Trivia time! Where did Leonardo da Vinci die? Was it a) a midair helicopter collision, b) in a hayfield, sliced in half by his own invention the horse-propelled scythe scissors,…

One of our preferred travel techniques (“tip” is a strong word, just something that works for us) is to stay in places with at least a baby kitchenette in it….

The time came for us to pack up our belongings and make our way to an entirely different kind of trip; thus passes the glory of the beach. The first…

Much like in our trip to Ireland, there is a portion of our trip that needs to be condensed to make it worth your time. Not, as in Ireland, because…

Yes, you figured it out – blog post titles are just word association games. Yesterday, we accidentally stumbled our way into Èze while escaping the gravity well that surrounds the…

The sun dawned…well, it came up anyway. Saturday was a humid day so it wasn’t awful in the morning but it wasn’t whatcha call “pleasant”. What did dawn all shiny…

Here’s the thing about a morning departure from the Lisboa airport – it’s no fun. The airport is fine; good, even, in a lot of ways. But, we live approximately…

We’re going to wrap up the last few days of out trip a little bit differently. It’s not that we don’t *want* to tell you more about Ireland, it’s just…

Some days, things just line up right. You ate your vegetables, you went to bed on time, you helped an elderly person across the street… whatever, you banked a lot…

Our 7th day of this trip was relatively smooth, certainly as compared with the chaos of previous days. The car worked all day(!), our hotel’s heat situation was more manageable…