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But we’d like to learn before we head to San Miguel de Allende where it is very popular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5c07d881-c520-4d8c-a521-8878dbd938f9/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+7.06.36%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Just one of hundreds of Victorian charmers that make up the “The Campground” in Oaks Bluff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f8ee360f-eb3f-41c8-968f-0689611aa71f/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+8.06.03%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out A glimpse of Saratoga’s fabulous Victorian architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5b3e4ff1-2616-4c31-ba56-c6719b318dd0/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+8.33.27%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e08d70b2-406c-4293-a76c-3a4e38057c54/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+8.08.36%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Our hosts have started a website with arts and cultural events for Albany called The 518 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3aa6fa79-559c-48db-aa0c-4322673f0f52/IMG_5021.JPG Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out The scenic journey from Albany to Montreal took eight leisurely hours and swept by vast farms and wetlands along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/92da30dc-8cd9-438f-88bd-8d0accc9d2c0/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+8.41.15%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/94bdf58d-025e-41cc-ac00-41cf788d1f28/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+9.05.19%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out The quirky neighborhood of St. Denis, Montreal, is full of colorful discoveries, hip vintage stores, coffee shops, and bars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8a88e12d-4ddf-482f-bd9a-6385f65c9c80/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+8.51.39%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/775461e4-5a00-4946-ba10-776512c3a787/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+9.04.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/effe6305-c167-47e3-a351-d74190d421f8/IMG_5237.JPG Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Scrutinize if you dare! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a4421a94-8c8f-439d-99bd-77bed48cbf32/IMG_7483.jpeg Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/dce42ae4-6818-48d3-8424-cbe7baf03182/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+9.37.34%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6173413f-ae45-4714-90da-f5776631a693/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+9.37.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out The Imperial Theatre across the street is a famous destination venue for all of Quebec for rock, wrestling and raves! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/82a42fd1-a501-4001-aa0f-4601e27e4949/IMG_7553.jpeg Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out You, too, can be lifted like a Rock Star by adoring fans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4790810b-bb98-4226-888e-21ce90df42b1/Screenshot+2025-11-10+at+9.56.58%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Fall Foliage and New Friends - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2025/9/9/free-at-last monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2c4f5210-059f-4c9e-a10a-61e1b35a48f3/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-05-29%2Bat%2B2.35.00%2BPM+copy.jpg Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0d5aa129-a8ba-486b-8f3f-13417b7e492d/Screenshot+2025-09-09+at+8.42.40%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/aa3d67db-f261-492b-8788-47c66d76e253/Screenshot+2025-09-09+at+3.45.57%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out The terminal Sales Building sits at the corner of First and Virginia in downtown Seattle. This was the view from my office! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d6af8d70-f617-4125-abe6-c59447c61b65/Screenshot+2025-09-09+at+8.51.08%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out Debbie, in 2008 with her post-chemo short hair, and her very talented staff of designers, known as Tiptopians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/71103954-4c50-4d81-9efa-84c191fee2cc/IMG_7384.JPG Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/10af6280-d92b-41b1-9f25-15709e644a6b/IMG_8971.JPG Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out During most holidays, we house-sat this beautiful home on Queen Anne, where we hosted family gatherings and old friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f5330ea7-9952-442e-9b04-e0e113caf1da/IMG_4409.JPG Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out This is Rufus, my trusty storage unit companion. You can see the tiger poster on the wall in the Tip Top picture earlier in the story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2529d425-0c72-49b8-b688-2eb597cc127e/IMG_8348.jpeg Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bca50a3c-3527-4ec0-97ba-d42a770bcd32/Screenshot+2025-09-09+at+3.54.17%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out Downtown Edmonds is like a movie set. There is a delightful main street that leads to a Ferry Terminal and long beach walks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0f23409f-d4fd-4fd0-a57b-939b475b38e9/IMG_4427.JPG Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out Here is my new place of honor, where I oversee the coming and going of the Campbells as well as the beautiful front yard and creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2b95b5ad-c39e-4682-bbd6-0eb89e62c02c/Screenshot+2025-09-09+at+4.24.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Free at Last! - Make it stand out The yellow ducks are happy in the back yard, the Campbells are happy, and Grandchildren are always welcome on my perch. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2025/7/7/twelve-lessons monthly 0.5 2025-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b17813e5-4dae-48d1-9c35-96bfdad46f1f/airbnb1.jpg Blog - Twelve Lessons from Twelve Years of Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3df2628a-0777-4ca8-9cc1-08571e152586/Screenshot+2025-07-06+at+8.12.10%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Twelve Lessons from Twelve Years of Travel - Make it stand out The media was always fascinated by our bed pillows. Here is the main picture from an interview in Beijing, China in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5818249e-ecef-4b22-b9eb-f87780a3ce3f/Screenshot+2025-07-06+at+8.34.19%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Twelve Lessons from Twelve Years of Travel - Make it stand out Here’s a fun video from an interview in Milan in 2016. It is one of our favorites. All of our media interviews are available on our website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2fbceba7-e0a3-46a3-8d8b-2fbf05822e52/image-1.jpg Blog - Twelve Lessons from Twelve Years of Travel - Make it stand out Sitting quietly on a mountain top in Baja, Mexico, after a session with the Modern Elder Academy Shaman. He assured us that we would have enlightening experiences around the world while creating deep relationships wherever we traveled. So true! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/34495f54-4983-462f-b3f2-a41dfeaa740c/IMG_8241+%281%29+2.jpg Blog - Twelve Lessons from Twelve Years of Travel - Make it stand out We spent the Fourth of July, 2015 on a small cruise boat out of Kotor, Montenegro. We made some forever friends on that trip. Meeting other travelers all over the world has been one of the greatest joys of being The Senior Nomads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/180835c9-ae40-462d-957d-291d1b846e50/IMG_3187.jpeg Blog - Twelve Lessons from Twelve Years of Travel - Make it stand out Grandpa Michael with our youngest grandson. We have six grandchildren altogether, and we look forward to seeing more of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/724e68b8-88ad-4241-a659-678f39ef88b8/home-hero_121916-e1496985570694.jpg Blog - Twelve Lessons from Twelve Years of Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2025/1/15/our-2024-bookshelf-1 monthly 0.5 2026-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/064a86fc-5e8e-4455-94d2-f5038dafadac/Screenshot+2025-01-07+at+4.37.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out A tribute to the many children’s books we’ve read this year to our two and a half year old grandson! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e68f32db-5372-4fb9-9c35-e92b63ffebf3/IMG_0948+2.JPG Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/56bafc9f-877e-4b85-b90b-c9d77818cfb8/IMG_2707.JPG Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out This table was in a bookstore in Oxford, UK. There are some good reads here - and the solution to finding a good read for your next plane trip instead of deciding which of one hundred movies to watch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ab5506f1-8cd3-434c-9b36-5e41d5e25f94/IMG_2153.JPG Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out You know we love jigsaw puzzles. So when we found one that was all about books, we hit the jackpot. Our two favorite pastimes in one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ac2d7b7c-a6fc-45ef-8700-e9ea647814e4/Screenshot+2025-01-15+at+9.45.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out It was a great summer with our 2+ year-old grandson, Weston, and it included a lot of reading. He loves books as much as Mooma and Grandpa Michael. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b8e4d72e-2703-4f93-8545-a4b79408a4da/IMG_1318.JPG Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Do cookbooks count? Because I read a lot of cookbooks! This beauty was at a cottage in Normandy - I took a lot of pictures of pages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/12b3e78c-c150-4878-a7c7-0e5a729c4064/IMG_7985.JPG Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out We try to visit the local library in the cities we visit. They are a window into the community and the culture. We also love bookstores. This one was in Liv, Ukraine. I say it was because it may not be there any longer. We spent time in these very chairs when we visited Ukraine in 2016. It is a poignant memory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/64191628-734b-439a-b3fc-0a28038b50ac/Screenshot+2025-01-15+at+10.47.33%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Two of our favorites. Trust for Michael, and The Wedding People for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6af066fe-30c9-4133-b31b-ce58b591ddc9/IMG_4852.jpeg Blog - Our 2024 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Michael and I at our annual Romantic Christmas Lunch at the Pink Door restaurant in Seattle. We wish you a joy filled 2025. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/12/29/one-more-gelato monthly 0.5 2025-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c867e39e-5a4c-45b4-a17f-cf16a56b3ad3/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+10.15.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0f4fddc9-23a5-420d-8832-55206502c7d3/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+4.28.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Arriving in Tirano after a beatiful train journey from Chur, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/184071b3-5b6e-4240-9c9d-c9b050f9d5d2/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+4.26.39%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Where are we? This is similar to our Egyptian Suite at the Hotel Bernina in Tirano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/657e6e29-6266-42f8-b2cd-dcdd0ecf1f50/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+10.35.20%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Cremona was full of beautiful architecture, violin-themed shops and gifts, and talented street musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a1e6fadb-285d-464b-9fbc-63d1ee87298d/IMG_4039.JPG Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out The restaurant of our hotel offered a direct view of the Duomo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5402e470-2a59-41ae-b431-81c376ec90fc/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+11.19.26%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out You can immerse yourself in history and beautiful music at the Violin Museum. It was a wonderful experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d8f4d0b1-b922-450c-b86b-1f58c3bbcb39/dsc_0296_edited-0021-896x1024.jpg Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Just one of many Porticos, or covered walkways, that cover Bologna. They were designed as extensions of homes and university buildings so that student housing could be added on top. When first built, they had to be high enough for a horse and carriage to pass under. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/51383c2e-dc46-4258-bb61-fa04d75c4592/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+4.38.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out You can eat very well in Bologna - often at student prices. It is also the home of Mortadella, a delicious form of Bologna studded with chunks of fat and pistachio nuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9d038f35-b3f0-4186-9909-ccac54b0f777/IMG_4135.JPG Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/88fae787-3a0e-4ad4-8396-8517624b4167/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+4.45.00%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Our view of the waterfront from the villa - and an extraordinary rainbow. Perhaps a sign we were meant to stay here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f6929f28-9e8a-4c8c-91ee-0242aad53b66/IMG_4277.JPG Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Our view from the villa was ever-changing. We watched storms approaching, spectacular sunsets, and boat traffic of all types. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1a07d15a-9d01-42ee-9ee1-da7b5b630df9/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+4.50.06%E2%80%AFPM+2.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Boats of all types and sizes shared the two harbors. There is also a ferry line that runs to the outer islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2034f8ff-22ab-42bc-9927-2055764d04e3/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+4.58.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out The balcony in the garden was the perfect perch for a morning espresso made in the Moki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/73a21972-aff0-497e-9b38-5676f6f9b2e4/Screenshot+2024-12-31+at+8.30.18%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out The original villa sat alone on the hillside. Now, it is surrounded by other homes and apartment buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2623315c-05fe-4372-9504-5f44be91420c/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+10.12.51%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Orvieto is famous for it’s namesake wine, and it’s amazing Duomo. It’s also scattered with tiny lanes where you’ll find tiny wine bars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d905409a-524e-4ee0-8b2a-5d85968a440b/IMG_4192.JPG Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Happy 46th Wedding Anniversary! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ec72a70f-ca9a-416e-86e8-a4bd36f658f0/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+10.09.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Our hotel in Florence was unique in how you checked in, but really very nice. As was the cat - who was the only one to greet us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/791aa455-82b8-407b-8937-ab03a9bc0772/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+10.31.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Our four-bedroom Airbnb in Florence, where our daughter and three grandchildren would join us. It was perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d7c36fc4-0520-4ba3-96e8-d239b497b50a/IMG_4252.JPG Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out All the kids in tee shirts were the undercover “cops” who spent their days trying to rid Florence of pickpockets. They are dedicated to their work - and we just loved spending time with them, even though the circumstances were awkward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a18683d3-24e7-4ce6-98ef-28375d3b0ed9/Screenshot+2024-12-30+at+10.51.57%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out This might be the most memorable statue for the kids. It’s also the one I was gawking at when the attempted robbery took place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6eb44483-552d-4f31-9a70-edfad6270064/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+10.39.29%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out The public beach in Sestri Levante in October was quiet and picturesque. In Summertime, it’s hard to move through the crowds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2bc0881f-59d9-48e0-aa53-494819b72d23/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+3.27.33%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out The kids loved our Robinson Caruso-style Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d9ecd60b-6a14-4934-b121-f8fe94c72919/Screenshot+2024-12-30+at+11.20.42%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Our Airbnb was like a tree house. Jacques found the Gelato of his dreams … and daughter Mary blending in nicely with the street art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f593e52c-a1e0-4328-9075-cdd49dc00182/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-30+at+10.44.55+%283%29.jpeg Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Not all of these windows are real! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e1d2902b-af45-4082-a267-73c67e87d058/WhatsApp+Image+2024-12-30+at+10.44.55+%281%29.jpeg Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out Two examples of the Trompe 'l’oil painting on the buildings of Sestri Levante. It was often hard to determine what was real! The second row of windows from the bottom are all painted! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a1003f5a-8247-4d4d-a6c0-29cbcc985f21/Screenshot+2024-12-29+at+9.44.44%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Gelato to Vibrato! - Make it stand out It was a joy to share some Italian Time with these three. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/11/17/from-brie-to-bratwurst monthly 0.5 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/647832b0-cd5f-4ebb-9cce-bd78eb587df8/gettyimages-912972584.jpg Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/963b4de6-ffd0-4013-9bc9-b1b163e04dcd/2023withGreg.JPG Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/50f6c77c-d4ba-4b24-b440-6250eb1cc20f/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+1.57.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Here is a rare picture of the entire clan (minus grand-père who was taking the photo) circa 2023. We do our “best” to fit in in the village (limited success). But after visiting for over ten years, we are on friendly terms with the various shopkeepers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b54cbb83-fe93-4ddf-81f9-b7cc382cec89/Screenshot+2024-11-16+at+8.40.29%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/332554e5-00ea-4f6d-8aa4-b30a1895c343/Screenshot+2024-11-16+at+2.36.41%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/22851678-11e2-4a93-8b65-d8e1cb7397e0/IMG_3333.JPG Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out The top photos are of our Airbnb. The spec in the upper left window is me. - all four windows were in our apartment. The spec on the dock is Michael. The middle shows the type of barge traffic we enjoyed rolling along the river, and this last photo is just one of the mansions built in the late 18th and early 19th century that line the river in Lower Samois. This one was just a few houses down the lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ce745ddc-2f14-4097-8a83-af2b6d6f96fe/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+6.13.