truk Rambles - Read truk's Blog! RSS Feed Lakehouse Moments 2014-07-19 19:02:22 Thanks to the Parkers for another wonderful lakehouse weekend! Cool July weather, good friends, and a beautiful sunset. What more could you want? View more truk blog entries Katherine and Sadie 2014-07-13 12:40:14 Katherine and Sadie, the 9.5 week old Border Collie. View more truk blog entries One Second Everyday - April to June, 2014 2014-07-03 08:46:41 This video covers events from a trip to St. Louis, Katherine's Engaged Scholarship Award, Hayley's birthday party, our trip to Southern France, Sicily, and Barcelona, and the arrival of our new puppy, Sadie. View more truk blog entries Introducing Sadie (the Lady) 2014-06-26 07:09:07 We got a new family member yesterday: Sadie (the Lady)! She is a beautiful 7-week old border collie. View more truk blog entries Beach to Bullring in Barcelona 2014-06-10 09:27:00 Today, we started out at the Picasso Museum. In some ways, this has been a very Picasso-infused trip. From the 1890s as a boy through his death in 1973, he did his best work along the stretch of sea we've been experiencing the past few weeks. The Picasso Museum in Antibes explored his later work, especially pottery, while the Barcelona museum focuses on his earliest drawings, sketches, and paintings. Both are excellent, and I'm still not the biggest Picasso fan, I can definitely understand the genius behind some of the best art in the 20th Century. Next, we headed down to the beach. I'm always going to be in favor of a beach that you can visit via subway. The Barcelona beach is exceptionally nice, a great place to stroll and take in the sea air. The Barcelona Metro is the perfect teleportation machine to get around this diverse and busy city. Next up, we visited an old bullring that the Barcelonenos modified to be a surreal 5-story mall. What a fun and unexpected city! View more truk blog entries Gothic Barcelona 2014-06-09 08:57:00 We started our first day in Barcelona at the must-see site for most of the 17 million visitors that visit the city every year, and as all of the other museums are closed on Monday, about half of that number descended on the Gaudi-designed masterpiece Sagrada Familia with us. The church really is amazing and worth the admission price and crowds, but I'm not sure how "sacred" the place can feel with the crush of people all around. It has the feeling of a circus combined with an international photoshoot. I can't imagine what it would be like in the real high-season, July and August. We also explored Barcelona's old gothic city, the marina, and Parc de Montjuic, with some tasty tapas on way back to the apartment. A fun day... View more truk blog entries Barcelona! 2014-06-08 05:05:00 Katherine and I just made it into the apartment in Barcelona, and this is the view from our window. This is a famous market but is under renovation this year. Many thanks to Laura, Antonio, Guisey, Toy, Chicho, and Antonella for hosting us and putting up with all of our questions (in English, no less!) over the past week! It was sad to leave Sicily, but we know we will return someday. View more truk blog entries Island Hopping 2014-06-06 05:26:00 Katherine, Laura, Antonio, Chicho, Toy, and I rented a boat today for a look around some of the other Aolian Islands. We visited Lipari and Volcano, as well as stay off of the coast of Salina, where Chicho and Toy caught our dinner. What a wonderful day! View more truk blog entries Panarea 2014-06-05 05:32:00 For a change of pace, Katherine, Antonio, and I took the ferry over to Panarea, a nearby island to Salina. We walked around, got some sun, ate a granita, hung out a a beach, and viewed an archeological site. Panarea is a beautiful place, much smaller than Salina. View more truk blog entries Wonderful Salina 2014-06-05 02:38:00 We are having a great time catching up with friends in Salina. A lot of relaxing going on here. Laura organized a tour of a local winery, which was very interesting. They also produce capers, using this machine. Otherwise, it has been a lot of sun, sand, cooking, eating, drinking, and just chilling. Just what we needed after France. View more truk blog entries The Rambling Continues: Read All truk Blog Entries Here

What is truk.com? It covers the travels and thoughts of truk, this guy that lives in Midtown Memphis. More questions? Contact me... 2014 - Memphis January One Second Everyday Video from August to December 2013 March New Orleans April January to March 2014 Daily Video | Mississippi River Ride with Antonio May Southern France, Sicily, Barcelona - Carcassone | Castles of Southwestern France | Hill Towns of Provence | Avignon | Riams | Grand Canyon du Verdon | Les Baux | Arles | Cassis | Pont du Gard | Nimes | Aix-en-Provence | Cotes du Rhone | Roussillon | Rural Provence | Apt and L'Isle-Sur-la-Sorgue | Monaco | Nice June Antibes | French Riviera | Salina | Panarea | Island Hopping | Gothic Barcelona | Beach to Bullring in Barcelona | Welcome, Sadie the Border Collie! 