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The old part of town is quite beautiful but one of the dangers of travel in the off-season is that not everything is open. 3 of the 4museums I tried to see were closed for renovation. I still had a … Continue reading →

I had a long but mostly pleasant expedition. I gave myself 90 minutes before my shuttle pick up to put the last few items in my suitcase, shower, stash my computer, gather my things and then head downstairs where I … Continue reading →

It feels like I have been tossed into the deep end of the bilingual pool but my lousy espanol is getting me by so far.

Adios, my friends

From Nature.com Rotating comet The material that sublimates into space to form the coma, measured by the Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA), shows different levels of water, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. This “>map shows how … Continue reading →

Their hair and dress, their pioneer spirit, even their Indian teepees evoke the nation’s frontier beginnings. These young people are members of a commune, which they have created for themselves as a new and radical way of living. Scores of … Continue reading →

Photographer & Summary Author: John Adam; John’s Home Page What is going on here? Has the space-time continuum been distorted by a pulse of gravitational waves from a nearby supernova? Well, not quite. Gravity waves (not gravitational waves) are responsible for the shimmer effect: … Continue reading →

Another amazing image from Astronomy Picture of the Day I think it’s one of those sentient energy beings from Star Trek but scientists disagree. Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI; Radio: NSF/NRAO/AUI/VLAExplanation: Celebrating astronomy in this International Year of Light, the detailed image reveals spectacular active … Continue reading →

Another cool APoD: Image Credit: ESA/Planck; Acknowledgement: M.-A. Miville-Deschênes, CNRS – IAS, U. Paris-XIExplanation: What does the magnetic field of our Galaxy look like? It has long been known that a modest magnetic field pervades our Milky Way Galaxy because it is seen to align small dust grains that scatter background light. Only … Continue reading →

I found these photos taken by a previous guest of Neyda y Enriqué. He raved, as did several others, about the food and hospitality.