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7c64060c-b5f6-4518-a2df-a544316c2e34/unnamed.jpg Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ac5e87f3-358d-4753-bd38-790842262c90/Screenshot+2024-11-18+at+12.52.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Father and daughter in front of Fontainebleau Chateau near Samois. Mother and Father at the the end of our Paris walking tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/88fab23f-2092-4829-8f93-1015cbed42da/IMG_3645.JPG Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out From a window at the Swiss History Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/15b3fded-f2f7-4052-89a9-1170841f0d24/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+1.48.48%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e517102b-4a02-41ba-9e48-b13dac383114/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+3.45.52%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out We soon discovered that Zurich’s go-to fast food is bratwurst and a roll, which you can eat as you stroll. Any leftover bread causes quite a stir among the swans on Lake Zurich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/912647fd-6218-4ade-97ad-49eea4f8987a/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+1.53.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Van Gogh’s famous Starry Night and the interpretation by Matthew Wong. There were many others in the exhibit, so it was an opportunity to see original Van Goghs on loan from around the world, along with magical images by Mr. Wong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f129a332-a138-4106-98d5-fc356f9ecb3b/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+6.28.06%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out The Kunsthaus Museum was one of the finest we’ve ever spent time in. So many interesting types of art from every era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b83c84d7-6e36-4492-b833-bdeb80fe0541/IMG_3698.JPG Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out A reflection in the tourist center’s window. Liechtenstein seems like the perfect place for those who love hiking and winter sports. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/036cb73c-9840-4576-921f-cd9e0702c747/zunfthaus-zur-rebleuten.jpg Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/69b7c388-9adf-45f2-82be-35cab7fc0f6e/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+3.52.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Our quaint hotel in Chur and details from the dining room windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/12ed7009-1d46-4294-8296-c8fc52b21951/IMG_3733.JPG Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2afcbde9-06ee-4303-8768-c58822ddd51e/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+2.12.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/eff725ad-215b-4364-a25d-c239960146e4/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+2.49.42%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out The shop. The watch. And the colorful cash we needed to make the purchase! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1a2c749e-7d34-4403-aa5e-8de35420ef55/licensed-image.jpg Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/df1b39a3-87ff-4805-930b-6d9f8794b375/Screenshot+2024-11-17+at+6.02.34%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Brie to Bratwurst - Make it stand out The weather wasn’t perfect on the day of our Bernina Express journey, but I think we saw some exceptional autumnal scenery. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/10/13/from-dictionaries-to-dirty-money monthly 0.5 2025-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/06dd0b0b-ef80-42eb-b00d-79b913148599/IMG_2688.JPG Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8136cc70-6d69-438e-ae61-28785130e8e1/Screenshot+2024-11-07+at+7.24.30%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/23e660ee-720d-46d5-b393-02a31da737a1/Screenshot+2024-11-07+at+7.41.32%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The garden of the Saint Margeret’s Hotel. Breakfast is served in the atrium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6e183e5a-ad3c-470c-8b8a-3f92e8b3d38f/IMG_2587.JPG Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The gate to The Dragon School. It's not a place for budding Wizards - but just right for fledging millionaires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/eeebc6ba-5b6e-4a72-ac48-a43c163d5bcd/antiques_room_view-_ashmolean_museum-_oxford.-toppic.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out There are treasures packed in every room of the Ashmolean Museum - most of them donated by British Royalty over the years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/df20000e-8c25-4677-ae69-e2b75d338ead/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+12.37.37%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Our walking tour of Oxford took us down narrow alleys and into stunning churches and hallowed halls of learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c603922c-b1ba-497e-b34e-97fa5ed893fc/IMG_2646.JPG Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Every building was glowing with locally quarried limestone. And there seemed to be an endless number of bookstores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8798b0bb-b210-438e-8506-19ac1cd95a84/IMG_3594.jpeg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/23e8c9b1-bebd-47b2-a74e-4677ddc420b8/IMG_2829.JPG Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/64c9ffd8-2341-4a86-9a79-e173b7fdfde4/1280px-Arlington_Row_Bibury-1024x641+copy.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out There was some communing with nature … and also some tucking into warm and cozy pubs to get out of the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6938a6b3-d0e2-45ed-bf43-61862dc049b0/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+1.58.56%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/dc8b6d2f-0457-4794-925e-15ea9a44faca/3f75b415a3dfc45d938eb719b59199bf.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Just one facade of the Badminton Estate. There were gardens, large and small, on all sides. And more than enough ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/242a5265-cc57-414a-b839-7a7dda01b979/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+2.14.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/469e2e9b-c780-4b4f-83ae-63c1944b33b2/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+2.23.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out I braved the weather to enjoy some rare livestock breeds at The Cotswolds Farm Park. It was worth the stop and a great family destination complete with a camp ground and plenty of animal related activities. On my visit I was one of only 10 brave souls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a7c6901a-9916-4211-bb1d-dd1d705aeb57/2_Jeremy-Clarksons-pub+copy.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Here is what the queue was like on opening weekend! We didn’t stay for lunch, but we did have a nice sausage roll and local brew in the adjacent gourmet shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/75bab47c-f9e8-4564-aa4e-14f6f9cdfabd/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+4.40.12%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The proprietor, Jeremy Clarkson, behind the bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/67ba3ad1-2191-4b20-b157-b956e80c1df2/bath-royal-crescent.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The famous Royal Cresent in Bath. This is another book lover’s dream of a city. And also the place for a nice hot bath with friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7ce8cddf-725c-413f-a6a8-ca433088cd8d/Screenshot+2024-11-07+at+4.17.48%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out There are several walking tours in Bath featuring Bridgerton filming locations and in the Jane Austin House there are souvenirs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c7620bca-98e2-4b9a-8a64-dbdb52199cc8/IMG_3042.JPG Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The the cast performed “Get Me To The Church on Time!” All the musical numbers were spot on, and the acting was almost as good as London. The rain in Spain may have fallen mostly on the plain, but it we had a few wet and stormy days in Bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/046c143c-4c60-45d7-9eb5-855d84b4c088/visitbath.co.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The famous and often filmed George Inn in Norton Saint Philip. It has been featured in over a dozen movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/67fc683e-e297-4e5b-98ee-3bf04f2c14cf/IMG_3045.JPG Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Setting up the Country Faire scene of Mother’s Pride on the village green behind the hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5b8ac7bc-07ff-4b84-85e1-aa01d8c5879f/Screenshot+2024-11-07+at+7.36.36%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Our garden suite at The Temple Lodge - one of three Airbnbs on the property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f2459ad5-dab5-405e-9770-b98291884889/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+2.43.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c8fa2e60-51e2-408d-a283-ed672018ba5e/IMG_3178.JPG Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The front door to the lodge, a stormy walk along the Thames and the renowned Apollo concert venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3754da8f-e4d4-48b8-a7f8-1bc60ec38fa6/london-red-bus-underground-visitlondon-antoine-buchet-640x360.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out We love London buses. Sitting up front and touring the city is great fun - and almost any bus will take you somewhere interesting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6ab86c5e-c605-4827-9fd7-6edcdc9d391c/59695832_10156870334213880_4754648858187792384_n.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The Fashion Wing at the V & A is unique. And the extensive jewelry is mind-boggling. This place could take days to get through! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ff995b32-b84b-4b57-aa9a-cef582062dad/146.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7f88edd8-e1b4-4709-b639-4c38ca4066d9/D_Double_Portrait_Landscape_Left_Personalisation_Food_Hall.jpg Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out Just one of the Harrod Food Halls. I didn’t take this because, in real life, you can’t see through the swarms of tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1dc046f0-64c0-4bd6-9933-e07ed4c5b71a/Screenshot+2024-11-08+at+2.36.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - From Dictionaries to Dirty Money - Make it stand out The “Old Money, New Money, and Dirty Money” Guru walking tour was eye-opening and historically insightful. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/8/24/a-bollywood-epic-y5yhp monthly 0.5 2024-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/51f70090-481b-4b38-8244-c3b040818c7e/Bollywood-Dancing-1.jpg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/309446f8-b784-4c06-af23-d0bed6970c3b/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+7.35.14%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fa53e3f6-c667-4a1c-8045-7bd06f2852a0/IMG_9126.jpg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Our hosts in Udaipur. They love having guests from around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/297050d0-39a6-4d1d-8fe6-609f7f34b3bd/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+7.53.41%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Snapshots of life in the center of Udaipur. There were so many people hustling and bustling with small businesses and street sales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c82d1b82-6d37-4a8e-92f8-c540187d7ea3/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+8.06.37%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9915d41a-d75b-4b59-9a4a-2ac365a97f0d/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+8.28.21%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c94e716d-d7e4-40cb-874d-3dce49f34b35/IMG_7882.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c07387e9-8816-4e96-b8ca-fb6fc53b9fb2/Screenshot+2024-06-06+at+6.31.18%E2%80%AFPM+2.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/93ad231e-46ba-4945-9e11-4b0ee72c7a80/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+8.36.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Our Airbnb apartment was part of this family compound. Our door is the one with the red mat. It was nice to be with a family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/66195715-0c8b-4cca-b64e-eca38418d2b7/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+8.45.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/87abbf4e-07fa-466e-8b41-ba1d188cbd38/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+11.28.50%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ec2400f9-a0ce-48d8-8de9-96884992b32a/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+11.41.17%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cd01bf56-205b-4981-ab84-e5dea92dc7ef/IMG_8090.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d4ec1ede-14af-43ba-bcb3-02e85623ffb3/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+11.50.50%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Celebrating Diwali at the home of the owner of India Car and Driver was such a fun evening. All of the building's residents were out lighting some of the most sophisticated rockets and dazzling fireworks we've ever seen outside of a professional show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ec11b62a-0c4f-4390-b7f0-a5bd220f8618/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+8.41.23%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e6a2eb28-58a1-48e2-9994-dfbdbba0dfe9/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+12.03.04%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3a956a74-5ca1-441a-9579-b00b94491ba4/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+12.08.25%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c691c77b-71c6-485e-91ff-fc4f5c72ff02/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+12.25.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out This stop at Galta Ji Temples (nicknamed The Monkey Temple) was one of our favorite stops during our month in India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/889c8a93-f258-495c-9a2e-1b0cf8038e32/IMG_8518.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Not exactly the beautiful beach we were expecting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/29fddb6f-fdb3-40fd-8c90-061aa0b16c2d/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+12.51.03%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out All ages live together in harmony in the slums of Mumbai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a97c4b38-0bb4-47c2-a971-654dab6e6b48/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+12.47.21%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a710d6ff-d418-466a-90cb-d1514b35ac7d/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+1.03.13%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out A full day of travel on several different transportation modes took us across Mumbai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/601b5c35-a324-4199-bd92-39c858c10016/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+1.04.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out How these men keep everyone's lunch sorted and delivered is baffling. Do clink the link above for more on this unique trade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a3bc3443-f6fb-4b75-88ac-6002cfb1754f/Screenshot+2024-09-02+at+1.10.01%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out Archaic laundry facilities stretched out before the modern skyscrapers of Mumbai's financial district! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/21c7ed61-d254-4fa5-b2f4-8a86dc5d052e/IMG_8024.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! Part II - Make it stand out My best souvenir was four of these terra cotta cups made for drinking chai tea - the equivalent of our paper cups. You just drink your tea and toss the cup. Eventually, they get ground up for roadworks projects. The ultimate recycling story. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/8/24/a-bollywood-epic monthly 0.5 2024-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9a2ebe82-3280-41a5-93d7-2fd904e01d5a/What-is-Bollywood-Featured.jpg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/93bff958-2388-4ffe-a478-401f65b31041/Screenshot+2024-08-27+at+12.32.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Chaos and serenity went hand in hand in India, often shifting from one extreme to the other within hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/159f80d6-7251-49a1-9c45-fac4dc325bb8/mn1Cn.jpeg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2adcac59-8581-4fb9-9952-ae14f0bcea7a/hws0j.jpeg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/020ef78e-3710-4678-b592-5c9d799595b9/New+Delhi+Collage.jpg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ec8b63bc-2ac0-44f2-8176-5e2cc330f2dd/IMG_6164.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Standing outside the Guruwara Bangla Sahib Community Center. During Covid, they often fed 100,000 people a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/36030706-4a7b-4d38-88f3-4d01520d9902/Screenshot+2024-08-29+at+10.57.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6de0c79d-6786-4978-b7ad-f7a7bb12213d/Screenshot+2024-08-29+at+10.58.58%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/94ba9fd4-376a-4b65-b8e5-62b888495901/IMG_6329.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Many people in neighboring vehicles waved and smiled as we passed by. And they often snapped a photo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e7ff8171-847c-4f1a-8099-46d01d511d16/Screenshot+2024.jpeg.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out The road to Agra. The movie below is a sample of what we passed on all of our road trips between cities. The road conditions were pretty rough, and often there were cows languishing on the side of the road - or stepping into traffic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/075f7e99-c3db-4b19-a2b4-eb97516588c3/Screenshot+2024-08-24+at+6.11.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Our hotel in Agra. What a complete contrast to what was just outside the gate. Again, hard to reconcile these two worlds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b2e48c79-f835-4a2d-a05c-ad5ada6eceb7/IMG_6460.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/02566943-ea85-43a6-9507-f304d5ade508/IMG_6601.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1ac88510-05b3-4264-8288-32409c986b2c/IMG_8962.JPG Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out There were many prayer groups like this one gathered along the river. There are two cremations taking place in the background. The people in the foreground are family members. Cremations take place around the clock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5fbc86a1-af75-481d-9b67-1d3097fe5f2d/Untitled+design.jpg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8260d3b2-8ca3-4bee-aa22-9958f102bb76/kjBaO.jpeg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out The street food in India was so delicious. We trusted anything that spent a few minutes in a bath of hot oil, and this man's Falafal and samosas were addictive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/600a0945-7ccd-4e96-891b-f43e92841f20/Screenshot+2024-08-24+at+5.19.35%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out The hallway to our room at the Stay Banaras Hotel and the delightful courtyard dining area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/72b62697-72bd-4564-91fb-6b5a11e038fc/blue-city-experiences-raas-jodhpur.jpg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c0caa5ad-8cbe-45b8-a5eb-83227e231cdb/Screenshot+2024-08-30+at+8.23.