One of the very few hassles we’ve had to deal with is that Lisa owned the condo her mother lived in back in California. We knew it was very likely…
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
We’re just a little shy of two years since the creation of the-ramble and we’ll be rolling out a few additions to this website over the next few weeks. (Or,…
There and Back Again: UK 2023, Days 08-10
This post is part of a series called UK 2023 The last several days of our trip have a bit more flow to them than the day-to-day nature of the…
Could It Be Anybody?: UK 2023, Day 02
This post is part of a series called UK 2023 Long ago we recognized that we have very different travel experiences when we sojourn with others. It’s not exactly rocket…
What Do I Do When My Love is Away?: UK 2023, Day 01
This post is part of a series called UK 2023 A long-awaited and anticipated trip finally came through for us as friends from our old life in the States came…
Giving Back / Building Community
If you read our extensive ramblings (see what I did there?) about getting to Portugal, you know that we were given generous and extensive support from many strangers on social…
New Year, New Adventures
This post was originally going to be about last week’s trip to the Azores Islands, specifically, São Miguel, the largest and most populated island. The weather is always milder in…
Moving Internationally: Thoughts A Year+ After
tl; dr:/ Moves are hard, intracity or interstate. Moving internationally is the hardest of all. When we decided to move to Portugal, we thought we would just sell everything, get…
Venice-Simplon Orient Express: thoughts
This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 For purists, the VSOE is not the “original” Orient Express which was a route, not a specific…
Verily, Venice: Orient Express, Days 7-12
This post is part of a series called Orient Express – Fall 2022 This is primarily a post of pictures, because right after Lisa got sick with the ‘flu, so…
