Long before we conceived of this new life as immigrants, we noodled on a different way to travel the world affordably by becoming semi-professional housesitters. The person responsible was the…
One of my favorite comedians, Josh Gondelman, begins a story in his most recent special thusly: “my dad had a health scare, and when I say it like that, you…
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…
This post is part of a series called Italy – Winter 2023 As has been repeatedly, perhaps exhaustingly, mentioned we didn’t really have much of an agenda for this part…
This post is part of a series called Italy – Winter 2023 Our agenda for this trip to Venice may have been light but it wasn’t actually empty. True, our…
This post is part of a series called Italy – Winter 2023 Our visit in Rome was one of the most fluid/flexible itineraries we’ve ever traveled on but, logistically speaking,…
This post is part of a series called Italy – Winter 2023 Neither of us are scientists, but we’re pretty sure that any data collected along the lines of “what…
This post is part of a series called Italy – Winter 2023 It’s the fifth day of our trip and you know what that means, right? Right? …. c’mon, at…
This post is part of a series called Italy – Winter 2023 Day 4 of our visit to Rome dawned sunny and cold. We’ve actually been blessed with amazingly good…
This post is part of a series called Italy – Winter 2023 Wednesday revealed itself to be another beautiful, crisp winter day. Clear skies and sunshine, with highs around 9-10…