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Our hotel was funky and fun. The coffee shop turned into a bar at 4:00 and the Cricket was on at all times. It is located next to one of India's best preserved step wells. As you can see, the steps allow access to fresh water whatever the level. Young boys spend their afternoons daring each other to jump from the highest stairs into the pool below! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d7e2d380-99b1-4adc-a203-7d5c259cb5e7/Screenshot+2024-08-30+at+8.30.53%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Michael making new friends along the way. Here he is with fellow travelers and Cricket fans in our hotel and with a rug vendor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8870638b-646a-42e6-b334-bec2981125bf/Screenshot+2024-08-30+at+7.58.36%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Our gregarious walking tour host, Ravi, and the woman we encountered on our tour who has a beauty parlor in her home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/476d7a00-7830-40ae-8a61-a055217386b2/IMG_9030.jpeg Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out It was so interesting to be invited into Hema's home for my treatments. Her family was all around me - including grandpa in a bed, and children running in and out. Her husband prepared my Chai drink, while her Mother-in-law fussed over me. It was great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e07c425b-e47d-43d7-b68e-05339870845e/Screenshot+2024-08-30+at+8.53.25%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9dc0003a-d9f1-4849-b406-f9576e01b0af/Screenshot+2024-08-30+at+8.08.48%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out My host, Chhataram, worries that his progeny doesn't want to weave rugs for a living. And the delicious meal we prepared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1cd04485-f9f2-4862-8507-d2028b880bd1/Screenshot+2024-08-30+at+9.15.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Just Like Bollywood! - Make it stand out The palace and the surrounding fortress felt like we'd stepped back in time. There were only a few other tourists so you could appreciate the beauty of the architecture and the solitude. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/6/6/india-at-last monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ec5f331a-ccc6-49a2-ad2d-aff0bed0e239/Screenshot+2024-06-06+at+1.31.28%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/534be8a3-ef1c-4239-8371-a3b013126182/IMG_3178.JPG Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Michael did an incredible job planning the logistics for two months of travel in some challenging countries, including visa requirements, lodging, transportation options and expenses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b2a22148-40d0-4710-9efe-5efb5735a130/IMG_6458.JPG Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out The Taj Mahal doesn’t look real in this photo. But it is, and we were there! It’s as beautiful as you might imagine it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/84c8a39b-08d6-4504-9ef1-41118ff2dbbf/Screenshot+2024-06-06+at+1.54.48%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/85ef16b1-2075-4aba-842a-9416f8b82eca/IMG_7002.JPG Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/74703347-e042-4829-8d05-0f70b1736585/1c102958-eb70-4585-95be-5b921911ee16.jpg Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bd869d87-0a36-4015-97bd-3bbca1c21c9f/Screenshot+2024-06-06+at+1.23.04%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/af8d3406-16a9-419a-a41d-3fb4f9c39139/Screenshot+2024-06-06+at+7.12.07%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/402654ba-b9a7-41a3-9bf1-0b68d558cfff/IMG_6972.JPG Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b70969b8-f62b-40da-bc6b-f56b225dfc01/Screenshot+2024-06-06+at+6.26.27%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6c5ef1fc-b9d6-4429-9b17-288a1dd9957d/IMG_7640.JPG Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/797c546d-ecda-4e49-b6da-bd927c99dce2/Screenshot+2024-06-06+at+6.31.18%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - India At Last - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/5/29/what-is-a-home monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c02a8c51-6306-4696-8fd0-9cae3662696a/Screenshot+2024-05-29+at+11.46.23%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/60e80cd7-ae46-4487-98dc-f388cd6e9a3b/IMG_1316.jpeg Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out A good reason to spend the summer in Seattle! He’s walking and talking now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0bd015ec-1d96-42b4-93b6-13d6a2f1bfda/Screenshot+2024-05-29+at+11.49.50%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out This photo was taken early in our journey. We still have these workhorse REI bags - big enough to fit our all-important bed pillows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ba2319e1-f28d-4aba-9671-9d550be60bf0/Screenshot+2024-05-29+at+12.09.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out I love the challenge of cooking in whatever kitchen I find myself. And also shopping the local markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e709b2d2-e515-4242-ac47-851b2b4e3e6d/IMG_4202.jpg Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out The most organized kitchen of all was in Girona, Spain. Most drawers don’t look like this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c7b889ce-352e-44b0-8718-7ebc9531ce87/Screenshot+2024-05-29+at+4.22.33%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out Not much to work with in Marakkesh … but I’ve also had kitchens that Ina Garten would approve of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7e56da71-11f1-47c3-aba1-6dc0d8c98156/Screenshot+2024-05-30+at+11.00.43%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out This one in Mexico City had cupboards filled with delicious condiments and staples - and Rioja in the fridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6f239f06-c5fb-4b2b-8a64-4ed2e4fec547/IMG_1470.jpeg Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out There are so many ways to shower! We loved this bath/shower combo. We had an outdoor shower in Kigali, Rwanda, that we shared with several lizards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c1965f04-e1a2-417b-a954-6fdf9814f55d/IMG_1521.jpeg Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out We’ve slept in so many beds now that we fall asleep on almost any type. What’s a sleep number? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cbff3d76-26a7-4b11-af5f-2b282a76eba2/Screenshot+2024-05-30+at+11.21.35%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/46c87165-b92a-432c-b21a-08a267504163/Screenshot+2024-05-30+at+11.35.26%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out This is a collection of some of the Airbnbs we’ve stayed in. All of the listings are on our website, www.seniornomads.com, under the TRAVELS tab. Some may no longer be available - and the pricing will have changed. Over our ten-plus years of living almost exclusively in Airbnbs, we’ve averaged $90 USD a night. Of course, you must have a mix of accommodations to make that work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f211cb9e-9bcd-4791-88ff-9275ebcfc5db/Screenshot+2024-05-29+at+1.11.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5c89d8be-6f74-44ec-a2d9-d7b49905de78/-1.jpg Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out This photo was taken in 2017 for a newspaper interview in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. They loved the “pillow” story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a6e76c84-2f86-4cd4-bd28-6fcd3354ec01/Screenshot+2024-05-29+at+1.09.22%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out Thank you, Ganesha - you earned your reputation as the God of good luck. You delivered the perfect “home”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3869a63d-bda6-49eb-828e-99be04f22d9e/Screenshot+2024-05-30+at+4.46.15%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/81d9e0bd-2b7f-4106-98e8-aea9fc7dc304/Screenshot+2024-05-30+at+4.46.48%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - What is Home? - Make it stand out Edmonds is about a 20-minute drive north of downtown Seattle. There is a ferry landing where you can catch a boat to Kingston, the gateway to the Olympic Peninsula. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/4/14/turkmenistan-finale monthly 0.5 2024-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a5f9bace-3643-4ec5-82ed-0643304763e0/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+2.28.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1378d90f-2bd9-4ba2-8754-a8d8f0cc12e7/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+11.36.40%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fc9fb80a-411f-46e9-a8fa-85e9b08f56e1/IMG_5332.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6eada015-5e91-4485-8163-7fa592bcc5cf/IMG_5364.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d6cb8b1d-2bd3-4ce5-9626-3e324fde20a6/IMG_5357.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/58a1c82b-c18b-4531-8e2d-34c1b5aea241/IMG_5368.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6364840d-a34a-4021-aedb-8943243b91e8/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+2.27.24%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/02a38d5b-e494-4593-9119-a0e3907679b4/IMG_5379.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/894d359c-1276-4c49-9957-555293ffd56e/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+3.13.29%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e617d3f4-0883-4d6f-874a-8a99494b8cd4/IMG_5388.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out We enjoyed a full breakfast in the public restaurant of the Wedding Palace. We couldn’t see any of the actual wedding venues inside, but we saw several of the shops and the pictures of events in the gallery on the walls. This place is definitely for the rich and privileged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8570e43d-eed6-4f95-b7de-05c648e6837d/IMG_5410+2.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out We had a photo-op with Owadan owner Saparklych Rahmanov. He is very proud of his operation and told us of his visits to America to promote his tours. His company is one of a very small number that coordinate “on the ground” Turkmenistan itineraries with international tour companies. Our seven-day excursion was made possible through IrenePlus+ Travel in Tashkent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/19cc4cad-7867-463d-b4b5-1ae71ebae647/IMG_5415.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a8d8f62f-88f0-4030-923a-b6dbe62db80b/IMG_5425.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4fb8a24b-4e0e-4def-a7a7-66ac6d482744/IMG_5428.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Michael and I enjoyed trying on some traditional garb, and I was serenaded by my multi-talented husband. Natalia joined in by grinding wheat and doing some weaving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6153a2b7-6718-48ee-be4b-dc14084a7edd/IMG_5438.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out The National Museum was massive - and as you can see, displays were sparse. So were patrons. We had the place to ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e29c5105-0c77-469c-b39f-01895bcb48db/IMG_5772.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Just so you can see the contrast as we continue our journey outside the capital city of Ashgabat, here is the mall across from our hotel where we ate dinner one evening. There were not many shoppers, but there were plenty of choices of both retail and food outlets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c7687667-ee11-4b97-b3c3-88ef3f56eea7/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+3.31.44%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b28293d1-04f6-4d76-a00f-077d7aab3fa2/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+3.34.40%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out The ruins at the UNESCO Heritage site of Ancient Nisa required a lot of imagination - but the fact parts of it were still standing from the 3rd Century B.C. was impressive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/47ac971c-94a4-42bc-9751-f4c1bd28f5e5/IMG_5487.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Happy 45th Anniversary! What an amazing ride we’ve had as Senior Nomads. You couldn’t do this with anyone but your best partner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6c2ca3ae-e9d3-4e63-951f-7f2729a6f4c4/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+3.52.50%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6096880f-f34a-4482-a854-ab1630a30f48/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+4.04.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f4657555-aace-49b2-8d3a-4594022774d0/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+4.05.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b74d10a0-98ad-4526-b5b4-54e031a56dba/IMG_0204.jpg Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Note: Some people visit Turkmenistan on a three-day transit visa, which is easier to come by. Those visitors see the Capital, the Darwaza Gas Crater, and Merv. We chose to stay for a week. We might have chosen the shorter stay if we had known how much travel was on our itinerary. But we did see a lot of this vast country - and had cultural experiences we’ll always remember. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/25723233-df5f-4459-b20c-bce1674ed0c4/IMG_5537.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out We stopped for a rest and some fuel at a wayside village. The residents were having a celebration and asked for photos and were invited to enjoy the feast and dancing. I wish we could have stayed longer (well, maybe the little girl was happy to see us go), but there was a long drive ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7c9e3cc9-a37b-4189-88ef-3982a6d9bc44/IMG_5634.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6682907c-5817-40d7-9aab-8056438ab0f9/Screenshot+2024-04-15+at+2.02.07%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b9058cb4-8199-4552-bd13-ac36898d3f47/IMG_5560.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8ab5d6e5-7c31-4c96-b8b0-c8984d05038c/IMG_5569.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6fb58f45-e5ab-4401-b764-5c10b2baef6f/IMG_5640.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Scenes from our travels to the Yangikala Canyon - and our hotel room for the evening. We were definitely no longer in Ashgabat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3c47c3e5-6b65-4cb8-8898-a3a4c5dd9ad9/Screenshot+2024-04-15+at+12.49.59%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out The parents of two young children were so excited to have the kids pictures taken with Americans outside of the small mosque. Inside the modest building, the walking staff of the 14th century Sufi teacher sits undisturbed against the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/860a0aad-6dfa-4cd5-a2ee-88861fdfbf0f/IMG_5607.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out The gravesites at Gozli-Ata are created by the familiesl. Some are elaborate tombs, others, simple mounded graves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c90b7216-2ebb-4763-83ff-e0f67ad3f9c0/Screenshot+2024-04-15+at+12.48.45%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Gravestones are covered with colorful scarves and pieces of cloth left behind by mourners. The planks the body is carried on often remain as part of the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/210e45c8-5f95-49a8-9ce3-0774a88abe0a/IMG_5598.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Tombstones shaped as angels and human figures dotted the outer reaches of the cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ac71f534-5e4b-4da3-a9f0-2055661b3862/Screenshot+2024-04-15+at+2.33.06%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2a94b5f2-ff9b-4053-8568-2cadfa1c817f/IMG_5715.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Natalie and our driver are getting ready for our grilled lunch. Often, the seating was on what looked like a bed frame with a carpet. We just couldn’t sit like this! We took out lunch when it arrived and found a table in the shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3ea404bb-4916-4e34-af93-9fd716dd10ab/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+5.35.44%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2c896287-d325-42b6-a562-6c28d06582a9/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+2.20.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out The top pictures show the wedding party we saw at Kow-Ata. The second shot shows a more modern family outside the Wedding Palace in Ashgabat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6c04c0d7-9ae9-4f5a-ad23-399b0be1ee7d/IMG_5464.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out The World’s largest indoor ferris wheel! A large entertainment complex inside the building has an arcade and bowling alley. But there were no people there, and you certainly could not ride the Ferris Wheel. I don’t think they’ve sold a ticket in ten years! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7a701d1c-62d0-49ba-819a-b32e71a0302c/Screenshot+2024-04-14+at+5.45.46%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Finale - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/4/2/turkmenistan-part-2 monthly 0.5 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6a7f7cb3-4f9d-434c-ad93-97e45e69798f/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+10.22.06%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5c6ca63d-3654-43ae-bb6e-a2a1292fa898/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+10.33.02%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out The Lobby of The Sport Hotel - the major repository for tourists visiting Ashgabat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b535d79a-b7c9-4e3a-b815-fb17a09ac6c1/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+10.33.27%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Our room was similar to this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ea533f29-93de-4a49-b5cd-26de857afdf6/IMG_5742.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out You’ll have to give a few more details than “I live in a huge white apartment building” if you are a resident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a76e4087-e945-4069-9216-e96cefd35b9f/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+10.40.59%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/664f2e3f-d837-41c3-8065-b0fcce64ba10/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+10.41.57%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out It’s all monuments in the capital city all the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/11952ecb-c13a-471f-906c-ff60a26e3681/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+12.01.35%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out This memorial sculpture commemorates the 1948 Earthquake and the survival of Turkmenistan’s first President, Saparmurat Niyazov, as an infant. The other monument could be celebrating Churros. I am not sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/17ebcb71-0c8b-4726-a1f7-3bccd869f1c8/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+12.09.11%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6a5a7454-64c1-484b-94cd-757a1c2ef600/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+12.26.