Category: Northern California

At the June 2018 Northern California Chapter meeting in Berkeley, Nick and Mike Bowles (Mike is from Texas) spoke about transiting the Northwest Passage, including the Inuit territories of Nunavut and Nunatsiavut. And member Lillie Echeverria was awarded her 150 Silver certificate. The next meting will be on Saturday, Sept. 15, in San Francisco. Here are the…

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Fifty-six members and guests of the Northern California chapter met on March 3 at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco. We began our luncheon by congratulating the club’s new president, JoAnn Schwartz. JoAnn has been a long-time member of our chapter. We also congratulated four members who reached traveling milestones. Margo Bart gave…

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WHEN: Saturday, June 2, 2018 11 a.m. – Social Hour – use door to the right if main door locked 12 noon – Lunch WHERE: Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto 1919 4th Street Berkeley, CA 94710 Street parking or validated parking for 90 minutes SPEAKERS: Nick Bowles and Mike Bowles – The Northwest Passage Nick, a…

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Fifty-nine members and guests gathered at Spengers Fresh Fish Grotto in Berkeley on Dec. 2 to hear Frank Rainer speak about a voyage to Bouvet Island.

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  WHEN: Saturday, March 3, 2018 11:00 a.m. – Social Hour 12:00 p.m. – Lunch WHERE: Basque Cultural Center 599 Railroad Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 (free parking) SPEAKER:    Margo Bart — Eastern Europe Margo will present her recent trip to Eastern Europe. With JoAnn Schwartz as her travel companion, the two started their…

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Forty members gathered at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco to hear Samer Kawar speak about 17 countries in West and Central Africa, illustrated by brilliant photography of villages and markets.

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WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 11:00 am – Social Hour – use door to the right if main door locked 12:00 pm – Lunch WHERE: Spenger’s Fresh Fish Grotto 1919 4th Street Berkeley, CA 94710 Street parking or validated parking for 90 minutes SPEAKER: Frank Rainer – Bouvet Bound In 2015 Frank and a few…

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Spenger’s Fish Grotto in Berkeley is always one of the more popular restaurants for the San Francisco Chapter. Fifty-two members met on June 3 to hear Margo Bart speak on “The Arctic: Inuit, Ice and Wildlife.” As always, her photography was superb. Linda Byers was also recognized for her achievement in reaching the 150-country milestone.…

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Forty-eight members and guests met at Spenger’s Fewah Fish Grotto in Berkeley. Illustrated by his wonderful photography, including temple views taken from hot-air balloons, Bill Hubbs spoke on his travels to Myanmar and Cambodia.

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