New Horizons

All the signs were there......

































...certain people were getting suspicious....













Other people just couldn't stop organizing things...
















Finally, it became clear:


Susan and Clay were moving!

























But we had great help!







And after 15 or so hours in the car with two cats we finally arrived at our new house in Baton Rouge at 3 in the morning.

This is Charlotte Strom in our new living room, sans furniture.












Finally we could relax.
















































































Do you like our new house?












It comes with a mound of boxes


















A faux-GrecoRoman statue stuck in the palm tree




























And a torrential downpour.

Foods of Late

So I marinated and cooked some chicken











and I also made scalloped potatoes.

















This is an eggplant from my parents' garden.

Lisbon

Susan in Alfama in Lisbon.


Clay pointing out which direction we should go.


Susan and a bulbous tree.


An interesting tower.

A tile building.
Susan in the square.A delicious plate of Sting Ray.

Clay had food also.

Queluz

The back of the palace.The moat of the palace.

The part of the palace where we stayed.






We had steak and eggs at this restuarant.







A delicious plate of grilled squid from a later meal in Queluz.


We also had a fancy meal at the palace.

Madeira

For more pictures of our trip see Immovable Feast

Cascais

A tiny police car.

Sintra

Above is an exciting Portuguese dish with cod, egg, onions and tiny french fries. Below is the palace in the main square of Sintra.

The Moorish castle of Sintra.