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Wine turned out to be easier to procure than we thought - and it wasn’t bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/101f295f-001d-4224-85ce-6f6464543e2c/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+12.20.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out I didn’t choose to take any photos of any of our traffic stops - but they looked a lot like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2194d03d-babb-43f3-9cc3-8217e001826c/IMG_5143.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/90a99d09-3b96-4796-9f97-99cb0c81b334/IMG_5140+2.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Michael and I outside a mosque undergoing some renovations in Merv. The interior is worth saving! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/70978157-e214-46b0-841e-3fd5bdfbc587/IMG_5082.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3ccd8cfc-098e-44ee-8054-4721abed3871/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+3.27.38%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Various ruins from Merv, which is the most important ancient site in Turkmenistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1bc1619a-7a12-4aef-a5ce-9fb227c21984/IMG_5193.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out One of the beautiful Akhal-Teke horses at the national stables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6f71c386-f754-4108-b9c5-d7d0d188b4a2/IMG_5250.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Michael has just about had it with our bone-rattling drive to the Davarna Gas Crater - the potholes were almost unavoidable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/41205002-dad2-4432-b23e-230c136d4b40/IMG_5093.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d2d1b92a-d56c-4b9b-8660-308b9bbb5896/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+3.12.56%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/42f5b2e5-ed94-4ba1-8ce1-33b78fa56224/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+3.30.56%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b0a5325e-7015-46ed-a3c6-34263656c081/IMG_5263.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out The visit to the “Gates of Hell” was worth it. Note the minimal fencing around the edge. Selfie takers, beware! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0c50a236-e9db-4e7a-aac7-5932f1079cb0/Screenshot+2024-04-02+at+3.06.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out Cold but somewhat comfortable in our Yurt accommodations. It was definitely a memorable Senior Nomads Moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0626c45a-23de-44bc-95a4-979f8b49a9bb/IMG_5297.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 2 - Make it stand out We did it! The next morning was cool and crisp and the desert sparkled. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/3/20/turkmenistan-part-1-jspdr monthly 0.5 2024-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/562f17bf-1c41-44ef-887f-6f4223f72518/Screenshot+2024-03-21+at+9.53.37%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c126a0e6-3379-4100-9bff-f523824ffd41/Screenshot+2024-03-19+at+11.17.35%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/89f0ff4e-ad6f-4403-98a4-82c8d8cf833b/Screenshot+2024-03-21+at+10.09.12%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Our friend and tour operator Mikhail Sterlikov, owner of IrenePlus Travel in Tashkent. If you want to visit Central Asia - he is an excellent organizer and resource for any Silk Road travel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bff27cf3-2a7d-43e4-b2eb-2a0b17932f90/IMG_4970.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Our fellow passengers on the one and only flight to Turkmenistan at 11:55 pm out of Dubai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b11d3aeb-4486-4b85-895d-5fe37fa234f3/Screenshot+2024-03-21+at+9.47.50%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out The Ashgabat airport is shaped like a falcon. It is a stunning piece of architecture inside and out. It might be the most architecturally beautiful airport in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3846a2bc-cb47-4cb2-a690-8264e68cff30/Screenshot+2024-03-21+at+11.25.12%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/241f7668-0e5a-49a6-84a6-878ce51cb274/IMG_8688.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out At long last, we had our Turkmenistan visas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2c07edfc-5169-4467-b82f-5c890cb41917/Screenshot+2024-03-17+at+5.28.32%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out This picture from the internet is as close as I can get to sharing what our helpful immigration officer at the Ashgabat airport looked like. And yes, portraits of the fearless leader are everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1c438a99-db52-4326-a10c-b1ba754cb87d/Screenshot+2024-03-21+at+10.27.36%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Our guide Natalie. She was more comfortable having her picture taken with me. And she was a quick-change artist when needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d710e063-4fcb-4ea2-9e63-0795e5f9245c/IMG_5791.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2e8d7fd5-1c2d-4538-bb29-d0ab84d7c789/IMG_5775.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4850380d-4371-4ab0-99eb-dad463b7039c/IMG_5154.JPG Blog - Turkmenistan Part 1 - Re-Post - Make it stand out This was the view from our hotel room on a very rainy first day. You could certainly spot any cars that weren’t white! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2024/2/21/the-elegance-of-oman-amwrd monthly 0.5 2024-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/698d6a46-e2b2-4e72-a014-e1a1aba50c5f/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.05.24%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b6534bcd-bdf1-4a35-ad3f-0751bd4a3bbe/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.08.49%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out The outside seating area of the Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/21547b03-b60b-4777-b824-e6845328cedd/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+12.46.58%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out On our first night we did find a small grocery store, where Michael made friends (as always) with the young proprietor who helped us get to grips with the local currency. We succumbed to Kentucky Fried Chicken for dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c93a5e15-4888-4694-b782-c5b81cc4d431/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.15.28%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out The lobby and pool at the Avani Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f482186a-b297-4078-988b-53fea49780da/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.20.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/16eb3ba9-40b7-47a3-bf4f-67abc1f732ae/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.37.22%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/dba0bfb2-fe39-4899-b7c8-de4f84926cf7/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.41.41%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Images from the magical Sultan Quboos Mosque. One of the most beautiful we’ve ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8f77460f-e02f-4e7e-a36e-233926965b61/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.45.01%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out The Royal Opera House was so stunning. I think Muscat has some of the most beautiful buildings in all of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/23cd0114-cf4e-4484-8ff6-1efa361dd844/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.54.29%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out The Fish and Fruit market was interesting - note every man has a Kumma or head covering (more on that later) Oh. And this is definintely O-MAN. Woman were a rare sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/669e1039-55fa-4a9c-ba99-efc8800acc51/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.31.31%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Zale - a seaside oasis in a “dry” country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/705b053e-7cf4-4edb-9d6c-f255b7015354/IMG_6019.JPG Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cf06603c-4383-48bf-9698-66ea6c4d48ce/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+12.14.21%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ba092712-5e11-403e-8db8-9e82e543ac66/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+12.01.31%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out The marketplace around the fort was lively - and delicious food was everywhere, and pennies a serving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6354b3e2-bb83-4032-82a7-b5a8e07e6e0d/IMG_5899.JPG Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/dd20d295-111f-4d0a-bf17-538047b5dbfb/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+12.04.54%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Omani tourists at the Nizwa Fort - and two rooms I found to be serene and photogenic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a52c4bfd-1a71-45ff-8433-c04f72e64a38/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+11.23.57%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - The Elegance of Oman - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c385499f-1562-4739-810b-81fa78ba9dda/Screenshot+2024-03-01+at+12.19.48%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - 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the ultra-luxury Burj Al Arab Hotel and the dazzling 160-story Burj Khalifa Tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/88c4330c-b159-4965-9fad-2eb730f8c53c/Screenshot+2024-01-11+at+6.10.49%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Let's Dubai - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3c3dc639-df79-4081-b8d3-b9df52f9e445/IMG_4801.JPG Blog - Let's Dubai - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0ab091b6-04a6-49c6-86d7-d034c84b34e0/Screenshot+2024-01-12+at+7.46.52%E2%80%AFAM.png Blog - Let's Dubai - Make it stand out Various shots taken at our hotel, including the bottom left which was a hotel room door. We enjoyed our stay - it was a nice break from all the glass and steel high rises, and the location on the Dubai Creek was nice, and still central to most things in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f9709504-b4e7-43c6-a518-e65ae3af3607/IMG_4927.JPG Blog - Let's Dubai - Make it stand out You can catch a Dubai Creek Ferry just outside our hotel - they will take you across the creek to the large gold and spice markets or the city center. 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Our boat was comfortable, the food plentiful and the scenery interestng all along the way. Many people told us a cruise on the Nile was the highlight of their trip, and we could see why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/81d918d8-adc9-493d-bec2-25a87db083ea/IMG_4483.JPG Blog - Egypt Part II - Make it stand out Our guide, Ahmed, with his trusty new translator, Anabel. 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We were housesitting in Edmonds, Washington through Trusted Housesitters and loved this place. If you don’t know about that awesome way to find free housing check the link! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/93597daa-8325-4197-90ef-eb6c6784bd60/Screen+Shot+2023-10-23+at+2.44.38+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out A typical Nile Cruise boat. This wasn’t ours, but it was very similar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/79a76b39-cc4f-43f3-ae9a-b0241f19d0f6/Screen+Shot+2023-10-23+at+3.03.17+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Cairo was indeed crowded, chaotic, dirty and for the most part charmless. I know that sounds harsh - but for us, true. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3decaeb7-53fc-4d45-a17e-075559e9997c/Screen+Shot+2023-10-26+at+7.19.34+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4c52f735-784d-4d63-bc8d-30093dd82071/Screen+Shot+2023-10-26+at+7.24.05+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Al Azhar park in central Cairo and our neighborhood of Zamalek on the left side of this photo. Both from the internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1a910033-c206-4c6a-af14-cef7ba7cd495/Screen+Shot+2023-10-23+at+3.18.44+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5ab92c73-e8ad-4b0d-94f4-4a568077ff80/Screen+Shot+2023-10-23+at+3.24.14+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9633a12d-ad4e-4406-9bb9-3c297568590e/IMG_3567.JPG Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/67021bea-3b20-407c-a4de-3c9ad824563a/IMG_3575.JPG Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1fd6ed0a-860f-41f8-a360-f13a04c7cb1d/IMG_3578.JPG Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/89b3e7c4-3e9a-4a65-8648-525eeeb24b0a/Screen+Shot+2023-10-23+at+10.13.17+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out We would have like to taste the foods featured in the experience - but we did manage to find some delicious street food on our own - and enjoyed buffet style dining at our hotels. At least in that setting you can try a lot of things! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2d7f966e-6dd8-4f22-8014-1fa9b8bde423/Screen+Shot+2023-10-23+at+10.16.59+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/975cb334-1373-4542-b4c7-3b7a2bb6a77d/IMG_8238.JPG Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out The new Coptic Church, a vignette from the mosque, and an image of one of the 22 mummies at the Civilization Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4e41d09a-6d5d-4cce-9a65-3a2e49dfdbb5/IMG_3463.JPG Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/75494561-26a1-4c51-9fb2-691f43c691c1/IMG_3443.JPG Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Our lovely guide Amal. The pyramids were amazing - and fascinating to contemplate. If you want to visit, you’ll have a better experience with a guide to keep the touts at bay, make sure you have authentic tickets, and get you to the best view sites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/feb57fff-0bb3-4d03-a815-891e5432e6de/Screen+Shot+2023-10-23+at+10.31.57+PM.png Blog - One More Adventure in Us 2.0 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2023/10/2/london-town monthly 0.5 2023-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/754a6d25-c155-4b68-a5b1-8607bf5a5b7e/8w2c_cd4z_180521.jpg Blog - London Town - Make it stand out image courtesy of vecteezy.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a667481e-53fa-423b-8192-22fc270e9aa4/IMG_1548.JPG Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Three weeks of travel in the UK started with an enjoyable ride on the Eurostar from Paris to London through “The Chunnel”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4b2179b2-9868-4de9-af27-97df8c72fd44/Screen+Shot+2023-10-04+at+12.21.32+PM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Our Airbnb address in London. It was a delightful apartment hidden inside a neglected building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/871811c8-a00b-421a-8907-3249c3d22fe8/Screen+Shot+2023-10-04+at+10.40.15+PM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0d6be642-06d5-410f-88ff-63161ad1265d/Screen+Shot+2023-10-04+at+10.36.46+PM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out The communal spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/57723d51-ada1-4894-9b8c-0aeb84cd6d51/Screen+Shot+2023-10-05+at+10.43.22+AM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Our children loved to search the gallery for family portraits and then imagining what their lives must have been like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f66d2182-d675-47b1-af23-2b6a45235778/Screen+Shot+2023-10-05+at+10.18.12+AM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out A few favorites and entrance to one of the many galleries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/87d5a580-82c6-4878-9c82-c9e5a74ab33f/Screen+Shot+2023-10-05+at+10.35.16+AM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Winston Churchill and Beatrix Potter - long lost relatives perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0dc7f738-44ad-4711-aa11-473861fe4ccf/Screen+Shot+2023-10-05+at+10.22.06+AM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Artist in action: David Hockney painting Harry Styles in 2022. There is a current exhibition of Hockney’s work at the NPG. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f33dc7dc-965d-4440-8230-ad376e35f73d/IMG_4731.jpeg Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8f027994-c8d4-4d31-b842-48ccacff5d92/Screen+Shot+2023-10-04+at+12.34.48+PM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Michael in front of his former Office building, which has been turned into luxury flats. It was a five minute walk to Trafalgar Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c10a2b11-557a-4568-8f9e-9b41f2b5fbe7/Screen+Shot+2023-10-04+at+6.50.00+PM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out This is not a paid endorsement, I just want to show you the page so you recognize Sandeman’s Tours. Sandeman’s offers good tours all over the world that are easy to book. Remember, a “Free Walking Tour” is free - but your hard-working guide always deserves a generous tip at the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7b896131-9285-4b83-8818-81bc16d9f3c8/IMG_2259.JPG Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/21de67ed-3476-4884-ab34-927b98bcd61a/Screen+Shot+2023-10-04+at+12.44.59+PM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Proof that it was a spectaular, sunny day in London. And proof that if you give your camera to a stranger you might not get the ”insta-worthy” shot you hoped for. As in eyes closed like the one on the left! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fe4cb345-9464-4e6c-b585-054e0f526475/IMG_2445.JPG Blog - London Town - Make it stand out In the Financial District, known as “The City” it was gratifying to see new buildings striving to blend in with their neighbors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/264a7477-133a-4693-a84c-1ca92b5a54e7/Screen+Shot+2023-10-05+at+11.57.38+AM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a6717912-4129-418b-8ed3-9d9075e44293/Screen+Shot+2023-10-04+at+1.05.54+PM.png Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Michael couldn’t resist a small travelers guide to Europe written in 1930, and I bought a weird little guide to tropical fish that I may or may not cut up to use for collage art. We ended up walking seven miles that day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a894538d-b4ed-434b-b634-313208d8c623/IMG_3173.JPG Blog - London Town - Make it stand out Here’s a clue to our next adventure…unfortunately there are no guidebooks for Turkmenistan! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2023/9/19/the-hills-and-dales-of-england monthly 0.5 2024-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/345dca78-8467-4c50-bea8-9465c16977b7/Screen+Shot+2023-09-18+at+8.42.16+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b43a9d4d-4112-4e2f-872b-7a7d47d114db/IMG_1794.