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A new adventure awaits

Our last three visits to Lugano we stayed mostly on hillsides, up winding roads with some pretty stunning views.

Well, we have a view of the lake where we are now, but the getting here is completely different.

Basically, while the apartment is quite elegant and refined, as well as being in a beautiful area (not that we’ve had a chance to explore yet; more about that tomorrow), we have to drive a heavily traveled road past probably the largest shopping center in the Lugano region to get from here to Ramesha’s family home.

This list of shops gives you some idea. And we’re just days away from Christmas!

Yikes! 😱

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Driving, driving, and more driving

For various reasons it had been all too many years since I attending a Brooks-Stroud family gathering. So, today was the day!

The picnic was in Sunnyvale, which is usually a three and a half to four hour drive (depending on traffic). Well, today — thanks to traffic, detours, and a grass fire along 580 — it took closer to six.

I enjoyed a couple of hours connecting with Dad, siblings, aunts and uncle, and also getting reacquainted with a number of cousins. But since the friend with whom I was planning to spend the night came down with COVID 😱, I decided to go ahead and drive back home.

Lots less traffic and a dinner break along the way with another friend both helped a lot. But I was definitely getting a little tired about halfway through.

Thank goodness I happened to throw a couple of CDs into the car when I left!

Between the high energy Irish music of Orla & the Gas Men (my Irish friends from way back when) on their Minding Mice at Crossroads CD and the high energy singing of Ella Fitzgerald (“Newport Jazz Festival, Live At Carnegie Hall“), I was able to stay engaged and alert all the way home!

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Good night and sweet dreams

We spent time in traffic on I-80 today, which we’re not used to anymore, so it totally took it out of us.

In fact, Ramesha went to bed at about 8:30 and I’m headed that way just as soon as I’ve finished this blog post.

Since all I can think about is saying “Good night,” here’s Swami Kriyananda singing “Good Night, Sweetheart.”

Enjoy!