Yay, we're in Paris! OK, so the weather is not what I would call great, but who cares? (Steven does, but he's been quite whiny about the cold lately...It is cold. I don't like it.) We have to tough job of watching Seuss the cat and a beautiful apartment from which we can stroll around …
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
Valencia, vale
Or home, temporary home We've been here about a week now, and like everywhere else we've been (except Santiago) we've fallen in love with it. We have a pattern of investigating real estate, discussing how we would make it work, dreaming of life in _____ (fill in the blank), talking through the practicalities and then …
48 Hours in Motion
Plus: Is 9+ miles a death march? The answer, of course, is a lot. This was our only full weekend in Berlin and we didn't want to waste a minute of it. Guess what? We didn't. As per our usual, we mapped out a walking route that came out to a little less than 10 …
Wir Mögen Berlin oder …
O nos gusta Berlin or We like Berlin (except for the weather) We've been in Berlin almost a week now and we like it. Steven complains a lot (OK, almost nonstop) about the weather, which is kind of crummy. Damp, cloudy and chilly. Plus the sun disappears at 4:30 (the sunrise is allegedly 7:30am, and …
Here We Go Again
I sit here writing this in the home of my wonderful mother-in-law (yes, I can always use more points for excellent sucking up) where we are once again leaving the Saab. The next leg of our adventure awaits. You probably know the plan: Copenhagen to Berlin to Valencia to Paris to Valencia to Kenya to …
A Whirlwind Trip to the World’s Best City
Yes, we went to New York again. This time, Steven had to go for work and I tagged along because, well, see above. Every time I go to NY, I want to live there, but I also want to travel. It's one or the other, so instead of looking for apartments, we're looking for more …
National Mall to National Park
Plus: Summer to Winter in a Week In our last blog, Steven detailed our latest crazy plan. In preparation, we know we need to get used to walking and walking and walking. You already know about our death marches. A couple of weekends ago, we decided on a modified version, over to the National Mall …
What? Students Who Want to Learn?? Yay!
We've settled in nicely here in DC. In an attempt to be useful and more a part of the community, I had volunteered to teach English to immigrant adults at the Washington English Center. I got lucky because I was teaching intermediate English, so we could have real conversations. If you have time and especially …
A Monumental Weekend of Tourism
Although we were in DC last year, we didn't really play tourist much. We spent our exploration time in our neighborhood of Petworth. This year, our friend Mary Jo and her son, Colin, came to visit so we just had to drag that poor teenager to every tourist sight we could think of. They arrived …
We Went to Lunch and Then to Dinner
It's Groundhog Month Here in Smoky Chicago What have we been doing for the past two weeks, you ask. Eating! Well, eating while we enjoy friends and family. That gadabout Steven has been dumping his wife to carouse with friends — oh, excuse me, not friends, business associates — every night (not every night! We …
Doing It On The Road 