Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦
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Travel journal: https://journeys.klebanoff.com
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Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦
@joel.klebanoff.com
· Nov 11
How does one get added to a starter pack of introverted, insecure neurotics?
Nah, never mind. I'm not worthy of being added to a starter pack. And I'm worried that people might start interacting with me if I do get added to one.
Nah, never mind. I'm not worthy of being added to a starter pack. And I'm worried that people might start interacting with me if I do get added to one.
This afternoon in Nice, I took in a bit of a happening, climbed a hill, and walked along a seaside promenade. It was a much more enjoyable afternoon than it likely sounds from the preceding sentence. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/coll...
Colline du Château and More – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
My primary destination this afternoon was Colline du Château, but I took in a bit of a happening before then, and afterwards I promenaded for a while.
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February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This afternoon in Nice, I took in a bit of a happening, climbed a hill, and walked along a seaside promenade. It was a much more enjoyable afternoon than it likely sounds from the preceding sentence. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/coll...
This morning, I visited Vieux-Nice, Nice’s old town. It was charming and gorgeous. Before that, I took a look at a church on the way to Vieux-Nice. Here’s my journal entry about that: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/vieu...
Vieux-Nice and More – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
’m happy to report that such a neighbourhood does exist in Nice. It’s formally called Vieux-Nice (Old-Nice) or, sometimes, Vielle Ville (Old Town).
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February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This morning, I visited Vieux-Nice, Nice’s old town. It was charming and gorgeous. Before that, I took a look at a church on the way to Vieux-Nice. Here’s my journal entry about that: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/vieu...
I’ve arrived in Nice, France. For a couple of reasons that I mention in my journal entry, I didn’t do much here today. Consider this as little more than an introductory post for my time in Nice: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/nice...
Nice is Nice – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
I left Arles this morning and didn’t arrive at my hotel in Nice, France, until about 3:00 in the afternoon. So I haven’t had enough time to fully assess if
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February 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I’ve arrived in Nice, France. For a couple of reasons that I mention in my journal entry, I didn’t do much here today. Consider this as little more than an introductory post for my time in Nice: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/nice...
I leave Arles tomorrow morning. I finished my time here by visiting a couple more sites of Vincent van Gogh paintings and wandering around the old city some more. Here’s my account of that and a summary of my time in Arles: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/pont...
Pont Van Gogh and Arles Wandering – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
The sun was breaking through,and no rain was forecast. Based on that, I decided to take a more than half-hour walk out to Pont Van Gogh.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
I leave Arles tomorrow morning. I finished my time here by visiting a couple more sites of Vincent van Gogh paintings and wandering around the old city some more. Here’s my account of that and a summary of my time in Arles: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/pont...
I spent most of this morning in Musée départemental Arles antique, a museum dedicated to archaeological finds from Arles. It’s an impressive museum. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
Musée départemental Arles antique – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
I'm still in Arles. I spent the bulk of this morning at the Musée départemental Arles antique. It’s amazing how bulky mornings can get sometimes. I hate it
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February 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I spent most of this morning in Musée départemental Arles antique, a museum dedicated to archaeological finds from Arles. It’s an impressive museum. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
This afternoon in Arles, I spent most of my time at LUMA Arles. A description of what LUMA is would take too long for this email. You can read about it in my post. I also tried and failed to look in another old Arles church. Here’s the journal entry: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/luma...
LUMA Arles, and not an old church – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
This afternoon, I spent most of my time at LUMA Arles. I then tried, and, as at Eglise Notre-Dame-la-Major d'Arles yesterday, failed to get into a different
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February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
This afternoon in Arles, I spent most of my time at LUMA Arles. A description of what LUMA is would take too long for this email. You can read about it in my post. I also tried and failed to look in another old Arles church. Here’s the journal entry: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/luma...
This rainy afternoon in Arles, I visited a couple of museums, a Roman structure, and tried, but failed to visit an old church. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
Musée Réattu and Museon Arlaten – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
I chose one Roman structure, and two museums, one an art gallery, Musée Reattu, and the other an ethnographic museum, Museon Arlaten.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This rainy afternoon in Arles, I visited a couple of museums, a Roman structure, and tried, but failed to visit an old church. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
This morning in Arles, I started with a Vincent van Gogh theme and then moved on to a Roman ruin, a bit like yesterday afternoon, but different. Here’s my journal entry about it: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/van-...
