Tuesday was a Dickensian sort of day; a day which really did possess the best and worst of times simultaneously. We learned an old friend had passed away, a man just a bit older than us who was part of… Read More ›
Ruminations
Random thoughts on life as a full-time traveler.
The first day of spring!
This morning, I woke to sunshine, chirping birds, barking dogs. When I went to bed it was winter, but I woke up to spring. I walked to the train station with my jacket unbuttoned, grinning like a fool in a… Read More ›
The Power of the Blog
A few months ago, I wrote a a ranting blog post about the McDonald’s sign perched on a rooftop over the banks of the Danube. The sign was particularly irksome given this stretch of the Danube is a UNESCO World… Read More ›
So, what do you do all day?
I stumbled upon this linguistic quagmire during my conversation class when a man questioned the meaning of this pervasive Americanism. In order to define the phrase, I described a typical Saturday morning in my days of yore life: dashing to… Read More ›
The World in Between Starts…
As much as I dream of tossing a backpack over my shoulder and heading down the road without a care or a map or a confirmation code of exactly where I will spend the first night (complete with address and… Read More ›
The World In Between 