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/326d0a03-c490-48d4-b6f9-8e48427cee7c/Screen+Shot+2023-09-18+at+9.30.15+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/951c2dfd-154d-4b96-a625-9ec0a2566942/Screen+Shot+2023-09-20+at+6.55.11+AM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out New Wrexham FC owners, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f4039aab-de3c-4ed1-8e76-28806454c873/Screen+Shot+2023-09-19+at+6.41.50+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fe722fa0-20b5-42e8-9226-22b579ed78c8/Screen+Shot+2023-09-18+at+6.43.37+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e1931507-585d-4858-99ba-0ad61531eb17/Screen+Shot+2023-09-19+at+7.02.40+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Photos from Grassington, including one I found of the filming of of All Creatures Great & Small, and me at our Airbnb. Michael was happy to find Walkers Bakery - which in the film is the also the bakery, just with a different name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/691e16b1-f092-4100-9ede-97bf0a653177/IMG_1902.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out An entire room at at the pub in Grassington, is dedicated to the filming of the current PBS version of All Creatures Great and Small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/21dc770c-8fd0-4dae-85c7-d5b151cc92ec/IMG_1785+2.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out A peek at the lake from the shore in Windermere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a4d6c50c-f82d-42ea-870d-0252b9fe12c1/IMG_7706+2.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9b884fe4-92f8-4d0f-8cc7-73888d366026/IMG_1881.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/45db8d42-3ecd-4c89-b306-ade72ba1327e/IMG_1876.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Michael’s Ploughman’s Lunch plate and my steak pie with an edible bowl. Pub food is getting fancy - except the vegetables are still over cooked wherever you go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/656247b6-c88d-42dc-b5ff-810a307fd0f5/Screen+Shot+2023-09-19+at+6.22.18+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bc0a19d1-631c-4fae-b54f-f51e6d52006d/IMG_1845.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9b60aebc-1137-4c68-a380-6e8c0bd0c324/IMG_7723.jpeg Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/866cece4-eaa0-4cf1-9a3f-e14cb9aeb717/Screen+Shot+2023-09-19+at+8.00.10+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/faab7c96-fb78-4104-9a40-3acfe3570b03/IMG_2052.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Me outside the restored VIctorian home where we had a huge room and a great breakfast prepared by Amanda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e0a363b9-69ed-47fc-9a87-72b6e8fe73bd/IMG_2006.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Clifford’s Tower sits in the center of York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f53d8462-d4d7-4c13-a52f-77707a5630f7/Screen+Shot+2023-09-20+at+4.08.18+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/724163cc-751a-4b81-911b-2e5516bfe82a/Screen+Shot+2023-09-19+at+10.15.14+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Harry Potter sites were all over Yorkshire including Diagon Alley (The Shambles) and the railway station in Pickering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f070081f-94df-4a42-93d3-2acec67f307d/Screen+Shot+2023-09-20+at+4.13.41+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c9690e76-e0b8-4327-bdfa-43f5d93f2832/Screen+Shot+2023-09-19+at+10.09.38+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ccc9ed39-785f-4b09-8c32-045735db0531/Screen+Shot+2023-09-19+at+3.53.55+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6b882a7b-0259-43d3-8263-cb6ae1f8e037/IMG_2112.JPG Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out The view from our room - fabulous is any weather! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fe9d0fc2-5891-45a2-8a75-cf9f28f0869d/Screen+Shot+2023-09-18+at+9.20.27+PM.png Blog - The Hills and Dales of England - Make it stand out What the view of the moors might have been if we hadn’t been socked in by rain and mist! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2023/9/15/is-wrexham-on-your-radar monthly 0.5 2023-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9ac8f334-56e9-4c8b-9a29-0fbcc7daecd8/Screen+Shot+2023-09-15+at+9.58.00+AM.png Blog - Is Wrexham on Your Radar? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e503d4fe-2c3b-44c8-995e-7988b4c40998/Screen+Shot+2023-09-15+at+3.31.15+PM.png Blog - Is Wrexham on Your Radar? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/86fb065f-c0d9-4989-a68f-7f8724829795/Screen+Shot+2023-09-15+at+8.34.21+PM.png Blog - Is Wrexham on Your Radar? - Make it stand out Sharing a Fourth of July tradition with our fellow passengers aboard the Gulet in 2015 - followed by a traditional picnic in Wrexham with Wendy and Graham the following year. 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And I think the Welsh signage on the shop says “Beware! 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Paris and Points Beyond - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/eb00e167-9b84-4f44-bca9-a9afa1bd4b21/Screen+Shot+2023-08-29+at+3.18.03+PM.png Blog - Paris and Points Beyond - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1a904f36-0c22-4ceb-a356-68af18ce07d4/IMG_1271.JPG Blog - Paris and Points Beyond - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1bfe11b7-7253-4158-b2e8-7917482de5f3/IMG_7623.JPG Blog - Paris and Points Beyond - Make it stand out In July we celebrated ten years of full-time travel as The Senior Nomads! Stay tuned for some exciting upcoming travels. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2023/6/28/it-takes-a-village monthly 0.5 2025-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ef72f15e-0cf5-415a-9478-2394bf06ef41/Screen+Shot+2023-06-29+at+4.25.17+PM.png Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/daa447e2-840d-4557-b9ba-24a35ecffb24/IMG_5761.jpeg Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out The Modern Elder Academy campus is so beautiful. 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The kitchen is great - and we even have a little garden to putter in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/24e65c4f-276e-4272-b350-946bf5b00ab3/Screen+Shot+2023-06-29+at+10.32.07+PM.png Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out Samois-sur-Seine is a picture perfect village along the river Seine. It is surrounded by the Fontainebleau Forest where “boulderers” - those who love to climb boulders, convene to clamber to the top of some of the largest rocks in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/26979cea-4263-450c-a770-735319738321/Screen+Shot+2023-06-29+at+10.10.03+PM.png Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bc95865d-51a5-45a9-9dae-029c783c844d/IMG_0024.JPG Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f9c0ee8b-232c-4439-a277-011369ebbdea/IMG_0611.JPG Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a38ab59e-172c-4a11-8fee-659552cd239f/IMG_0614.JPG Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ae1a3b2e-eadb-4960-b022-484e85877da5/IMG_0618.JPG Blog - It Takes A Village - Make it stand out Hussain is the youngest of the Moroccan clan that run the Superette. 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Here’s the story about our adventures in The New York Times that ran in 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/18d744b6-fb66-416b-a164-44873378e960/Screen+Shot+2023-03-13+at+10.34.11+AM.png Blog - Odds and Ends - Make it stand out Samois-sur-Seine is a picturesque village on the river about 35 minutes south of Paris by train. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2023/1/20/our-2022-bookshelf monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ab1a0d4b-6636-43fb-a27a-7bf13129f343/Screen+Shot+2023-01-26+at+5.32.35+PM.png Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9f5249fb-30fe-4767-bc1b-639a6b5b26fe/Screen+Shot+2023-01-29+at+8.34.44+PM.png Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c47b1c14-424e-4006-b0cf-e0a80bcdc67e/Screen+Shot+2023-01-29+at+8.46.07+PM.png Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Nancy Pearl - America’s Librarian calls Seattle home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8c77ae3b-6e07-4e61-98eb-9d5a515d4f18/Screen+Shot+2023-01-28+at+1.23.29+PM.png Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Here is the deluxe version of Nancy the Librarian. 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Grand daughter Colette was impressed with the young adult choices and multiple bean bag chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c452a68b-bf47-44f1-91ae-90ec4f79bcb6/Screen+Shot+2023-01-29+at+8.12.22+PM.png Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b4f7a7eb-fa03-4518-8f7d-0fe50fadd2c7/IMG_7082.JPG Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/92962f8f-5de4-4f2d-9cd4-d8b41b770a97/Screen+Shot+2023-01-29+at+6.27.27+PM.png Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out A busy morning in the public Oval Reading Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5802fb2f-22ea-4679-be7f-eb137f1509b5/IMG_7103.JPG Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out The renovation of the buildings took almost 15 years - but the results are stunning, and every room has treasure to discover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e71093d7-e099-4a5a-bb4d-cfc58080145f/IMG_7058.JPG Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/095e4f76-bec0-4569-bdf3-c526b1509131/IMG_7072.JPG Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out A Cameo brooch worn by Marie Antoinette that you could get close enough to see every detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/20d6ee76-ec2b-4f60-91e0-7948377a0893/Screen+Shot+2023-01-30+at+10.18.22+AM.png Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out The variety of items on display was mind-boggling. Everything from music by Mozart to fine art and military wear, to hand-drawn maps of the new world from the 1400s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f6f3ad63-2933-49a7-9d1c-4e48e805fdff/IMG_0029.JPG Blog - Our 2022 Bookshelf - Make it stand out The Campbell Clan gathered at Discovery Park for a Book Shower for Weston. 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You also pay them directly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/54546612-609d-40b4-a068-378a25c671ec/IMG_4299.JPG Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out Feeling 110% by the time we got to Hammamet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e47f9a77-8ac0-4bdf-bbb2-8023d6a4544c/IMG_6331.JPG Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out A fleet of Pirate party ships sat idle in the Marina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/850adee6-cf41-4917-8b49-8d81c8e7268f/IMG_6445.JPG Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bf418da4-eea3-4fcc-bf66-55d56f31ebb0/IMG_6432.JPG Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out There were plenty of amazing mosaic floors and wall coverings to see in Sousse that I almost forgot about missing the Bardo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/99bcb092-437b-416e-9a27-2187c1488361/IMG_6419.JPG Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f58a1cf2-6b4b-44a4-8e0d-43da7d6bb760/Screen+Shot+2023-01-13+at+10.26.45+AM.png Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/65cbc03e-9d18-4fce-8559-abb32e28fc9a/Camel.jpeg Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a1901821-7691-474b-a97f-6cc21a8c2f9b/Screen+Shot+2023-01-12+at+2.44.07+PM.png Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f3fba445-1033-4ae4-a827-c5e8fc32fbf1/IMG_6510.JPG Blog - Tunisia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/12/30/behold-bukhara monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b6686c71-1bd3-492e-9975-c987133e806c/Screen+Shot+2022-12-30+at+7.31.25+PM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fd98c031-87a7-414d-b10a-dc164cc11f08/Screen+Shot+2022-12-27+at+9.23.17+PM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4185d099-c1ca-45e7-a665-1d9092d04b1c/IMG_6038.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4b5e9714-5f4d-40a2-8413-9b19cdbdff46/IMG_5941.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6d0ef3d5-a918-4d20-b5df-b1f95bfb8021/IMG_5850.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Traffic in our neighborhood. Staying in the Jewish Quarter of the Old Town was about as authentic as you could hope for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ee0ab35d-5ae4-4b3a-882f-c0ac4e914bae/IMG_6065.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/70fb1bb1-3bdd-4c2c-907f-0f1b83f3c3e1/Screen+Shot+2022-12-27+at+9.18.15+PM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1e16b1c3-3dfa-4677-b21e-61e23798886b/IMG_5846.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e959b809-7af8-4240-bc88-97a608c185dc/IMG_6096.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/06be6047-8391-48c1-9b8c-03dcad32210b/685B1B69-6E1E-4067-9A3E-DBAD71A2A401.jpg Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/102293dd-71a3-4dfe-bbcd-eb8824623b69/Screen+Shot+2022-12-31+at+11.27.32+AM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out The ancient art form of Puppetry can be found throughout Uzbekistan, but in Bukhara there is a wonderful museum and workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ef422a7f-6d15-4054-b329-b00f42c7110a/Screen+Shot+2022-12-31+at+11.36.03+AM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/517ad72c-1ac9-4c9b-a825-c0d716820182/IMG_5937.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0940aa42-2e4b-4db3-a62c-c59ef9cb1c71/IMG_6005.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out A standout landmark for us was The Samanid Mausoleum, built in the year 907 and just discovered under mounds of silt in 1920. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/592dc459-115f-4ef9-a5f2-64e097d55595/IMG_6128.JPG Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f2b6fc03-31a1-4401-9aaf-a1c6cbc95934/Screen+Shot+2022-12-31+at+11.05.35+AM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b69221e9-3a55-41ae-b0ae-e70573556aca/Screen+Shot+2022-12-31+at+11.12.04+AM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d2084972-7c1f-4e54-a27f-c5a2fbf7a1e9/Screen+Shot+2022-12-31+at+11.15.33+AM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Obviously not my adorable students, but this is exactly what they looked like! So well dressed and polite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/aae1ebe9-65df-49c0-99c4-f3e6ef7faea9/Screen+Shot+2022-12-31+at+11.23.45+AM.png Blog - Behold Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/12/21/a-wedding-in monthly 0.5 2022-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e33dd431-095f-41c1-9bde-716c79f4d962/Screen+Shot+2022-12-20+at+5.48.49+PM.png Blog - A Wedding in Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a4842a0c-b6dc-453d-8db7-cb456e36dac6/Screen+Shot+2022-12-20+at+6.04.26+PM.png Blog - A Wedding in Bukhara - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/59b42f02-0f34-4eba-8d81-792c7853068b/Screen+Shot+2022-12-20+at+6.00.47+PM.png Blog - 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Somehow they had connected with the young man we met the night before - that’s him in back on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8e7934ec-09d2-4731-84be-62cde40ab506/Screen+Shot+2022-12-07+at+4.50.20+PM.png Blog - Dancing in Samarkand - Make it stand out The Silk Road Samarkand complex on the edge of the city includes a utopian version of a traditional village, several mega hotels and a magnificent conference center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ac089118-083c-48c5-a730-ba3d71bb54a9/Screen+Shot+2022-12-05+at+7.08.46+AM.png Blog - Dancing in Samarkand - Make it stand out This is the conference center. Notice the dual helipads on the left. We were dropped here … and found the boat on the canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5fb4f365-fee9-4aa1-8a03-18be79326938/IMG_3879.JPG Blog - Dancing in Samarkand - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/08304278-6881-4397-9a84-217337639e37/IMG_5733.JPG Blog - Dancing in Samarkand - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/56905dec-59d1-4db1-bdab-3e9fc89077d8/Screen+Shot+2022-12-07+at+5.02.26+PM.png Blog - Dancing in Samarkand - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ae1192a5-59d7-4883-b7ea-7fe482ee38c0/Screen+Shot+2022-12-05+at+7.30.56+AM.png Blog - Dancing in Samarkand - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/11/15/toes-in-tashkent monthly 0.5 2022-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/35d3100c-69a4-4691-9b18-fcac5b887f7d/IMG_5586.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1821ef7c-71b4-43c2-ad4e-06d5e6ef421f/IMG_5186.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out A nine-mile trek through Dushanbe, Tajikistan was hard on Michael’s foot - but worth the walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ec4650ac-7c8c-48b5-8c50-52945738c9e8/Screen+Shot+2022-11-15+at+9.59.44+PM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/262d480a-9a58-4c7d-8b0b-dd32baa9ff79/IMG_5353.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Yes, the doctor looks a lot like Waldorf … but Michael bears a vague resemblance to Statler! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/70184f90-b27c-45ad-a0ff-036ab92a9e06/IMG_6767.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Doctor’s orders? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4a4337a8-ae0c-4f2c-84c2-bf52bec78c05/Screen+Shot+2022-11-15+at+10.27.58+PM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5170065b-3823-4b40-b55e-31242674ac0d/IMG_5363+2.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out The view from the kitchen window was interesting any time of day, but the sunsets were amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f3296558-8ceb-47e7-b553-1663b668640f/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+9.54.42+AM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9faff107-9e15-49dc-99de-53ec323b0a9c/IMG_3761.jpg Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Enjoying tea at Human House with Ilhom surrounded by historical images of the creation of Friendship Park ,also known as Seattle-Tashkent Peace Park. The “Mug shots” are of local volunteers. Learning about this relationship cemented our friendship with Ilhom and our love of Tashkent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7b6e4c09-e99b-4576-9045-09bf2f9ebf1b/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+10.09.42+AM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out A photo of volunteers from Seattle at the newly constructed park taken in 1988. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/690eeef1-baaa-48c2-9352-c87db01b39b9/IMG_5550.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Just some of the hundreds of hand-painted tiles that decorate the Sister City monument in Tashkent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/39f761a3-7fe0-4958-81a7-bc90a35bde9d/IMG_3708.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out With our guide Helen in the garden of the Rakhimov Ceramic Studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f1c6356c-f0d3-46f7-b2dd-253155b27c0a/IMG_5387.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ae6d387f-447f-40f0-9404-59aa70989d9c/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+9.02.55+AM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Michael and Helen having a good political discussion while we visited the metro stations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f1f5c27e-4ceb-421b-89b2-29afd514b70b/IMG_3696.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cfb4369f-f060-454b-a409-1a04f905dbdb/IMG_5396.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Nothing was minor about this Minor Mosque! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b4c3493f-7aa9-4e5c-9adf-a00c4109a10b/Screen+Shot+2022-11-15+at+11.10.23+PM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/16a5c806-3062-4c18-840d-485b195e7f7d/IMG_5407.