Van Gogh and the Romans in Arles – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
The title of this entry notwithstanding, Vincent Van Gogh and the Romans were obviously not in Arles at the same time unless Van Gogh had a time machine or
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February 10, 2026 at 6:04 PM
This morning in Arles, I started with a Vincent van Gogh theme and then moved on to a Roman ruin, a bit like yesterday afternoon, but different. Here’s my journal entry about it: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/van-...
This morning in Arles, I started with a Vincent van Gogh theme and then moved on to a Roman ruin, a bit like yesterday afternoon, but different. Here’s my journal entry about it: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/van-...
Van Gogh and the Romans in Arles – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
The title of this entry notwithstanding, Vincent Van Gogh and the Romans were obviously not in Arles at the same time unless Van Gogh had a time machine or
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February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This morning in Arles, I started with a Vincent van Gogh theme and then moved on to a Roman ruin, a bit like yesterday afternoon, but different. Here’s my journal entry about it: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/van-...
I left Marseille and I’m now in Arles. I had time in the afternoon to wander around and see some stuff. Here’s my narration of my afternoon: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/arri...
Arriving in Arles – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
I left Marseille late this morning and took a train to Arles, France.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I left Marseille and I’m now in Arles. I had time in the afternoon to wander around and see some stuff. Here’s my narration of my afternoon: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/arri...
This afternoon, on my last day in Marseille, I took in the Musée Cantini and revisited the scene of the infamous Marseille Incident. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
Musée Cantini and More – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
This will probably be a short post because I didn’t do much this afternoon. I visited only Musée Cantini, a small art gallery, and I returned to the scene of
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February 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
This afternoon, on my last day in Marseille, I took in the Musée Cantini and revisited the scene of the infamous Marseille Incident. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
It was a rainy morning in Marseille, and I activated my rainy day plan of visiting a museum, namely Mucem. What is Mucem? The explanation is too long. All is revealed in this post: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/mucem/
Mucem – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
I dusted off and put into action my rainy-day plan this morning. I started at Mucem. I ended up spending the whole morning, and then some, there.
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February 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It was a rainy morning in Marseille, and I activated my rainy day plan of visiting a museum, namely Mucem. What is Mucem? The explanation is too long. All is revealed in this post: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/mucem/
The rain ended in Marseille this afternoon. I took a walk over to a really quaint seaside neighbourhood, looked at the exterior of a former palace, took in a terrific view, and, despite trying, didn’t do something else. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/vall...
Vallon des Auffes and a Little More – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
My planned anchor activity for the afternoon was visiting a neighbourhood, Vallon des Auffes, more than a half hour away. I didn't relish walking in...
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February 7, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The rain ended in Marseille this afternoon. I took a walk over to a really quaint seaside neighbourhood, looked at the exterior of a former palace, took in a terrific view, and, despite trying, didn’t do something else. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/vall...
I spent a lazy morning in Marseille, visiting a small archaeological park, an (ancient) history museum, and a church. Here’s my journal entry about it:
journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
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Musée d’Histoire de Marseille & More – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
I spent the largest part of the morning in the Musée d’Histoire de Marseille. I bookended that with a small archaeological park and a church.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I spent a lazy morning in Marseille, visiting a small archaeological park, an (ancient) history museum, and a church. Here’s my journal entry about it:
journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
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This afternoon I took a hike from Cassis to a couple of the nearby Calanques and then spent some more time in Cassis before heading back to Marseille. Life is good, if a little scary sometimes. My post about it? I don’t know. Here it is: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/cala...
Calanques Hike and More of Cassis – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
If you read my morning post from this, my day trip to Cassis, you’ll know that I'd been hoping to take a boat tour of the Calanques, but I couldn’t because
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February 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
This afternoon I took a hike from Cassis to a couple of the nearby Calanques and then spent some more time in Cassis before heading back to Marseille. Life is good, if a little scary sometimes. My post about it? I don’t know. Here it is: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/cala...
