Plus a weekend in Belgium We flew back to the US yesterday with little to no drama. Just a short delay at JFK and a bit of confusion about how to get from one terminal to the next. Delta wasn't exactly clear about the process, but we made it. We stayed at the Sheraton at …
Author: Susan
Susan AKA Sue, AKA Aunt Susie: I am a former journalist and teacher at semi-loose ends who is still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I am restless and determined. I love a challenge.
Things I like: photography, yoga, mountains, a great book, exploring, music.
Things I am not so keen on: standing still, gray days, coconut
Hellos and Goodbyes
As we approach the end of our wonderful stay in Roma, we are faced with more goodbyes. Today, we said arrivederci (or ciao) to our trainer, Angelo, (from Rabbit Sport Center) who not only tortured us with full-body exercises for our aging carcasses, but invited us out for coffee with his partner, Meg. Not only …
Bologna + Somewhere in Tuscany
I had mentioned to our niece Genny that the two of us could go somewhere together during the week while we left Steven home to work. (Aren't we nice?) She chose Bologna mostly because she had heard that it was liberal and LGBTQI+ friendly. Plus, it was only a bit over 2 hours by train …
Eleven-train weekend
Yes, that's right: 11 trains. Sounds a bit overboard (off the rails?)(UGH! She is stealing my jokes!), but it just kind of happened that way. We started out Friday taking a cooking class about 25 minutes (by train) outside of Rome. That required getting to Roma Termini by Metro and then taking the regional train …
Weekend in Milano
But first, a visit with an old friend I used to work with an amazing reading teacher, Ellen. Ellen is now living in Amsterdam with her family and they are living the good life too. Finally, finally after trying several times to meet up, she happened to be in Rome last weekend. I hopped in …
Join a Gym …
Well, it doesn't have to be a gym, but get yourself into the world of people who really live where you're hanging out. In Guadalajara, we did yoga and learned some Spanish along the way. We also learned that Mexicans are helpful and friendly. Monday, we signed up at a gym, Rabbit Sport Center, (and, …
Frida Kahlo is everywhere
Our first major encounter with Frida Kahlo was, oddly, in Istanbul. What is the artist and feminist's connection to Istanbul? We tried to find out, and guess what? She doesn't have one! But posters, T-shirts (including one with her wearing a Daft Punk T-shirt of her own), phone cases, you name it, her image was …
CDMX, parte dos
Steven gave you the roundup of all that we did in our short jaunt to Mexico City, but I want to do a deeper dive. First, the Museo Nacional de Antropología cannot be seen in a day, especially if you are an American who grew up in a time when Latin American history just did …
Super Bowl — GDL Style
Yes, we're wandering, but we're still Americans, so Sunday was Super Bowl. We didn't really have any skin in the game, but we live on a street full of places to get cheap beer and watch sports soooo. Sunday evening we marched all the way around the corner to Veintiuno, which, if you have any …
Un Puente
I didn't have school Monday. The kid in me was thinking, "Yay! Three-day weekend!!" (or what is called un puente in Mexico), but the cheapy in me was thinking, "Hey! I paid for a whole week of classes!" As it turned out, we just didn't have our field trip this week, so I am getting …
Doing It On The Road 