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Michael digging in to his bowl full of very long lagman noodles. It was delicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/86f2775b-2d6f-4ad9-85c8-28194a4aa851/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+9.24.06+AM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Speaking of food. Beyond Plov and Lagman, we tried two other intriguing foods. Suzma (which I loved) a thick sour cream that was served with balsamic, tomatoes, and oregano, and snacks that were both strange and delicious. Hard soured cheese balls that were to be nibbled, amazing pistachios and almonds, and an addictive dry, smoked string cheese that comes in a tight braid to unravel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2e36dba2-3cb3-4bdd-ae5a-a64e75e959a1/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+9.12.24+AM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8bd96a19-5bab-4c22-9917-f34108c40b66/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+9.16.26+AM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cfc0d7a1-72d3-4777-b47a-93290626686f/IMG_3705.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out I wish we could have purchased something wonderful from this visit but without a home…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e0867ada-d1d4-4f63-9bb6-ff1f5d3a70e8/Screen+Shot+2022-11-15+at+10.53.12+PM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/74e41859-d64e-454a-a06c-70dc52ba9de3/Screen+Shot+2022-11-16+at+9.43.44+AM.png Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d43e2cae-6553-49fb-b984-c5ba14eed4e5/IMG_5563.JPG Blog - Toes in Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/11/2/tales-from-tashkent monthly 0.5 2022-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/33ce4519-951e-4cf0-b850-1159213708c1/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+12.19.52+PM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e82766f3-592a-4cbd-b6aa-689abc85f30b/IMG_5542.JPG Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Michael with Ilhom and the now defunct Seattle Cafe. I will share more about the relationship between Seattle and Tashkent in the next blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/800791e2-db51-4ada-87ee-dab983e92873/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+8.31.16+AM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out After our dreary Airbnb in Tajikistan this modest but modern hotel room at the Hampton Inn in Tashkent was just what we needed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/58bd3859-2380-40da-b058-8284195ba634/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+8.23.52+AM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/506cf829-98d7-4981-b58c-96c783aeb749/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+8.22.26+AM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c9f699e4-d2e7-42f0-a97c-4315dcc7f164/Screen+Shot+2022-11-01+at+12.16.10+PM.jpeg Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e86b23ba-9bfe-4b3e-9fde-720671cfc978/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+8.43.00+AM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fd4c078a-b054-4de8-aa64-675bb3044584/Screen+Shot+2022-11-02+at+8.56.49+AM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/87e895c6-cbdf-405d-b994-adc9b6acbb24/Screen+Shot+2022-11-04+at+4.16.47+PM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out Ice in Uzbekistan! This building hosts hockey and other sporting events as well as concerts. At night it becomes a giant screen filled with videos of upcoming events and beautiful scenes from around the country. The entire city is lit at night, including elaborate panels of colored lights stretched across every major road in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7b9e28e6-c855-4e31-8ffd-12fa7d840f37/Screen+Shot+2022-11-04+at+3.53.04+PM.png Blog - Tales from Tashkent - Make it stand out This is a typical Mahalla. 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And the washing machine replaced the bathroom sink! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f01220a7-2cd8-4b59-af1d-b023578fa055/IMG_5325.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Michael is so willing to talk to any and all strangers. If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t have half the stories we tell. He made a good friend in our local shop and learned a lot about local life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/232a37c1-a163-4c3e-8993-c5d1fe1bbd71/IMG_5092.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Standing outside the National Library with Sher who looks more like our body guard than guide! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/35f654b0-e908-4f44-b55f-0a3e1657252f/IMG_3590+%281%29.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3dca35d1-e8b8-4aab-b726-afbde60f4c02/Screen+Shot+2022-10-15+at+10.57.39+PM.png Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5741bb36-815e-454b-ad09-a37f7e5501f9/IMG_5147.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b2e2499c-fb6f-4db2-845d-dbd53295d045/Screen+Shot+2022-10-23+at+11.12.39+AM.png Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out The detail on this monument was amazing. But most every monument was had similar craftsmanship in either stonework or gold ornamentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1bd4b121-ee13-4c9a-b89e-0d961e8a69b3/IMG_5252+2.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cbbf3266-ce4f-44b3-9ca9-abd0e2670693/Screen+Shot+2022-10-23+at+11.45.37+AM.png Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Freshly baked meat pies for lunch! We needed the sustinance to keep up with our walking tour pace! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b979543d-357f-4d12-a171-1d56d5aed3c1/IMG_5217.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/13603731-5026-4a3f-aa02-d73a83e72af7/IMG_5241.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Now that I knew the real price of a bunch of grapes, this lady could no longer intimidate me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ce335c25-f5f0-4e46-81ac-6c1d724c3e23/Screen+Shot+2022-10-23+at+11.35.31+AM.png Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7cd85daf-4baa-45a0-9491-b8ea6740dd1e/IMG_5271.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out This picture tells a thousand stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c6fc5439-d0b8-4f68-9bbc-fab6c493bb51/IMG_5316.JPG Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/52437504-68a9-4e8b-8ce2-e676bd1be0c0/Screen+Shot+2022-10-22+at+9.15.00+PM.png Blog - Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Make it stand out I would love to have this Bobo original in my garden. If I had a garden. Skip the lions. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/10/9/meet-stan monthly 0.5 2022-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a8959b3b-bdce-4ab3-bc06-8ca7bfa72557/Screen+Shot+2022-10-09+at+9.21.39+PM.png Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b69c90aa-10a8-489f-a792-8e8cb80f1a88/Screen+Shot+2022-10-09+at+9.16.33+PM.png Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e0c46ed3-8acc-4425-a8b5-d7452cbd1af7/Screenshot+%28366%29+copy.jpg Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/feef804f-a571-4f7f-9023-5f8d82cbd6d2/IMG_4914+2.JPG Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b8b550a4-d08d-4e46-ae97-f3eaf5222f06/Screen+Shot+2022-10-09+at+9.49.11+PM.png Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5456a82d-159e-48a0-b492-53d0c3f280de/IMG_5432.JPG Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out We would have never bought these for ourselves - but they were a big hit with the locals wherever we went, and will be a great souvenir from our time in Central Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8cd31009-07eb-45bb-954c-9902a8b06fad/Screen+Shot+2022-10-09+at+9.56.24+PM.png Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out This is an image from Mikhail’s company Facebook page. Maybe you’d like to take advantage of this offer?In fact, I asked Mikhail if I could post this image and he said if you mention The Senior Nomads there will be an even greater discount. We don’t benefit from that offer - but you would! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1e83e140-a4e5-447f-a74a-6bf35d9ceeee/IMG_6090.PNG Blog - The Last of the Stans - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/9/19/from-the-fringe-to-france monthly 0.5 2022-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3c2dd1cc-2a80-4956-8aad-c70f69cc78b1/IMG_4442.JPG Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b43091c1-3544-47ea-8be3-80c3abbc68c0/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+5.01.09+PM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2b4198d2-24a1-46b6-8686-ac77c6a6b514/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+4.53.49+PM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a10016b6-04b5-4e35-87b1-a8b10f6d39b3/Screen+Shot+2022-09-09+at+10.21.29+AM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/519818c2-94b3-4222-8ba8-c1469b08bffc/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+10.17.57+PM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Our suitcases have been our travel companions for over nine years. It was time they had their own seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d87c25e5-5e92-469a-ba14-3681298b51cf/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+7.46.07+PM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4079f21e-ec29-4641-bb98-19d94bcb7acb/Screen+Shot+2022-09-09+at+10.20.39+AM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cb91b1d6-fc4a-4b8f-8d9a-abdca2323053/IMG_4394.jpeg Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out The beaches were crowded, but colorful and almost everyone was French. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d9ae0c75-7601-48c0-9f86-4648731faf32/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+10.26.52+PM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/92594d72-bc46-4ad7-adb3-68c7cff9737c/f4fa34b7-d82e-4810-9dd6-282344f8d3a6.jpg Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out We had many opportunities to watch the sunrise as the “Beach Zamboni” and the cafe set up started around 5:30 in the morning - along with the garbage collection. But the view was spectacular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/54a65198-7957-4074-be6d-d23aaeddef2e/Screen+Shot+2022-09-19+at+5.06.11+PM.png Blog - From the Fringe to France - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/8/22/a-fringe-to-remember monthly 0.5 2022-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/91909812-489e-4b1a-93c0-65b47235773d/Screen+Shot+2022-08-22+at+11.19.11+AM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/efbb377d-ba7e-4e3c-8858-488fab6dd536/baea9da7-b091-45d9-a46c-871ad58f745f.jpg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Our first peek at little Weston. He was just 4.7 oz when he was born, but he’s a whopping 11 pounds and much happier now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ca0ba9a4-ef98-4f4d-a270-f76e51f7b830/IMG_3242.jpeg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out The kids enjoyed several 35 minute Ferry boat crossings from Seattle to Bainbridge Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f8367a89-8d66-4f80-aa4c-1e33d6afff08/3aafee9d-f245-4268-990b-a1270e5872da.jpg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Almost 100% of the family was gathered for a fun children’s book themed baby shower for Weston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/975048ab-a4fc-43da-b03e-accb56d7f62a/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+6.45.16+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out The pictures of this cottage were irresistible, even though we knew we’d be a few miles from Edinburgh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/231faa12-498e-475f-88c5-62cf02f6721e/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+6.51.46+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e86579e0-997a-4693-b46c-1db2bc6c428d/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+6.55.04+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Passing out flyers seemed mandatory. You never knew who’d you’d meet on the street promoting their show…fat rabbits, singers, comedians and various degrees of enthusiastic volunteers. So much paper! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/02c866de-88f2-4c04-b63c-93201e98e4a0/IMG_4389.jpeg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fe8b9953-4774-48dc-8105-bf5c944fbdf5/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+11.28.18+AM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/05f87655-10a9-42ae-8719-70df48c596de/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+7.00.01+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Waiting in the lobby for Notflix - and refueling at one of the many outdoor food courts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f849d7a0-177f-4b78-8982-e8524b89adc5/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+6.50.35+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e25c6569-09a5-4c7c-a1de-a5fada904ef5/IMG_4318.jpeg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c8ecec60-be54-4c56-aac5-62885c33a932/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+11.19.46+AM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out One of Duanes banners and a scene from the play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e3224566-6776-426c-b333-c464a402476c/IMG_4384.jpeg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9a965530-bf70-4965-8e02-50ec1f2e9f3d/IMG_4245.jpeg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/33bef9f4-6107-488a-9c8c-29cf75732121/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+7.16.59+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/47e8af52-1d42-4a99-878d-6bcbca9dd4de/interior+2022-08-25+at+3.51.46+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Will Pickering as Edward Piano Hands! And our cozy living room with windows that opened to the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/029c33b9-f8b4-444d-a97d-f1cb11e343ab/Screen+Shot+2022-08-26+at+10.12.19+AM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out The village of Inveresk sits along the River Esk and isn’t actually a village since there are no shops - not even a pub. At its core is St. Marks Church with a cemetery full of gravestones of hearty folk that lived into their 70s and 80s back in the 18th century. Perhaps it was the haggis! Or the whiskey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/21c91fab-443b-4c9b-afe2-dab1c08cf20d/IMG_4225.jpeg Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/93bd717e-14da-42f9-ba22-248793e1e691/Screen+Shot+2022-08-25+at+1.02.00+PM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out My knight in shining armor, Sir Charles. And the talented Lady Ann - two delightful 90+-year-old denizens of Inveresk, Scotland and the most interesting hosts we’ve ever met. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/47701d11-9014-4252-9891-446f7327e6fd/Screen+Shot+2022-08-26+at+11.09.04+AM.png Blog - A Fringe to Remember - Make it stand out Tucked in the back of the garden is a small structure called The Shell House. The interior walls are covered with seashells - many of which are mussel shells from Musselburgh, of course. There are handpainted murals on the ceiling representing family history as well. It is a magical space. Here is the story behind it. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/8/13/ahh-bogota monthly 0.5 2022-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/91ff5e72-c275-4026-a294-35448d621d65/Screen+Shot+2022-08-08+at+3.00.39+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/49713210-dfdf-4ba5-9399-85b54b886633/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+1.10.09+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/39ce7a45-af35-440a-93cf-bee2e7ba1e86/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+1.16.51+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/43d1c01d-acd8-4e08-a87f-4fa3d21b7597/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+1.23.55+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7c4de628-2e09-4dfd-b39b-04873ee063e8/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+1.30.40+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d1fd8c42-6f3d-4075-b830-715bffcd57f5/IMG_2079.jpeg Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/10564311-10c4-4077-8b54-dae1a4f54e4d/IMG_6908.jpeg Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out We spent almost an entire day with a local film crew working for the German TV station. And here are our fabulous Airbnb hosts Pablo, Patricia and daughter Mariana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/19e0b1a1-eb67-4de8-84b9-4fcb6f31f5dc/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+1.37.46+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out The crew from SoHo magazine. They did an interview for print and also the video linked below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/0acefef7-9883-44ad-932e-6debd962ebd5/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+1.41.27+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/95df8273-d5c0-4220-839d-1433c8e98995/IMG_2987.jpeg Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out The courtyard and front door of our Airbnb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/593574eb-26cb-46fa-a65d-120ef3f2e642/IMG_2903.jpeg Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out The beautiful courtyard that separates the three museums that make up the Banco de la Republica Art Collection. There is also a very nice Italian restaurant that sits off to one side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/14403d3e-3219-4c24-bd25-bccac5423518/IMG_2928.jpeg Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out You know a Botero when you see one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/83da9d6b-220e-46c0-9ea3-f72f05741861/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+2.37.29+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out This is how I felt in the Gold Museum when my audio guide kept crashing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9960ec10-5522-4a9e-a523-a5409961ce85/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+2.44.14+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7bfc78f0-1f34-4294-8081-d44415aa35d4/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+2.44.31+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out There was color and art and music and amazing architecture at every turn in Bogota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/663d57e0-4b0d-4d7c-9581-2301f956b2a2/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+2.19.49+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out The interior of La Puerta Falsa looks twice as big because one wall is all mirror! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fbb4cc08-a53d-4917-8d88-15db8b7c6e11/Screen+Shot+2022-08-13+at+2.22.34+PM.png Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Not the prettiest picture of me - or the food, but we were smashed up against a wooden counter on a back wall. The food is nothing fancy as you can see, but delicious! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bac68e1e-0ec3-46a0-a69c-719307a30ba5/85675d81-a08a-4bd0-929d-cde13e017cf0+2.JPG Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Michael and his mates at another football match in the rain! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7492ed89-1547-4771-a1e8-372f35de44fd/IMG_3031.jpeg Blog - Ahh. Bogota. - Make it stand out Our hosts made these great little signs for both our welcome and our departure. