Sorry! I couldn't resist. I think Steven's influence is taking over (an excellent joke!) As you may have figured from that groanable title, we spent the weekend in Tallinn, Estonia. Tallinn isn't a place we spent a lot of time thinking about, but it's a two-hour ferry ride directly south across the Gulf of Finland. …
We decided to come to Helsinki on a whim. We'd never really spent much time in Scandinavia, so, why not? That about sums up our decision-making. Surprise! We really like it (in the summer when it's light most of the time). First off, it's entirely walkable and has an excellent public transportation system. We have …
The Iceland Adventure Continues Sunday morning, we woke up on time, but I was a minute late because we had to have coffee and bagels and things just take a bit longer than you think they will. Maybe I was stalling a tad because I was a wee bit nervous about swimming between the continents …
What? you ask. The Pacific is west in the Western Hemisphere, everyone knows that! Well, not if you're in Panama, which runs east-west and happens to contain the narrowest point (51 miles) between the Atlantic (well,technically the Caribbean) and the Pacific making it attractive for digging a canal. It didn't hurt that the U.S. already …
Plus a little stroll Last weekend, we decided to go for a short hike up Ancon Hill, the highest point in Panama City, although it's only 653 feet tall. We set the Uber directions to take us to a parking lot at the base of the path, but our driver missed the turn and we …
Yes, we made it to Panama City last week. We're staying in one of the many high rises here: Pool on the roof, gym, view of the water. Hard to go wrong with that. We had a bit of a time adjusting, mostly because we are used to cities where walking is the norm, but …
We have been working with Marcela to learn Spanish (for me -- it is more of trying to learn Spanish -- think of Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill) for about three years, but we had never met her, her husband, and their dogs until last week. You may remember from your faithful reading …
We left Buenos Aires about 10 days ago for the tropical climes of Costa Rica. You can't help but be relaxed when the sun is always shining and the pool is always inviting. We met my brother David and sister-in-law Stacey at a lovely AirBnB on a mountain overlooking the Pacific. Aaaah. The only hitch …
Last weekend was our last in Buenos Aires, at least for now. I mean, who knows, right? Friday was Valentine's Day so we celebrated with a romantic dinner of leftovers at home. We did have gin and tonics with a berry-infused gin so at least our drinks looked appropriately festive. Saturday we decided to have …
Last weekend we hopped on a plane and headed to Mendoza. We had intended to go on our last trip here, but there's only so much time and there are an infinite number (OK, maybe not infinite, but a lot) of places to go and things to do. The main attractions of Mendoza are its …
Doing It On The Road 