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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We’ve Been Here A Month So …
Time for a Day Trip While it wasn't a three-day weekend in Spain, it was a three-day weekend for Steven. Facing three whole days with no plans, I quickly came up with a few options for a day out of town. Within an hour or so of here, there are several atmospheric towns with hiking. …
24 Hours of Sunlight
Tuesday morning we left Iceland and headed for Svalbard with an overnight stay at the Oslo airport. The flight from Reykjavik to Oslo was thoroughly uneventful and we stayed at an airport hotel, which was also perfectly uninteresting but very convenient. Wednesday morning we boarded our SAS flight to Longyearbyen with a stop in Tromsø, …
It Has Been a Busy Few Days
I know it has been a while since we posted, we left Panama at the end of May and visited family and friends for most of June. Last Thursday, June 26th, we took our leave from Chicago and boarded a flight to Iceland. We are taking 10 days of vacation to see Iceland and Svalbard, …
The Highest Point in Panama City
Plus a little stroll Last weekend, we decided to go for a short hike up Ancon Hill, the highest point in Panama City, although it's only 653 feet tall. We set the Uber directions to take us to a parking lot at the base of the path, but our driver missed the turn and we …
Face-to-Face with Our Spanish Tutor
We have been working with Marcela to learn Spanish (for me -- it is more of trying to learn Spanish -- think of Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill) for about three years, but we had never met her, her husband, and their dogs until last week. You may remember from your faithful reading …
Why I Go Anywhere
As I sit here with my winter break waning, I turn my thoughts to hiking in Costa Rica. I can't complain about the weather here (it was above 50 degrees today!) but it won't last and I need to have an out in my head for when it temperature drops like a stone. I'm …
