Our departure from the U.S. this time included closing the book on one part of our life that has been there since we met. In 2009, long before I met Sue, I bought a very shiny, dark red Saab 93 convertible. It was first my, then our go to car. Sue had a very sensible …
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Wine, Walk and Cannons
The weekend came a day early for us. Stephanie—(quick digression, you see that "dash" just to the left? Sue will tell you that it is an em dash, (I will tell you that because it is; this – is an en dash and this - is a hyphen) and I never never never use them …
A Whole Week in a Few Paragraphs
One of our friends asked ChatGPT (or a similar tool) to describe our blog. Apparently it said that we were slow travelers. I took that to mean that we stayed in places for a relatively long time and became comfortable in those places (to my family members who are no doubt thinking that it probably …
Weekend Wanderings
Those of you who read the blog know that we are partial to what we call Death Marches—walks of at least 10 miles. These were suspended for a time, but we're now easing back into them. Since we had just arrived in Valencia and had a busy week with friends, we didn't have time to …
At Home in Valencia
That may be a bit of an exaggeration, since we haven't had much time to catch our breath for a very good reason: The Monday after we arrived, so did our friends Amy and Adam. They are scouting potential locations for longer stays and we did our best to convince them that Valencia would be …
Mexico City Con Amigos
We were thrilled that, after years of discussion, we were able to take a vacation with our friends Mary Jo and Kevin. We arrived Sunday evening, one day after they did. They had already discovered the roof pool at our AirBnB and we unpacked and joined them. We stayed in Roma Norte, not too far …
A Very Getto Wedding
Last Friday we left Chicago and started our progression to Valencia. We left Chicago the last Friday in March and headed to Los Angeles for our nephew’s wedding. He and his now wife live in Chino Hills, but we decided to fly in and out of LAX because we preferred a direct flight and wanted …
It Has Been a While…
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 …
A Couple of Watery Weekends
When in Greece, you have to go to the water and we did. Our last full weekend, we decided to rent a car and head to Nafplio, the first capital of Greece and a very cute old city in the Peloponnese region on the Argolic Gulf. It's about a two-hour drive from Athens and has …
A Walk Around the Acropolis
A week ago Saturday we decided that we would take it easy. We started by walking from our AirBnB to the National Garden. It is one of the few large green spaces in Athens, but it was not what we expected. We thought it was going to be a botanic gardens with curated displays of …
