If you’ve been following along with us at all (and if you haven’t, this is a weird time to start but “hi!”) you have some idea of how we like…
One Year(ish) In – The Advice You Probably Haven’t Heard
We are far from the only people writing about their traveling experiences or their new lives in Portugal. There’s practically a tradition of sharing your thoughts on moving here after…
It’s Not NOT True…: Orient Express, Day 4
This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 The title for today comes from a turn of phrase that’s popular in our household, used thusly:…
An American Artist in London: Orient Express, Day 3
This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 I know, I know, for a series of posts titled “Orient Express” there’s a surprising lack of…
Only Success and New Learning: Orient Express, Day 2
This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 Our second day of this preamble had a very simple agenda. Our only previous visit to the…
Therefore Another Prologue: Orient Express, Day 1
This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 Believe it or not (and honestly we can barely believe it ourselves at this point) we were…
Jules Verne Died For This: Southern France, Day 17-18
This post is part of a series called Southern France – Summer 2022 And so it all comes down to this. More than two weeks of beaches and sun, of…
There Are Gardens…: Southern France, Day 16
This post is part of a series called Southern France – Summer 2022 To paraphrase Vesper Lynd, “there are Gardens and there are Gardens; this is the latter.” We packed…
A Down Day, and a Look at Les Sources: Southern France, Day 15
This post is part of a series called Southern France – Summer 2022 Let’s just get one thing out of the way right now: nobody’s payin’ us nothin’ for nothin’….
There Was A House in Old Orleans: Southern France, Day 14
This post is part of a series called Southern France – Summer 2022 This trip to France has been the opposite of our most recent jaunt to Ireland. The pace…
