Sketches of Spain-- “One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth forever… The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to the place where he arose… The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits… All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again”-- Ecclesiastes and opening to the Sun Also Rises…

Sketches of Paris in Winter and Early Spring -- Pitch dark at eight in the morning and again by four in the afternoon; endless rain, bitterly cold, snowy and wet, unrelieved greyness -- la grisouille, as it is called -- yet; still and always, a “Moveable Feast!"

La Jolla, California-- see page to the top right for additional pictures of beautiful La Jolla (The Jewel) on the Pacific Ocean

Sketches of Hemingway's Paris and Pamplona

See recipes from Iñaki, proprietor of Hostal Burguete, and the Navarra region of Pays Basque on page in upper right corner

Travel back to Belle Époque Paris at the turn of the 20th Century and with Hemingway, Fitzgerald and other "Expats" after the "War to End All Wars," or, as Gertrude Stein called them: "The Lost Generation."

Sketches of Café Iruña in Pamplona—“We went out for a walk around the arcade to the Café Iruña for coffee; We sat in the Iruña…; After lunch we went over to the Iruña.” The Sun Also Rises by “Ernesto,” as he is known and loved by most Spaniards.