Yes, that's right: 11 trains. Sounds a bit overboard (off the rails?)(UGH! She is stealing my jokes!), but it just kind of happened that way. We started out Friday taking a cooking class about 25 minutes (by train) outside of Rome. That required getting to Roma Termini by Metro and then taking the regional train …
Weekend in Milano
But first, a visit with an old friend I used to work with an amazing reading teacher, Ellen. Ellen is now living in Amsterdam with her family and they are living the good life too. Finally, finally after trying several times to meet up, she happened to be in Rome last weekend. I hopped in …
Join a Gym …
Well, it doesn't have to be a gym, but get yourself into the world of people who really live where you're hanging out. In Guadalajara, we did yoga and learned some Spanish along the way. We also learned that Mexicans are helpful and friendly. Monday, we signed up at a gym, Rabbit Sport Center, (and, …
Florence for the Weekend
The view from our AirBnB's front window On Thursday, we headed out for a couple of days in Florence. Stacey had organized the travel, so it was smooth and easy. After an hour and a half train ride, we were in Florence. We grabbed lunch and checked into a fabulous AirBnB (link), which is two …
The first four days in Roma
This week has been a bit of a whirlwind, and this portion of the blog is going to cover only Sunday to Thursday. I promise will write more tomorrow or Monday about the rest of the week. I am also only including a few photos. Our amateur photos of Vatican do not do the the …
Frida Kahlo is everywhere
Our first major encounter with Frida Kahlo was, oddly, in Istanbul. What is the artist and feminist's connection to Istanbul? We tried to find out, and guess what? She doesn't have one! But posters, T-shirts (including one with her wearing a Daft Punk T-shirt of her own), phone cases, you name it, her image was …
Back in the USA
Friday morning at 11:30 we left our AirBnB in Guadalajara for the 30-minute ride to the airport. It is the end of another leg of our foolishness. We are usually pretty careful about the weight of our luggage, but the prices got the better of us and bought a couple of bottles of tequila and …
CDMX, parte dos
Steven gave you the roundup of all that we did in our short jaunt to Mexico City, but I want to do a deeper dive. First, the Museo Nacional de Antropología cannot be seen in a day, especially if you are an American who grew up in a time when Latin American history just did …
Mexico City
Four days and just a little sleep This has been a busy four-day weekend for us and I thought I would give you a quick idea of what our schedule was like. Sue will fill in more details in the next blog, but for now I just figured you might like to see a timeline …
Super Bowl — GDL Style
Yes, we're wandering, but we're still Americans, so Sunday was Super Bowl. We didn't really have any skin in the game, but we live on a street full of places to get cheap beer and watch sports soooo. Sunday evening we marched all the way around the corner to Veintiuno, which, if you have any …
Doing It On The Road 