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/7/13/miles-high-in-medellin monthly 0.5 2022-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1e152efa-64b9-4577-ad5e-1c5d18f200a3/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+2.15.11+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1cb7055f-0fc7-4718-9caf-8f6060a58581/Screen+Shot+2022-07-12+at+8.18.26+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fa8f9d7c-a010-4a27-a1a6-deb4757feb33/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+1.49.33+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8a501e21-d933-49d0-bc1e-7971958e63af/IMG_2702.jpeg Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Michael double checking the brownies with ice cream and caramelized almonds were blog worthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7f71a612-eac2-4abb-a04d-47d2211c9e8b/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+1.57.17+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out A scene from Netflix Narcos series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c184d1b3-3db0-440b-98a5-567f9e1b84a2/Screen+Shot+2022-07-12+at+3.02.08+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Just your typical “light” lunch called Badeja Paisa - a heaving plate of rice, beans, meats, an egg, fried plantains and a 1/2 of an avocado! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/af11dc57-5666-486f-9d5e-c6de7656d215/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+2.01.24+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/21439c5b-4245-40a5-b69a-c5879ccccaa0/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+1.44.09+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out There are many statues and plaques commemorating acts of violence in Medellin, But there are also beautiful new parks and cultural spaces where citizens can thrive and feel safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e5aaae6c-54b8-44e6-9295-d08130484496/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+2.18.58+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/352ae04d-f450-46f8-9610-1b9ed9bf5aca/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+3.29.28+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Kevin showed us all around Commune 13 including a stop at the home he shares with his grandmother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/51d02309-90aa-44ee-8b43-9585ddef4fd4/Screen+Shot+2022-07-13+at+3.16.57+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8372fc3b-e8f5-4860-87f0-dab51b472d33/Screen+Shot+2022-07-12+at+8.10.45+PM.png Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Pueblito Paisa is a replica of a typical Colombian village that sits above Medellin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/77f34cdb-fabc-48b7-895d-c5f070afdce1/B00EA7E2-D883-45E3-9DA6-99789A51AA7A.jpg Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out I had to share this image of the cat that lived in the museum at Pueblo Paisa. He was perched at the edge of a scale model of the entire city of Medellin. King of the world! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/00202b22-2850-4e88-9b7a-422227aa700d/IMG_2744.jpeg Blog - Miles High in Medellin - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/6/14/the-colors-of-cartagena monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e476d2fc-474d-49dd-9cf3-d472db6630dc/IMG_2568.jpeg Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/65579688-9a45-4f37-b3e6-30568aaf5aaa/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+8.45.42+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e9a89d3d-787a-4478-b9a2-68232040c53b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+8.46.12+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/870a9376-e78e-4096-b86a-7a47308563db/IMG_2354.jpeg Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Fresh vegetables, fruit, and juices were available day and night. The vendors would go up and down the streets ringing bells and calling out their offerings. In the early morning, women with baskets filled with eggs and arapas (corn hotcakes) would do the same in their beautiful sing-song voices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/211640b6-64cb-4610-a07d-4d8835730fd2/IMG_1878.jpeg Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out I had to laugh when my “light fish lunch” arrived. It was messy, delicious and cost about $10 with a drink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ece11213-5a91-48fe-92e5-695098ea734c/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+9.33.12+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a42a6ab1-8578-4b31-acc9-cd556a4bbd47/IMG_2523.jpeg Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d810d28d-13e1-4ff8-8d75-5910f552f81b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+9.49.13+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/65223f4a-eba9-4494-a12f-f8c5292bbd93/IMG_1890.jpeg Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out I couldn’t resist my own photo op with the Fruit Ladies. There were everywhere - apparently this popular tourist activity started when cruise ships first arrived in Cartagena. Vendors tried selling fruit to tourists as snacks - but all they wanted was a photo with them. So now the fruit is purely decoration and the real money in in the tips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/552ff0ef-fc06-41e0-a03e-b5186f3a4bfc/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+12.03.39+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/79a38171-5bef-44b1-a551-f08db5a1f32b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+12.01.35+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b17a485f-cfbb-4f89-991f-49ccc4451706/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+9.45.29+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e932aac9-6dd1-4b6b-86fa-04aae7b12191/IMG_2468.jpeg Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bc4179e5-ce6e-496f-b292-ee353d902cd7/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+10.15.12+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Color, color everywhere! The quality of the street art packed in Getsemani was beyond photoworthy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fa3e01fa-bba7-4590-a0a3-8b973e1afa2b/Screen+Shot+2022-06-13+at+10.51.04+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3652be36-f86f-4068-a24c-e476c54c31c2/Screen+Shot+2022-06-11+at+9.44.57+PM.png Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/58b736ff-778e-430f-9e4f-a98031cc5601/IMG_2509.jpeg Blog - The Colors of Cartagena - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/5/16/costa-rica-part-ii monthly 0.5 2022-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ce03f3bc-d4a9-40ea-8ede-bf35e033940a/735B2736-90AA-429A-9987-DA8AAF193CEF.jpg Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fb6ff383-52e6-4ffb-acda-c077f1b5fe85/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+5.58.10+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c491b8a7-508a-4023-a5e3-a81d872cb3c2/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+6.09.26+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out The Villas Rio Mar sits along a river that leads to the ocean and is only a fifteen minute walk to Dominical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7f8bcc01-068a-42dc-801e-a764551d4ff5/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+6.12.02+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9839e59d-d1c6-4f0b-9c28-d8b5b2fabc4a/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+6.10.52+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7ce7440e-6f17-4fd1-905c-513205ae6d13/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+6.09.46+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out The rooms at the resort opened onto a jungle setting and allowed wildlife spotting from your porch. We just had to be sure and close the doors when we left to avoid unexpected furry guests rummaging through our luggage, or lizards lurking under the bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/59b7e5ef-33f4-4499-8f8e-5081b6b68bbb/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+6.28.05+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out This is a picture of Keel-Billed Toucans - I couldn’t get a picture clear enough to show how beautiful they are up close. They are incredibly noisy birds, but fun to watch as they hop up and down as they squawk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/205d6fef-28a5-47d8-955d-be45bbb9d011/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+7.11.23+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/90df4b79-cc04-46e7-9a7e-4aa0b6bf3171/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+9.45.50+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/af762456-c82f-491a-9297-41651aa41fd6/IMG_2305.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out I’m glad she wasn’t interested in my AirPods! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8310e001-e22c-461c-9cf7-5ba827b4f171/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+8.55.17+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Our Airbnb Experience was called All-Inclusive Manual Antonio. The cost was $60 per person and that included your entrance fee and a snack. You do not have to be staying in an Airbnb to book an Experience. Check them out when you are in a new city - there are always unique activities provided by local hosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ce1b053d-76c8-4f79-a92d-6e55bd50836c/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+9.25.36+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b3cb15a3-b50a-4e2d-862a-a33961005188/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+8.56.22+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/56c9fe4b-7ce8-4715-9171-b761331e62ea/IMG_1847.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c9c84fd3-b83d-4f42-bd4e-261a47a7847a/IMG_2315.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out I enjoyed coffee and the view while Danny and Michael indulged in Motorcycle fantasies. The restaurant is a popular stop for bikers since the road is steep and winding - both up one side and down the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5d72c502-0232-452f-82ee-4a152f99a713/Screen+Shot+2022-05-16+at+7.34.36+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part II - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/5/6/costa-rica-part-l monthly 0.5 2024-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/d32598eb-294e-4733-8295-ec4ecac16e20/IMG_1705+2.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bf470289-3b9c-4d71-a57e-451549bed14b/IMG_1913.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7b10b75f-0c4b-4732-8015-2a7d6002e1a3/IMG_1589.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Michael giving our trusty suitcases a good scrubbing - first time in nearly nine years! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fb2a6cdf-7190-4f78-a103-b8ece038aa48/8de3b8e1-9d46-4a69-830c-22e54513c261.JPG Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Danny knows a lot about Costa Rica - but he’s an expert at finding stops for cheap and delicious lunches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9dc80103-77cd-45c5-88ca-a1cafe519df9/IMG_2144.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out If you ever need Danny’s services contact him at +506 8854 5969. He is also on WhatsApp at that number. Tell him the Senior Nomads sent you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/89d2c624-4c6f-48ec-be8c-3ad414044d4a/Screen+Shot+2022-05-06+at+11.03.24+AM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/50f9a47d-b0b6-42fb-b63f-2d38a1da2660/IMG_1883.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out The view from our balcony. Watching the weather change minute by minute was better than Netflix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f78a60aa-e30a-4d51-ad3c-1526094826b7/IMG_1895.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out This new building in downtown San Jose is where Congress meets…what message are they sending? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1ae7132a-fd99-4514-8113-4aff9ef1ee7c/Screen+Shot+2022-05-06+at+11.19.43+AM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Even though San Jose was gritty, there was plenty of street art and fresh fruit to add splashes of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/47e03c8b-e68c-4833-92ef-2e0f81162f02/IMG_1715.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Before the 500 steps down to the waterfall. No need for an “after” shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f2d759d2-6968-4e05-acae-b1c59cde1b38/IMG_1956.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/34121ccf-44fe-488d-8396-790c5c6cfeee/IMG_2009+2.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out The pool at Tabacon Hot Springs with the bench behind the waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ab6420d7-036e-495b-a0e7-0311c730929a/IMG_2014.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/903e6fc2-b425-4d04-8bea-85a56ac78b1c/Screen+Shot+2022-05-06+at+11.28.19+AM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bb9f4ddb-e240-4f16-a76f-66c2751ef2ff/Screen+Shot+2022-05-06+at+11.41.04+AM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f576f852-ee91-491b-86f8-db552f716deb/IMG_2044.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8dd96268-c6b2-4996-b2bf-6a9a42e4957b/Screen+Shot+2022-05-06+at+11.48.06+AM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a0ce302a-daa6-4fcb-a51d-24ea49911c9f/IMG_1760.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b83f4cf7-9d52-4850-bdaa-064501af802b/Screen+Shot+2022-05-06+at+12.04.55+PM.png Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out Manolo could take pictures of whatever we spot in the forest using his mono scope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/49dcef72-fab0-4b42-92d2-f4111ed555cc/IMG_2080.jpeg Blog - Costa Rica Part I - Make it stand out The hanging bridges at Salvatura Park were well made and we felt very safe. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/3/29/first-things-first monthly 0.5 2022-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/49236b37-0181-4b6f-897b-c2d0a17af1eb/Screen+Shot+2022-03-28+at+4.17.21+PM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6d53dc5a-89c7-4831-a182-5255c2566672/Screen+Shot+2022-03-29+at+11.00.30+AM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out This is not the first Betty Crocker Funfetti Birthday Cake I’ve made for myself in San Miguel, but it is the first year I’ve been able to share it with people other than Michael since COVID! And, my dear friend ReAnn snipped all the raggedy pompoms off off my favorite blouse and replaced them. Now that is some birthday love! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/641d58ed-22f8-4828-8b77-345b8b279009/IMG_0137+2.jpeg Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Lift off with Martile! There were 15 people plus the pilot in our basket. Everyone in their corners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/4583e947-2c6f-4eaf-892d-4af47c40296e/Screen+Shot+2022-03-29+at+8.40.47+AM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Globo Balloon Adventures did a great job of making everyone feel safe and satisfied. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/79f736e9-df22-498b-9da6-8836e9bf21fd/IMG_1599.jpeg Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Gina, Salvador and Polly - all engaging new friends who are part-time residents of San Miguel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/698475d9-2e18-4a24-9921-23329dbcba7b/IMG_1218.jpeg Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Thanks for coming everyone! If you are reading this, it was a very special occasion for us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/98dc0c78-b4b2-47d8-9001-1eef9785551f/Screen+Shot+2022-03-29+at+8.24.55+AM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f06c9325-4bbd-4b3c-a6b7-6226e079869a/Screen+Shot+2022-03-14+at+11.43.39+AM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/687d88de-1229-424e-9405-1d497143e611/shutterstock_beach.jpg Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/612df90e-9035-44b5-beef-c9188d832fbe/shutterstock_263873306.jpg Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out We can’t wait to get to the beach. And apparently, our Airbnb in Monteverde has a resident sloth family! And of course, bring on the monkeys. I love monkeys - not so fond of bugs. but you can’t have everything! If you have any “don’t miss” Costa Rica or Colombia suggestions let me know! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7c36fdd4-a2c2-49bc-92bc-46e8d26c9387/Screen+Shot+2022-03-29+at+9.53.32+AM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ae8cb1bb-7e4e-49a4-9ba0-3d43aca0237c/shutterstock_263873306.jpg Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f80fc4ee-1045-4e66-a51e-9a5faf7b3bc2/Screen+Shot+2022-03-29+at+10.32.38+AM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fb27b56c-5173-4940-96d7-d2e0bab6c2c9/IMG_1588.jpeg Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/ab3f63f8-11bb-4fc9-a5a1-013f5396ecf1/Screen+Shot+2022-03-29+at+10.28.31+AM.png Blog - First Things First - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/2/7/fun-and-games monthly 0.5 2022-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/bcbafdbc-2d51-4aa9-8dcc-dd0f7ce2921f/Screen+Shot+2022-02-12+at+11.13.02+AM.png Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/68bcf5f0-232c-4359-878e-2c7cc4e399ef/IMG_3108+2.JPG Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/92583193-fa72-41ea-a252-fdbb9ed0e35f/Screen+Shot+2022-02-12+at+11.31.16+AM.png Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out All the grandchildren have learned Backgammon from Grandpa Michael. Here are the French kids, and the LAX kids are good players, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2573d0c7-2422-46f1-a4d4-e0ed572ca4e4/Screen+Shot+2022-02-12+at+5.27.43+PM.png Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Having four 5’s and the Jack of suit plus a five on the cut is the Holy Grail of Cribbage Hands - because you will end up with 29 points. The most you can have in one turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/a8e98126-4f19-4efa-a950-c59e5b30f606/Screen+Shot+2022-02-08+at+4.53.55+PM.png Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/007aa533-765a-4828-b060-3a6a03710b70/Screen+Shot+2022-02-09+at+10.34.42+AM.png Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/7601b450-5a79-4008-926d-d3407c1eca57/Screen+Shot+2022-02-08+at+4.58.52+PM.png Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/41c8e4a2-3a2b-4881-8f27-d4a0a3474e83/IMG_7280.jpeg Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e9a8bd25-ff9b-4d50-8f5c-ce555fe1bcc2/Screen+Shot+2022-02-12+at+5.55.24+PM.png Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b3edd031-f08b-42c1-ad6d-641765d5795d/images.jpg Blog - Fun and Games - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2022/1/18/on-our-2021-bookshelf monthly 0.5 2022-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/c2252940-3af7-44f8-8f6c-175397c77039/Screen+Shot+2022-01-18+at+2.19.21+PM.png Blog - On our 2021 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3f77d9f7-ee49-45d5-a337-26a3387437b5/97e90eb5-aac6-4922-b56a-a0c059be811d.jpg Blog - On our 2021 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Chris and Jamie (and the baby bump) are on the far left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/e6d5f33c-2830-4ab5-a229-100828d77252/Screen+Shot+2022-01-21+at+7.00.34+PM.png Blog - On our 2021 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Our cozy Freda Khalo themed Airbnb was really great. Lots of amenities and perfect for a grandparents get-a-way that kids would enjoy, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/b13a0697-58ba-4c8d-b8c5-0a5a4dc2b2b9/Screen+Shot+2022-01-21+at+8.04.42+PM.png Blog - On our 2021 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Landscapes from The Modern Elder Academy in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Baja, Mexico https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f444d163-f8e3-42e3-b75f-266b5c9f995c/Screen+Shot+2022-01-21+at+8.36.07+PM.png Blog - On our 2021 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Guido Baldini is the proprietor of Lost Cowboy Tattoo in Santa Fe. He is worth a road trip for your next tat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f3a62657-402f-4999-9df0-f7dc73818840/IMG_0605+2.jpeg Blog - On our 2021 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/463e3712-7a7a-4c4b-b2c3-b718b2625f73/b7ee311b-f01d-4582-ab5e-b8d1a612e71e+2.jpg Blog - On our 2021 Bookshelf - Make it stand out Puzzles are always a distraction from reading as well. This was our first round one - definitely challenging. