Opus One

... California and beyond in our great country. But for now, across the plains of Vietnam I go. We ask ourselves whether our opus will be finished, but I believe that life often brings us a series of achievements rather than a pinnacle. Our work is never ...

My Magnum Opus/ An Opening Farewell   Hey All!  So it's August 12, 2008, and I've been living in the Foreign Students Hostel for about a month, which has been overall a pleasant experience, but not without its bumps.  What shall ...

... rhythmically propelling sand more than a meter away. The caterwauling and bellows of the mysterious forest behind us composed an opus of birth. The turtles lay their eggs then buried them to safeguard from predators. The boulder-like creatures then ...

... in the most fantastic place, an age old church bell tower, we got nothing but kindness again, thses guys are affiliated with the Opus Dei, free bed, free dinner and free brekkie.  On entering the place, i got totally blown away by their kindness, the ...

... meal and wine before a personal guided tour to the top of the bell tower.  It was at this time they told us they were the Opus Dei, famous from the Da Vinci Code, as a nasty cult side of the church.  We all thought they were gonna bunk us of ...

On one side of the blue river lies Buda, on the other lies Pest. Together they make up the capitol of Hungary, and also the bathing capitol of the world. Late in the evening we boarded Boatel Fortuna, one of a several boats converted into hotels that ...

Where the Italians failed, the Austrians excelled. Information was aplenty, efficiency at its peak and no one tried to run you over with a scooter.The waltzing capitol of the world, by the foot of the mighty alps, welcomed us with the aid of a shiny new ...

I awoke very late on Saturday, groggy from the merry-making with my newfound friends from the previous evening.  I decided to stay close to town and took the train to the popular beach resort of Roseto Degli Abruzzi a short hop north of Pescara. ...

As I indicated in my previous post, 11 November was an interesting day.  I began by meandering into town along the beach, this time with my phone as my photographic companion.  Silvana, my B&B Innkeeper, has a wonderful habt of making sure ...

... - Friday 4 June I arise at 1330 and walk into town. Have a bite to eat at the same place as yesterday then wander back to Opus. I expect Geoff around 5.30pm so decide to try to get a nap. Just then the phone rings to say that there is a Mr Moore ...

... were not the kind you can buy in any stores. Any where. They were the special-est of special house labels.  At Opus One, we had a Cabernet blend - Blue Rock and Chardonnay-Rombauer, Opus One 2005 and 2006 We moved aside and headed through the ...

... lendemain, puisque je n'étais pas vraiment d'humeur à chercher un emploi à cause des événements de la veille, je suis retournée au Opus II pour voir s'il n'aurait pas, par hasard, le livre de Kabalevski que je cherche (et que j'avais vu dans un ...

The ride / drive through the Golden Gate park is for us very impressive as the rocks and carved mountains impress. On top for us Europeans we are surprised to see Zebras on 2000m grazing where we would expect goats or something else. Amazing ...

... booked another round at Furry Creek. Another glorious day in BC. The course was as good as we remembered. This time Geoff is victorious. Opus Hotel was unable to take us and anyway weren't prepared to give us a room each at the same deal as last time. ...

... from 3 years in exile (after the clandestine and Andean crossing that I am investigating) and had published his magnum opus Canto General.  The impressionable Loyola heeded the advice and has probably devoted more his work toward Neruda than any ...

... ' Caveat Onus is a serial work in verse which beautifully demonstrates the poet's mind, heart, poetic skill and grace-a remarkable opus with its roots in Brinks' well developed sense of humor and creative play. Dave's revelatory "Notes on the Text" ...