Today, I took a day trip out of Marseille to the lovely nearby coastal town of Cassis. Here’s a post on the first part of that day trip: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/care...
Carelessly to Cassis – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
Based on a recommendation from a relative (you know who you are), I decided that I’d visit the nearby seaside town of Cassis on a day trip from Marseille.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Today, I took a day trip out of Marseille to the lovely nearby coastal town of Cassis. Here’s a post on the first part of that day trip: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/care...
This afternoon, still in Aix, I got to two museums and notably didn’t get to another place (I explain it in the post). In this post, I also included a sight I forgot to put into my morning post. Read it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
Musee Granet and More in Aix – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
As you read in the title of this post I also visit some specific sights. One of them was Musee Granet. Another one was definitely not …
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February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
This afternoon, still in Aix, I got to two museums and notably didn’t get to another place (I explain it in the post). In this post, I also included a sight I forgot to put into my morning post. Read it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/muse...
Today, I took a day trip out of Marseille to nearby Aix-en-Provence. Here’s a post on my morning there: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/aix-...
Aix Marks the Spot – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
I left Marseille this morning on a day trip to nearby Aix-en-Provence, or, as most lazy people, including me, and even a lot of people who aren't slackards,
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February 5, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Today, I took a day trip out of Marseille to nearby Aix-en-Provence. Here’s a post on my morning there: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/aix-...
This rainy afternoon in Marseille, I visited Palais Longchamp, which includes two museums and a park—and a grand entrance. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/pala...
Palais Longchamp – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
In addition to the park, Palais Longchamp contains two museums, one an art gallery and the other a natural history museum. I figured that ...
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February 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This rainy afternoon in Marseille, I visited Palais Longchamp, which includes two museums and a park—and a grand entrance. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/pala...
It was sunny again this morning. I took advantage of it to stroll through Marseille’s old town, then visit a museum and the city’s cathedral. Here’s the post about it: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/pani...
Panier District and More – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
My sunny Marseille morning.exploring began in the Panier District, went to La Charité Museum, and ended at Cathédrale de la Nouvelle Major.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
It was sunny again this morning. I took advantage of it to stroll through Marseille’s old town, then visit a museum and the city’s cathedral. Here’s the post about it: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/pani...
After getting back to Marseille from my morning excursion, I visited two churches: Notre-Dame de la Garde and Abbaye Saint-Victor. Here’s the journal entry about that: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/notr...
Notre-Dame de la Garde; Abbaye Saint-Victor – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
After my extended morning, Iused the little time I had left this afternoon to visit two old churches, Notre-Dame de la Garde and Abbaye Saint-Victor.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
After getting back to Marseille from my morning excursion, I visited two churches: Notre-Dame de la Garde and Abbaye Saint-Victor. Here’s the journal entry about that: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/notr...
I looked out my Marseille hotel window this morning and saw a beautiful, sunny day. So, rather than traipse around Marseille, I caught a ferry to a couple of nearby connected islands, Île du Frioul, and spent an extended morning there. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/ile-...
Ile du Frioul – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
In truth, the plan I devised upon seeing the beautiful weather was to go to both the Ile du Frioul and the island on which the Château d’If, but ...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I looked out my Marseille hotel window this morning and saw a beautiful, sunny day. So, rather than traipse around Marseille, I caught a ferry to a couple of nearby connected islands, Île du Frioul, and spent an extended morning there. Read about it here: journeys.klebanoff.com/2026/02/ile-...
My next adventure has begun. I’m now in Marseille, France. Here’s the post about the little bit of time I had here upon arriving here this afternoon:
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Marseille. Il Pleut. – Joel's Journeys & Jaunts
So begins another adventure. This one starts in Marseille, France.
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February 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
My next adventure has begun. I’m now in Marseille, France. Here’s the post about the little bit of time I had here upon arriving here this afternoon:
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Reposted by Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦
"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments."
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
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February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments."
Reposted by Joel Klebanoff 🇨🇦
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
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February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...