January 1983: Marrakech
I’m not sure why we decided to go to Marrakech in January 1983. Apart from using a package trip to Crete to get the flight...
Category: Past Times
April 1983: San Miniato, Italy
Travelling via Pisa and the Leaning Tower to an international workshop on Satellite Altimetry and Ocean Circulation held at San Miniato, a Tuscan hill top village.
October 1983: Corsica, France
A week long NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Corsica, France, with a boat trip to one of the islands between Corsica and Sardinia.
August 1985: Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Attending the Joint IAMAP/IAPSO Assembly in Hawaii in August 1985 and a couple of days driving around the island of Oahu with Nicky.
February 1986: India and Nepal
Staying at the Imperial Hotel in New Delhi to attend a meeting at the India Meteorology Department, and then, with Nicky, visiting Agra and Jaipur by train, and flying to Kathmandu in Nepal for a few days.
April 1991: Japan
A three week trip to Japan with Nicky for an IGOSS Seminar and Workshop followed by a visit to Sendai as a guest at Tohoku University, a sightseeing stay in Kyoto, and a visit to Nicky’s friends in Nagano.
Oct. 1994: Texas to New Mexico
After a meeting on a dude ranch in Paradise Texas, Nicky and I drove to New Mexico where we stayed at New Buffalo, camped at Bandolier, stayed at El Rancho in Gallup, visited the Carlsbad Caverns, and much more!
March 1998: South Africa
A week in Cape Town for a JSC meeting. Zoe and I climbed Table Mountain and, after the meeting, drove east to the Addo Elephant Park. We visited an Ostrich Farm, and did some hiking.
May 1998: Colorado and Utah
A two week road trip with Zoe (following a meeting in Boulder, Co.) visiting Leadville, the Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings, the Arches Park, and Canyon Lands
September 1999: Vancouver and the Inside Passage
A meeting at the Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver and then, with Zoe, taking trains north to Prince George and then west to Prince Rupert: back by ferry through the Inside Passage to Vancouver Island for whale watching.