Author: Kupitero
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Quiet Walks Along The Narrow Streets of Segovia (Spain)
Beautiful Madrid was overcrowded that summer, so we headed north from the capital city and took a short train ride to Segovia – one of the thirteen (13) cities in Spain that UNESCO endowed as a World Heritage site. Our hotel in Madrid was just a stone’s throw from the Metro subway station. Since we…
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A Visit To The Oracle
I woke up at 5:40 AM, and despite being dead tired after our half-day part-walking, part-by-bus trips to the endless places of interest in hilly Athens, I was in an upbeat mood that early Tuesday morning. Today, we’ll visit the ancient and enigmatic Oracle of Delphi. Here are my notes on the trip: May 3–…
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Barcelona by Midnight: Saga of Lost Luggage & Kebab Dinner
It was Wednesday morning in mid-December 2018 in Paris, and we had expected to arrive in Barcelona just right after lunch to scout the city with some daylight to spare. But bad weather and maintenance snags at Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport delayed our less-than-2-hour flight for almost an hour. CDG is notorious for delayed…
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Yamaha HTR-4065 AV Receiver: No Audio to Audio Bliss
In early 2015, after deciding to replace my aging AIWA (AV-D97) audio-video receiver with a unit capable of audio streaming, three (3) of my criteria were 1): several HDMI ports, 2): One or two (2) USB ports, and 3): an Ethernet port. After scrounging the web for a reasonably-priced, networked AV receiver unit that matched…
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Toshiba Aurex System 15: Two Ways to Tango in the Present
I just have to have it — the venerable Toshiba Aurex System 15. I deferred buying the sleek, 4-piece micro hi-fi system almost 40 years ago in favor of the less expensive System 10 because of budget constraints when I was still a young ex-pat worker in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Minus the cassette…