It has been forever since we have written a post. Sorry everyone, sometimes life gets in the way and we lose a bit of momentum to keep up with the blog. A Quick Recap Since our last post, we left Athens and headed to England, with a quick stop in Valencia to set up a …
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Four Years and Counting
It has now been exactly four years since we kicked off The Happy Idiots tour by traveling to catsit for Seuss in Paris. Wow, time flies when you are having fun. We have done so much, seen so many incredible places , learned a few (or maybe a lot) of lessons the hard way and …
Seven years in Blogland
Today marks seven years since we started our blog and to “celebrate” that anniversary we pulled out our old school method of planning a trip Morocco - we were so young in 2017! Our first trip together was prior to this blog, we took a three week trip to Morocco. Sue found some super cheap …
The Stadium Tour Continues
I have been somewhat of a hiatus from the blogosphere. Sue has been doing all the heavy lifting of keeping our blog up to date and all of you informed of our travels. I am deeply grateful that she has been shouldering that burden, but the time has come for me to do some scribbling …
Why Do We Have a Kitchen?
Plus our next move We go out to eat A LOT when we are in Chicago. We've already mentioned that there are tons of delicious restaurants, but it's also pretty much the only place where we have a consistent social life. And since it's summer, there are concerts to attend. Lyle and some of the …
It’s Hot, It’s Cold, It’s Raining, It’s Hot
Welcome to Chicago in the times of climate change. And change it does. By the day. Unless, of course, we have tickets to two Mets games at Wrigley Field, in which case it's guaranteed to be soaked-to-the-skin, blazing sun, hot and humid for both games. Not that I'm complaining. Today, it's rainy and chilly (to …
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The Siren That Is Chicago
Every time we land (or arrive in some other fashion) at O'Hare, it feels like home. Only we can complain about the death marches through O'Hare, the long waits for luggage and the trek to the Uber pick up because we are honorary Chicagoans in our minds. We have friends and family here. All is …
May May Be Our Busiest Month
The month of May is done and boy it has been a busy one. We returned to U.S. on the 27th of April and started with a visit at my mother’s place in Florida. I was lucky enough to bring a cold that turned into bronchitis with me. We arrived while my mother was in …
Living in Washington, DC
Wow, it has been a couple of weeks since we posted. Sorry loyal readers, we have been quite busy and just did not get around to scribbling down our notes. My mother returned to Florida at the end of August after spending a week with us. My mom is a real trooper, walking hither and …
Two years and counting
A recap of our first two years on the road.
Doing It On The Road 