2013 - Memphis January Tahoe with Aaron, Jeff, Larry, and Scott May Memorial Day at the Parkers' Lakehouse October 7th Annual Walk Across Memphis November Farewell, Jake 2012 - Memphis March Goodbye, Mazzy May Pennington Family Visit July Sicily - Mount Etna Up | Mount Etna Down | Cefalu | Tindari | Palermo | Northwest Sicily | Erice | Southwest Sicily | Enna | Villa Romana del Casale | Caltagirone to Scicli | Siracusa | Salina August Median Sunflowers September More Scenes of Sicily December 6th Annual Walk Across Memphis 2011 - Memphis April San Diego and Tijuana May Memphis Flood, Rising, Rising June Double Negative, Nevada Land Art August Ireland - Dingle Peninsula | Dunbeg Fort | Kilmalkedar Church | Giants Causeway | Dunluce Castle | Derry | Dublin Museum | Trinity College 2010 - Still in Memphis January San Francisco Bay and Wineries April Douglas Family Visit | End of the Road July - West and Central US Badlands | Black Hills, SD | East Glacier National Park (1, 2) | Polebridge, MT | Northwest Glacier | Missoula Anniversary | Yellowstone (1, 2, 3, 4) | Grand Tetons | Spiral Jetty | Park City | Vegas | Grand Canyon | Hoover Dam September Labor Day Motorcycle Ride October 4th Annual Memphis Walk November Circle Arkansas Ride 2009 - Still in Memphis January Sydney and New South Wales (pics) May Douglas Visit July - Italy (Amalfi Coast with text | Capri | Herculaneum | Southern Tuscany with text | Florence with text | Northern Tuscany | Rome | Vatican) August Otha Turner Family Goat BBQ Picnic October Ozark Trail Ride day 1 | day 2 | day 3 November Dave Gets a KLR 650 | Hot Springs Honeymoon | Rhodes Cajunfest 2009 December Memphis Walk North(east) | Savannah Off-Road Motorcycling | San Francisco with Jeff, Katy, Larry, and Michelle 2008 - Still in Memphis April Visiting Jeff and Katy May - Spain and Morocco with Dave and Christina (Segovia | Casa | Central, Northern Spain | Picos de Europa | Bilbao and San Sebastian | La Roija Region | Madrid | Marrakech | Fez | Southern Spain) October Memphis Walk South December Sydney (pics) 2007 - Memphis February Snowboarding in Tahoe May Memorial Day at the Parker's Lakehouse June Larry and Michelle's Wedding on Shelter Island, NY July Hawaii (Oahu | Big Island (plus kayaking at Captain Cook) | Kauai text 1 and text 2 | Hawaii (Mostly Budget) Accommodation Review) 2006 - Memphis January Las Vegas April Jacob Born July Douglas Visit in Rhode Island September Iowa Visit October Urban Wolf River Trip November and December Costa Rica (Volcan Arenal | Monteverde | Montezuma | Uvita | Porto Jimenez | Corcovado | Aerial Photos) 2005 - Memphis January New Years at Dave and Christina's May Kath's PhD Graduation from Duke University June Kath's PhD Graduation Party at the Shack-Up Inn December New Zealand and Australia (Tahiti and Wellington | Marlborough and Kaikoura | Abel Tasman and the West | Manapouri and Milford Sound | The Catlins | Dunedin and Christchurch | Sydney) 2004 - Memphis January Jeni's Baby Shower | Birth of Emmett February Snowboarding in Park City May Memorial Day at the Parker's Lakehouse July Yucatan Movie [QT 7] (Isla Mujeres, Tulum, Chichen Itza, Valladolid, Merida, Celestun) | Paris October Visiting the Douglas's in Boston 2003 - Memphis January New Years February Aaron's Snowboarding Bachelor Party June Jaymie's Bachelor Party October Dave & Christina Wedding Shower September Dave's Bachelor Party October Dave & Christina's Wedding 2002 - Australia - Memphis January Tasmania - Port Arthur [1st] | Tasmania - East Coast [2nd] April Queensland [1st to 15th] June Sydney Opera House [11th] | Broken Hill [15th] | South Australia [20th] | Western Australia [26th] July Darwin, Litchfield, Katherine Gorge [16th] | Arnham Land [19th] | Kakadu National Park September Prague Wedding Reception, People, More People, Buildings | Croatia Mainland, Vis November Kath's Surprise Birthday Party | Thanksgiving December Christmas 2001 - Australia September Peyton's Baptism [2nd] | Apartment [9th] | Cliffwalk [18th] | Footy Final [23rd] October Koori Knockout [1st] | Vigoro [20th] | North Sydney Beaches [30th] November Sports Awards [9th] December Tasmania - Cataract Gorge [30th] | Tasmania - Cradle Mountain [30th] | Tasmania - West and South [31st] 1999 - Southern Africa Cape Town | Garden Route | Jo'berg | Victoria Falls | Stellenbosch 1998 - Peru Lima | Huancayo | Ayacucho | Cuzco | Machu Picchu/Puno | Lake Titicaca | La Paz | Arequipa | Colca Canyon | Nazca/Pisco/Lima 1997 - Prague, Greece, Turkey Prague | Cesky Krumlov | Romania | Alexandropolis | Samothraki | Ruins | Prague 1996 - Australia Sydney 1995 - Asia, Silk Route Turkmenistan | Kyrgyzstan | Kashi/Urumqi | Iron Rooster | Beijing | Great Wall | Hong Kong | Philippines 1994-1995 - Prague Other Trips - Greers Ferry Lake (2001) Arkansas Expats A collection of friends Peebo.net Jeff Parker's blog Issafly Brad Sim's blog truk.com truk and kath's website The Tackle Box by Matt The Adventures of Pete Big Bear Follow the adventures of Pete Big Bear while he roams around the US A Foolish Consistency CinemaApprentice's blog; great advice on movies and books From a Place Near a River Lady Di is online and loving it Life Beyond Expection Kath's CF blog Jethro Williams Travel Blog A man from England, working his way around the world Dave and Christina