Tripping in Vienna
In 1969, as my family prepared to move to Tripoli, Libya, where my dad had taken a job as a geophysicist, a revolution took place on September 1st of that year. Muammar Gaddafi came to power after overthrowing the government of …
Stunning Salzburg
As most of you know, Salzburg is the home of the Von Trapp family upon which The Sound of Music is based. Though the interiors of the movie were shot on a soundstage in Hollywood, all of the exteriors were …
Germany’s Romantic Road
I came across a quote the other day that really resonated with me. It’s by G.K. Chesterton, an English writer and philosopher. “The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” We mostly fall …
Rollin’ on the rivers
I’ve mentioned before that, as we travel, my favorite day is departure day. I am happiest when we’re on the move. When I roughly planned a timeline for our Mosel mosey, I figured we would do it in a week …
Lockdown over! Hello Germany!!
In the days leading up to our departure, we made a list of all the things we wanted to get done. Most things were last minute, like shopping, cooking and packing. We had a few items on our list that …
2020 Travel Plans, v.2
I can’t believe it’s June! By the time we leave our lovely spot in a couple of weeks, give or take, we will have been here for three months. As we made a beeline out of Morocco, across Spain and …
Still in Lockdown
Hello, again! Sorry to be so long in posting, but honestly not a whole lot has changed in our daily lives. We are still enjoying our beautiful park, cooking good food, drinking good wine, reading, writing, doing chores and watching …
Lockdown Week 8 – Let’s Talk Food!
Before I get to the food, which is my favorite thing to talk about, I want to bring you up to date on what’s been happening. Week 8 was a very good one! Since we have been in lockdown we …
Lockdown Week 7 – Ramblings
I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve sat and watched YouTube videos, it’s just not my jam. But in week six of lockdown all that has changed. I’ve been binge watching sailing videos. No, we are …
Week 5 in Lockdown
We have now been parked up in our little campground for nearly five weeks. In a million years I never would have guessed we would be here this long and that we would have many more weeks to go before …