We’ve been traveling enough now that I feel like I can share some of the things we do to minimize what we bring, and even the longest trip doesn’t require…
Living in another country is an adventure! I know this isn’t really news, but nearly 7 months in now it still feels that way. Partially that’s the perpetual feeling of…
(Sometimes there just isn’t a clever title to be had.) Day 3, and we’re really starting to feel the press of constant travel. Well, Lisa’s constant travel. She had been…
The 2nd day of our London trip was only nominally in London. Up relatively early for breakfast, we made a couple of local tube connections to Paddington Station, thence bound…
“In ancient times,hundreds of years before the dawn of history,lived an ancient race of people.The Druids. No one knows who they wereor what they were doing.But their legacy remains.Hewn into…
By which we mean our trip to London, natch. When we were in the midst of planning for our move to Portugal, it could get hectic. Very, very hectic. To…
11:30 AM Arrived in Florence from Naples. This is a late addition to the itinerary that Lisa came up with for John’s 50th. Originally we were going to spend 5…
The ice cream, that is. Growing up, “neapolitan ice cream” was a thing. Maybe it still is? Three stripes of mediocre ice cream: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. I feel like…
All joking aside, Pompeii is a magnificent place to spend serious time. On this visit, we went twice . . . and will return (several times) again. If you plan…
In the Pacific Northwest of the United States where we used to live, people often refer to Mount Tahoma (or Mount Rainier, if you simply must) as “the Mountain.” It’s…
