Travels

Fully vaccinated and eager to get back in to the swing of things we finally were back at it again. Flying, that is. We did miss it. It wasn’t quite…

 We had never been to Central America and my image of Costa Rica included little more than colorful wildlife, lush jungles and volcanoes. I knew little and admittedly did little…

This was our first trip to Rome with kids and outside of all the mandatory historic and cultural must sees we wanted to add a fun and memorable experience. Our…

The sun rises here I’m told But I see it only through peepholes Behind closed doors Veils of white clouds and fog And tall green Douglas firs The sun is…

The unseen and far away is far more alluring But it’s the mundane that has the most meaning Slow down, slow down into a silent simmer Sizzle in its wake…

I kept pronouncing it ‘Rotten’ burg and believe you me there’s nothing ‘rotten’ about this ‘burb. One of the quintessentially German towns known for its charm and preserved through the…

Do not forget travel moisturizer, travel pillows, headphones, chargers and checking your passport expiry date. No matter how confident you feel about your translation skills do not in a foreign…

There’s many indignities to endure when one is traveling far from home across the seven seas and such. You have to be comfortable being the tourist, foreign bumbling idiot asking…

A quick getaway to Santa Fe The airport is no bigger than the one in Waterloo, Iowa that we always refer to as the middle of nowhere. With about roughly…

Not diamonds, pearls or fancy clothes, A million bucks or fancy boats, My wants, they’re meager For which I’m eager Some food in my belly, A good book in my…