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tiled building, Lisbon
Beautiful Portugal
I flew from the US to Lisbon and was supposed to meet up with my friend at the airport in Lisbon – but my flight on Delta was unfortunately delayed [...]
Amtrak train
Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train
I have wanted to take the scenic Coast Starlight train from Seattle to LA for several years now, and I finally found the time. This way of traveling truly [...]
New Zealand rainbow
New Zealand – South Island
In early December of 2023, I joined a small group of people with “Active Adventures” on the South Island of New Zealand for two weeks. I had [...]
Dakota Blue and his sidekick Patou
If you are following along with my blog, you’ll know that about a year and a half ago, I took an 8,000-mile road trip from Washington State to the [...]
Maine, New Hampshire and Boston
Spoiler alert – this wasn’t my first time to New England, I grew up 20 miles north of Boston but left after college in the 80’s. I had [...]
Ireland
IRELAND
I can’t believe that it’s taken me this long to finally travel to Ireland. I lived in England for a year and traveled to Scotland, Wales, and [...]
cruise ship
9 Day Cruise on the Danube
I’ve always been intrigued by taking a river cruise but hadn’t done so, until December 2022. At the urging of a friend, I started looking at [...]
8000 mile US road trip
8000 mile US road trip
Madrid, NM
Madrid New Mexico
I had exactly 3 hours and 20 minutes in between flights from Montana and Albuquerque New Mexico. I got a bar seat at one of the airport restaurants and [...]
metal bison
Yellowstone in Winter
Like many of you, I had been at home, mostly, during the past 2 years due to the Pandemic, and I was getting “cabin fever”. I had planned and [...]