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 …
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Baseball Has Been Very Very Good to Me
Or: Planes, Trains and Automobiles We spent a long weekend in Boston and New York, visiting with friends and family and going to baseball games. Sue and I flew to Boston last Thursday and quickly settled into our hotel in Cambridge. Thursday night we had dinner with Sue’s college roommate, Terryl and Terryl’s husband, Rob. …
Two years and counting
A recap of our first two years on the road.
Not the Most Enjoyable Trip
This weekend we moved from Chicago – our home for the last six weeks – to Washington – our home for the next four months. Sue and I usually love a good, long summer drive. Play suitcase tetras with our stuff to get everything in the less than spacious Saab trunk, slather on the sunscreen, …
Family: Both sides, all the time
We have been back in the States for a few weeks and it's been a very family time. You already know that we spent a week in Florida, but from there we flew to Baltimore for our granddaughter's birthday and Mother's Day. It's hard to beat having your 3-year-old granddaughter come running to you so …
Penultimate weekend in CDMX
We have reached point where we are panicking that we will miss something, mostly either some food or a cultural site. We started the weekend off on Friday night by re-visiting La Casa De Toño, a fast food place. We had tentative plans to see our friends, Stephanie, Teresa & Vanessa (henceforth to be referred …
One Day Road Trip
Yesterday, we went on a one day road trip with our friends Steffanie and Teresa, and their friend (and our new friend) Vanessa. Steffanie and Teresa rented a car and we decided to head to see the Popocatépetl and Itzaccihuatl volcanoes and then the Great Pyramid of Cholula. Itzaccihauatl (which is dormant) and Popocatépetl, …
Our first visitor in Mexico City
Last week my daughter Abi came to stay for a few days. She spent the prior weekend in Mexico City for work and visiting with some friends. Once all the fun had ended, she came over to our place and stayed with us. She lives in London, so we don’t get to see her that …
European Castle in the Sky
Last weekend we decided to explore the city a bit. We started Saturday morning by going to the gym and following that, we ate desayuno (breakfast) at a little café down the street. We both had chilaquiles, which for those of you who don’t know, is basically breakfast nachos. Corn chips with salsa, and then …
Géisers for Geezers
Saturday we once again started late. This time, our tour started at 2:30pm and we headed to the salt flats about 30 minutes outside of San Pedro. Our first stop was Laguna Cejar, a saltwater pond. The name laguna translates to lagoon, which to me (and Merriam Webster), is “a shallow sound, channel, or pond …
Doing It On The Road 