Why you should travel solo
Why you should travel solo I’m in Sarajevo as I write this after spending the last week visiting my mother in Budapest. The plan had been to go back to Split but Lissette had said to me “why don’t you …
Prague, Plans, Views from a Plane Window, Experiences in CDG and a few other things…
August 8, 2017 Hello from Prague!! It’s been a really busy time. When I wrote my last newsletter (in June) I was in Montreal completing the sale of my condo and shipping all our belongings to Split …
The absolute worst thing about being a full time traveller (it’s got nothing to do with travel)
The worst thing about being a full time traveller Bad words, I’ve warned you. This is one of those “angry posts”. Someone asked me once about the worst thing about travelling, no doubt thinking I’d …
Montreal, adventure stuff in Mexico, and lots of things starting with “S”
June 6, 2017 Greetings from Montreal! The “S” in the title refers to all the stuff going on: – I’ve Sold my Montreal condo and will be Signing off on it tomorrow – I’ve Shipped all our …
Flashback to 2008…and thoughts on life changes
Thoughts on life changes Many years ago I had a blog on one those shared hosting websites. It didn’t get any traffic or comments but I enjoyed writing and putting down my thoughts. Recently, out of …
Split (Croatia), apartments, condos, and on being temporarily grounded
March 14, 2017 I just realized that we’re in March and I haven’t written a Newsletter in 3 months. Lots has happened since then. When I wrote the last newsletter (on December 18th), we had just …
Our 60 Favorite Photos from 2016
Our Favorite Photos from a year of travel A couple of weeks ago I did a wrap-up of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) places visited in 2016. We took so many photos in 2016 that we decided to go …
Looking back at 2016…and forward to 2017. And our Travel Oscars (and losers) for the year.
Looking back at 2016…and forward to 2017 Ah, the usual yearly wrap-ups that we travel bloggers come up with. But I’ve said it before: year end posts are about remembering what we did in the year, …
Japan to Serbia, hitting 50 (and the benefits of age), Trump, Obama, Netflix, and some weird photos from Japan
December 18, 2016 Greetings from Belgrade, Serbia! After 7 weeks in Japan we’ve just arrived in Belgrade, which is just about as different as any place could be from Tokyo. Belgrade is gritty, with …