked a short section of the Superior Hiking Trail (at Oberg Mountain).

Today I’m a couch potato/cold sufferer: blame it on travel. Still, I’m grateful for travel, grateful it’s only a cold.

Posted about our castle in England. (OK, our castle for a week.)… (OK, it’s a gatehouse.)

Floated on my bicycle past Fall colors.

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, transferring from light rail to bus. Monastiraki Square, Athens is a long way away.

Glad I changed my flight, today, from this one. I’m in O’Hare, and will get home earlier than the original plan.

Hi nephews. Istanbul Airport is cool: free slot cars, no need to use pocket money. Wish I could race with you.

Standing in Monastiraki Square, backpack and cappuccino. In 22 hours: Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, waiting for a bus.

Took ferry to Aegina, an island in the Adriatic. Walked in the rain, lunch, sunshine, hydrofoil back towards Athens.

Today Rick Steves is my tour guide. He’ll stop talking whenever I want, and there’s no tipping

Athens tourist, day 1 of 3. First port of call: Athens Gasworks. It operated 1857-1984, now preserved and repurposed.