Category Archives: Vagabond

Tales of travel and explorations – usually aimless (the travels mostly, not so much the tales)

A Good Man in Bolzano

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Ed Medley

A couple of weeks ago we were in Bolzano, in the Italian Alps. Wandering around the city I was caught up in taking snapshots, including this one of a man engrossed with his laptop. The image is not one of … Continue reading →

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Italian Frolic

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Ed Medley

We returned from a much needed vacation in Northern Italy this past weekend. Flying into Geneva from San Francisco we arrived at 08:30 am. We took a train to the Swiss/italian border near Brig; and by bus, more train and … Continue reading →

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Just at Noon in Zbrosławice

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Ed Medley

I like rodeos. The strangest, but best one I ever went to was in 1985. The rodeo was organized by the Polish Student Union at their stud farm at Zbrosławice near Katowice, in southern Poland. Poland is famous for its … Continue reading →

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Bicycle Boy – Rediscovering Jill

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Ed Medley

There was a difference in class between the streets in our neighborhood of Acton, in West London. Our street had a grand name, King Edward’s Gardens, with nice enough houses tightly crammed together, owned largely by middle-class to working-class families. … Continue reading →

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Sek, Snakes, and Smiling, Said Succeed

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Ed Medley

I met Succeed Gnermp~ (there is much more to his surname) in June 1985 while wandering through Bangkok. He invited me to join him and his niece in their English lessons. Succeed had seen me talking into my tape recorder … Continue reading →

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Fake Swedish and Fez Facial Failure

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Ed Medley

In 1973, my girlfriend Barbara and I stayed a while in Fez, Morocco. While there we met Dave, an Australian linguist studying Swedish literature in Switzerland. While backpacking the ability to switch languages at will is a talent, better by … Continue reading →

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Pom and Pommela (pomme de fair)

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Ed Medley

While traveling around the world in the mid-80′s I took a contracting job with a geotechnical engineering firm in the United Kingdom. A tall structure was planned at the Canary Wharf redevelopment of the London Docks and it was necessary … Continue reading →

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Korny Kanchanaburi Kompany

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Ed Medley

In June 1985 I was in Kanchanaburi, Thailand to see the Bridge over the River Kwai, infamous for its role in WWII. I arrived from Bangkok just as rain started dribbling; while exploring back streets for a place to stay, … Continue reading →

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Toronto First Impressions: Leprosy and Landlady Advice

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Ed Medley

In February 1969 I worked my way from London to Canada on a Norwegian cargo ship, the M/S Lundefjell. I left the ship at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Interrogated by Canadian Immigration, I was found wholesome with the appropriate visa and … Continue reading →

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M/S Lundefjell

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Ed Medley

Early in February 1969 I left my job as forklift truck operator at a tobacco warehouse. I had given myself two weeks to find a ship to work my passage to Canada. I had arranged to fly with Air Canada … Continue reading →

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