Updates for out of towners - Ramona, Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Scripps Ranch, Fallbrook are evacuated along with most of Escondido and parts of San Marcos. Rancho Santa Fe, east Leucadia are also evacuated. Solana Beach is on alert and now that the San Marcos fire has picked up again, east Carlsbad is under voluntary evacuation. My house is now 1 mile west of manadatory evacuation but we haven't gotten the call yet. Everyone has their cars packed. Businesses are closed. It's a good thing I actually have emergency food rations on hand.
Innsbruck - here despite it never being on my to-see list
First the backstory. In about a week I'll be boarding a cruise ship (this year's Cruise Trek) in Romania. When I booked the flight many months ago, I had a brilliant idea to go in a week early to Vienna and use it as a base to spend a few nights each in Albania and Bosnia. Fast forward to 6 weeks ago and the Covid restrictions, flight schedules, and hotel prices made me give up. Changing the flight to Vienna would result in penalties and possibly fare increases so I made the best of it and thought, where can I go in Austria where I've never been? Innsbruck, hmm. Can I get a free flight from Vienna? Yes! Can I get a free hotel room? Yes. Check! The city is picture perfect though. Nestled in a valley between two mountain ranges, it's green, colorful, and everything you could want a place to be when the purpose is total work decompression. No major sightseeing, no expectations. You, a city and a view. It's walkable and small. You've got to look up, left and right, ...
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