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 …
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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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 …
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 …
We've been back in the States for a couple of weeks now, visiting Florida and now Maryland for our perfect granddaughter's birthday. While we were here, we decided to deal with the elephant in the room: The Storage Locker. When we started this lifestyle (as our Spanish tutor calls it, well really she says estilo …
This is our last week in Valencia before we head back to the US for the Summer and Fall.
Or, we've been back for almost a month, but we're still milking it for the blog After our stint in Malindi, we met up with the group (except Robin who hightailed it to Amsterdam) for a flight to Lamu. At least, I thought it would be a flight to Lamu, but it turned out to …
After much ado (about nothing), we landed at a hotel in Voi whose main attraction was it was family-friendly (yay?) and offered daylong safaris. The three Texans planned to head to Mombasa to see a friend, who would be home in a couple of days. We thought I would recover for a day and then …
I know we have more to write about Kenya, but I thought we could jump ahead to our first weekend back in Valencia. It was time for the annual Fallas festival. According to Wikipedia, the festival was originally a celebration of spring when the local artisans would burn scrap wood that was used during the …
Early signs appeared that challenges other than 100 miles would mar the Great Walk that we had so looked forward to. If you've been reading this blog, you'll know that we prepared thoroughly by doing death marches starting in D.C. when we signed up for this insanity. Robin also took the warnings about how physically …
Doing It On The Road 