This post is part of a series called First Taste of Africa (2026) There are some aspects of Marrakesh that feel like Venice, although the two cities are vastly different….
Tours By Locals, a review
This post is part of a series called Spain Winter ’25 A long time ago, when we first started traveling to Europe, we discovered an excellent tour guide company, Context…
Touring Toledo
This post is part of a series called Spain Winter ’25 When putting together our (fairly last-minute) trip to Spain, we got excited about maybe doing some day trips out…
Marvelous Madrid
This post is part of a series called Spain Winter ’25 We have been pinky-promising each other that we would take our Portuguese-language class seriously; it’s important for our future…
Sé de Braga
This post is part of a series called Jar of Wonders Last year around Christmastime, we put together a house-gift to ourselves. It’s not very fancy, in fact it starts…
Old Town & “the Real Mary King’s Close”
This post is part of a series called Edinburgh – Autumn 2025 As Lisa told you in our last post, we were recently(-ish) in Edinburgh. This was, in fact, no…
Going Ga-Ga over Goldsworthy
This post is part of a series called Edinburgh – Autumn 2025 As we have said from time to time, one reason we retired and moved to Europe was to…
Photo Round Up: Alaska (plus)
This post is part of a series called Alaska Cruise (Plus) As a finale to our series on Lisa’s trip to Alaska, here is a collection of images from the…
Dawn at Dawes Glacier
This post is part of a series called Alaska Cruise (Plus) Early the next morning (as in 5 am, by dawn’s early light) the ship slowly cruised up the 30-mile…
Saxman and Salmon in Ketchikan
This post is part of a series called Alaska Cruise (Plus) A huge draw for me on this journey was a guided tour of Saxon Native Village, one of several…
