Aimless wandering can be nice, but I’m trying to cut back. I’ve fallen in love with too many places and the problem is wherever I am, there is somewhere else that I’m not. I could see myself settling in a number of different places around the world, but it’s not really settling if I’m movingContinue reading “Monument to the Sun”
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Locked in a Cambodian Hotel Room
We kind of ran out of places to travel. With a three-month limit in the Schengen zone, our only options seemed to be to go back to somewhere we have already been during this pandemic. But also, the days in Greece were getting cooler and shorter and my only item of cold-weather clothing was aContinue reading “Locked in a Cambodian Hotel Room”
Thankful for Turkey
A couple of weeks ago we were planning to fly to Slovenia, where we would spend the Thanksgiving holiday and from there go on to Italy where we would be for Christmas and beyond. However, after a surge in Covid-19 infections and tightening restrictions in these two countries I changed our flight at the lastContinue reading “Thankful for Turkey”
The Coronavirus Prophecy
Twenty years ago a fortune teller in Cambodia read my palm and told me that I would die when I’m forty. I don’t believe that nonsense, but I recently turned the prophesied age and, walking home from a bakery in Belgrade a couple days ago with a birthday cake for my daughter, the coronavirus nearlyContinue reading “The Coronavirus Prophecy”
The Promised Land
Life in Serbia is so pleasant that we are considering staying here even though it was initially just meant to be a quarantine stop on the way to the European Union. Although I miss being by the sea, life along the Danube means nature is always nearby. Besides that, the food here is terrific andContinue reading “The Promised Land”
Update: Police and Masks in Albania
I stopped wearing a face mask or even carrying one with me. For the past couple of months, my mask was the snorkel mask I wore almost everyday while exploring the fascinating underwater scenery on Albania’s Ionian coast. Until yesterday, I almost forgot about the pandemic completely. My family and I left the United StatesContinue reading “Update: Police and Masks in Albania”
Taking Off in a Pandemic
If you are wondering why we are not locked in our house in Albuquerque, here is my reasoning: We could spend the next year in Albuquerque sitting at home with no jobs, no school and nothing to do but watch the news or we could spend the year in Europe where the virus situation isContinue reading “Taking Off in a Pandemic”
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