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/12/2/theres-a-pass-for-that monthly 0.5 2022-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f75472b5-8917-4b03-9d44-4f39bad8b0fd/C_17_pagineAree_5412_1_immagine.jpg Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/9feea796-3fad-4897-ae91-7e5fdb2c1474/IMG_3152+2.JPG Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out A beautiful afternoon in Lagos, Portugal. Our last stop in 2021 before heading to Seattle for the holidays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/fd9a7e3e-287d-4eea-9393-ab8ecf9441d3/IMG_3362.JPG Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Celebrating our 43rd Anniversary at a wonderful seaside “cafe” in Nice. Doesn’t get any better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/5e032226-385d-47a5-8f2e-5e771df87f96/IMG_2130.JPG Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out I had to include this photo of a detail on a fountain in Nice. A bull, a baby, and owl and a mermaid… I wish I knew the story behind this fascinating and fantastic bit of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/cf8a9141-aa98-4495-9bcd-9780de01a1ae/Screen+Shot+2021-12-03+at+1.00.36+PM+copy.jpg Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out This was the view of the Port from the top of the climb. The next day we went to check out that BIG boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f32c81aa-e6b8-4310-a1f5-bdba3a2a2c95/IMG_3354+2.JPG Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/3a17f9fa-3924-41b8-bf52-4d0152a45f1f/Screen+Shot+2021-12-03+at+1.06.30+PM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/16f22515-9a3c-4c9a-90a8-4ed20e595335/Screen+Shot+2021-12-03+at+12.39.12+PM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2245e7a5-19cd-4c05-bd5f-755616383298/Screen+Shot+2021-12-03+at+1.16.15+PM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/78be1cda-3a1b-4c55-a742-3b577545b837/IMG_2459.JPG Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/72c85785-89b4-4b28-a207-822d17ab651b/Screen+Shot+2021-12-02+at+10.38.56+AM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out This table at Simple Simon is always crowded with homemade treats. 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Matisse and other artists painted the landscape many times. The Love Locks were all stuck on a spikes - a different take on that tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/2e5d4fb4-b158-4505-acff-3ad1e9b458b5/Screen+Shot+2021-12-03+at+2.04.55+PM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/72e24936-e95a-466f-8a3a-062c47935a85/IMG_2993.JPG Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/8c2b9c32-c71c-4420-9247-8b8977e5742c/Screen+Shot+2021-12-03+at+12.02.02+PM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1cc8c63a-372a-40d7-904b-63271f7e1400/Screen+Shot+2021-12-03+at+2.40.08+PM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/6a72e808-3e71-45c5-b4e8-6e46226dfd8a/Screen+Shot+2021-12-04+at+10.03.02+AM.png Blog - There's A Pass for That - Make it stand out There were so many beautiful pieces of street art to photograph in Lagos. 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If I had a home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/f592fe43-5f1d-4953-922a-e8788613c7bd/two-naked-babies-boy-and-girl-are-playing-on-bed-picture-id540123916.jpg Blog - The Rub on Istanbul - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/10/21/lets-go-to-gumusluk monthly 0.5 2021-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634833215275-BI08SN22A528E6BPPWKY/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+6.18.42+PM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634838633799-5TXVW1UQCEEPCWGJCJ35/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+6.32.07+PM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634843412158-G9N2HYRUM27NNTJ94JV0/Screen+Shot+2021-10-18+at+9.40.44+AM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out You can take day trips to Greece on one of the Gulet boats on the right side of the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634839876022-JOAUGWSKNLRELZN8HO9B/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+8.11.41+PM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out These are some photos from the Airbnb listing. You can see why we fell in love with this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634828924791-QUKT43LO885GVD19N7M9/Screen+Shot+2021-10-18+at+9.44.21+AM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out When we arrived after dark we couldn’t see the Minaret next door! We came to love the mysterious call to prayer that is broadcast from its speakers five times a day. It helped us pause for a few moments and consider our own blessings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634846923871-HABK3CU4PLCZKP5GW1MM/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+10.07.03+PM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Everything about Gümüşlük was charming - including the resident cats that stopped by for tuna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634832311560-0J1PZ33TA46DNJ2VGGH9/IMG_1413.JPG Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Our mesmerizing view. Boats came and went all day The flag marks the top of the hill that we climbed The trail goes around the backside of the bluff for even more spectacular views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634840029978-G0UJMUJFQPU6SPHY3D3G/IMG_1570+2.JPG Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out I named this big kitty Bosco, who became our favorite of the resident cats. 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They are every where and very intricate in their designs. An awkward souvenir to carry home but I’d sure try! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634832481426-7WEGNAPIKXSZAB8TP8S8/IMG_1692.JPG Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634840700163-BF3YW56HZR99QSHFHH6I/IMG_1534.JPG Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Tulay and her friend Ramo tucking into my warm Peach Galette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634833623940-YT2SMTXKUU5W3YMUUVUK/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+6.27.31+PM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Michael at the top of the hill next to the flagpole you can see in the picture of the sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634833334201-E1TG6GYG2AGTKLCFWGXQ/IMG_1679.JPG Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out We had a full Turkish breakfast in Gumusluk’s most famous restaurant, Limon. We sat in the garden under an orange tree and spent the morning sipping strong Turkish tea and enjoying all the fresh flavors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634841917006-IFMGHTXC7L8BGG02PCUD/Screen+Shot+2021-10-21+at+8.45.58+PM.png Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out Sorry Fish Guys. I cook my own fish…this beautiful Sea Bream was deeelicious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1634840899191-09AN20ZRNNBAPH1FT1S1/IMG_1594.JPG Blog - Let's All Go To Gümüşlük - Make it stand out This is Beyza, our favorite vendor at the weekly market. She offered every seasonal fruit and vegetable you could ask for straight from her family’s farm. 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Home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1632471056141-9WQQSS5W1536BJH8NR4B/Screen+Shot+2021-09-24+at+11.08.15+AM.png Blog - Trieste - Italy at the Edge - Make it stand out The apartment was so immaculate that we put everything away immediately and only drank red wine in the kitchen! 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In their own words “Animated by snails, swallows, rabbits, crocodiles, elephants, penguins, wolves and frogs, Trieste is transformed into a special museum without barriers where nature and respect for it are always the protagonists” For the full story visit Cracking Art Incanto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1632422989913-PHHU7YRK6DIZ8IU2IR7T/226545030.jpg Blog - Trieste - Italy at the Edge - Make it stand out Trieste is a city that reveals itself slowly. At street level many of the buildings seem staid - but if you look up you’ll find incredible tile work, frescoes, statuary and whimsical decorative plaster everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1632423264441-ULLA43BGA34MFRK94SBZ/Screen+Shot+2021-09-23+at+9.20.47+AM.png Blog - Trieste - Italy at the Edge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1632424542631-UEW173IGKQK7NKPWVP9U/Screen+Shot+2021-09-23+at+10.15.02+PM.png Blog - Trieste - Italy at the Edge - Make it stand out Trieste is a museum in itself. There are ancient stones piled up on side streets. and art can be found everywhere you look. 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There is a waterfront restaurant, a huge wine cellar and a cooking school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1632422803477-F4WMNNA0YX53S5MSBC20/IMG_0931.JPG Blog - Trieste - Italy at the Edge - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/9/11/a-bit-of-istria monthly 0.5 2021-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631535549556-86QH3G1ET5JPKU23D7HC/Screen+Shot+2021-09-13+at+1.48.51+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631439244959-03YX60J6LAQ89F87CFQS/9f0ba0e2-6d06-48b5-8947-982d11e8bc24.jpg Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631439967658-QH1A2EIX486L5UUETRD9/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+12.24.04+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Opatija was a favorite destination of the Austrio-Hungarian King and his court in the mid 19th century, so there are many opulent villas, elaborate parks and gardens, and a stunning Casino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631442260357-ZTGTLMQV9BWQN1XFC1SB/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+1.21.21+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631440784643-0FG6NFIO664KH6KRM77N/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+12.59.28+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Pula is home to an amazing Roman Amphitheatre built between 27 - 68 AD to hold 20,000 spectators. It is used for entertaining the masses to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631440449620-PQDF1TRBFQM3G63489BZ/IMG_0526.JPG Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out If you go to Pula, be sure and take the free Fat Cat free walking tour. They offer other tours as well. The link below shares the owner’s personal recommendations for places to eat and things to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631441519084-UZ94301B38XIWEHBOBGS/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+1.10.18+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out These illuminated shipyard cranes are called the Lighting Giants (not a typo) and they dominate the skyline at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631538652383-G4PFLX9VZSIZ14XK0862/Screen+Shot+2021-09-13+at+4.10.51+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631442934858-BBFFOWQN13C3WH1R5BSL/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+1.32.51+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631443203768-OUH9S0MROWMHUO0G7CF5/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+1.30.54+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out The top photo is the seductive view we fell for. Thankfully, the location was great. The apartment is in the red building shown here (our Airbnb was the one with the closed shutters) The fresh market was just below our windows and we really did have a fabulous view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631452762033-T8W2WIBYD54L863Y6TNR/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+4.02.59+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631517337136-3F4IVSMFC9N0W1TIJNVN/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+12.03.43+PM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631450061237-CTLWG7VSJAXD24LWYFFG/13e9b35b-7561-4fba-9c30-d7b16217132e.JPG Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out We don’t speak Italian but we do speak “Gelato”. This was the ‘real deal’ and we were happy to get in line behind other afficiantos. Cash only! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631517962796-J0IRZ52PYIBLN70EVC7Q/Screen+Shot+2021-09-13+at+10.25.28+AM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631518106155-BTW1JX7KDRHV27QBJA5J/Screen+Shot+2021-09-13+at+10.24.01+AM.png Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631521839167-DX5HN4HCPO1DX7B2OBDL/IMG_0661.JPG Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1631518217872-HC4VGEEZZWV17F4T6BQQ/IMG_0634.JPG Blog - A Bit of Istria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/8/23/a-for-airport-z-for-zagreb monthly 0.5 2021-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629713780675-OEPT325JXRWMBE9YCULE/IMG_0430.JPG Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629714236697-I1RX3KLLH7YQ795O2HPB/IMG_2046.JPG Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Michael was a happy member of the Croatian fan club when we were staying in Skradin during the 2018 World Cup Finals, Croatia vs France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629732769823-I73T5T9W0TF21KY3RL3D/2BC43615-BE2D-4168-AAC9-91147B5F969D.jpg Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Does this bag make me look fat? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629716197771-PM1XIATMCHEGHPW02JQU/LOT_COVID3star.jpg Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out A good thing this Covid-19 rating was three stars out of three and not five stars. It was a safe trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629715109871-9I5L3THHHV4BGSQ91GYM/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+12.33.30+PM.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629715177016-Y21G34I9407LU3CVB7IH/IMG_2445-1.JPG Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Does anybody read these things once you turn them in? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629716937509-Y6SGSHT5P691ZTL9XZFK/Screen+Shot+2021-08-22+at+3.36.38+PM.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629715436166-AP9VBG959CPEUAVW7FJD/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+12.42.39+PM.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629717131583-RAKFU9FNTTGJUGQYL0ZR/CROATIAN-RESTORATION-.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out It’s hard for construction work to move forward in Zagreb because anywhere they start to dig another layer of history presents itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629717267943-UYSTIN95HZ2F9A3JPEL1/IMG_0446.JPG Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Michael often sidles up next to our walking tour guide because he has burning questions about history, politics, and most likely, football (soccer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629722790067-0UJJH50CS405WV3Y7W20/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+1.37.41+PM.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out The Homeland War Tour was eye-opening. Croatia has only been an independent country since 1991 and it was sobering to have our young guide tell us his father volunteered to fight for their freedom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629721149983-1R5J6V6YNMHZ7OHQIIDR/IMG_0457.JPG Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out The view towards the Cathedral from Upper Town where we were staying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629722642543-SLINVBCRUM8OI2KXXTZJ/IMG_0445.JPG Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out It’s good to be back in Europe where you can find a very-important-man-on-a-horse in every major city. This happens to be Zagreb’s founding father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629735942676-EZPUYZGZG2TGZTCCTP8P/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+3.32.55+PM.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Another option to get up our hill…ride Europe’s oldest and shortest Funicular. Just 64 seconds to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629735058241-X57BEMJKI7RO991J8H1F/Screen+Shot+2021-08-22+at+3.41.23+PM.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629735239568-IBZCYABS4HDIQ6B85UTP/derdemel-6-img.jpg Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out The pastries and coffee in Zagreb are really good. The Austrian influenced architecture is sweet, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629719406054-BXJER72PGOU3U2SL7BR9/Screen+Shot+2021-08-23+at+1.48.52+PM.png Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629726712284-1BUC0RIF62M947KWMV3U/Top-Tourist-Attractions-and-Things-to-do-in-Zagreb-Croatia-St.-Mark%E2%80%99s-Church.jpg Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out The colorful and iconic Church of Saint Mark, built in 1880 is still closed due to damage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629722572300-T21FX8Z7CBBE60STN20W/IMG_2509.JPG Blog - A is for Airport Z is for Zagreb - Make it stand out I guess if I’m going to match my tattoo with my dress, I might as well match my glasses, too. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/8/13/where-things-are monthly 0.5 2025-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1628929984441-W0DF8HGOIABMK8SQJS8P/Screen+Shot+2021-08-13+at+5.12.08+PM.png Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1628937162998-XPKLFJ5USEGSVWDGZGZT/Screen+Shot+2021-08-14+at+12.32.10+PM.png Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1628938187677-FL2RJ51RSVGW7YWRGA5G/IMG_8884.jpeg Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Our LAX grand kids - Lucy 16, and Spencer 14. There were plenty of games, swimming, cooking and laughs at the Palm Springs house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629097109849-Y5GPKPPQ9UFXBDWKGALS/IMG_9315.JPG Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629097143249-SYQA38IX77M01UCTF9ES/IMG_9825.JPG Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out A farewell lunch with Anabel to thank her for helping Michael with his French. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629023613432-2TUN1E3O9YQ878HADSFW/IMG_9456.JPG Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Nancy was a great guest - she was just as happy being home doing a puzzle and eating guacamole as she was out seeing the sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629025582828-YA768WGXRFPGTKD31ZWR/IMG_1862.JPG Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629024185397-GXIU68E2ZL8JAPS761XE/Screen+Shot+2021-08-15+at+12.43.43+PM.png Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Our Airbnb in Samois-sur-Seine. The kids have stayed here so often they think of it as our home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629097030549-7B2L2YSY32KZG2CN7HFS/Screen+Shot+2021-08-15+at+3.05.54+PM.png Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out We signed up for scavenger hunt in the Louvre. It was a fun learning experience for everyone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629097247707-52DD2WV4II4SYATIUOJ4/Screen+Shot+2021-08-15+at+3.31.06+PM.png Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out We had fun in the “Pea Patch” - Potager in French. Played in the back yard, climbed rocks in the forest, and did some detective work in the village cemetery after finding several gravesites of a Royal Russian family that lived in Samois in the early 1800s. We even found their abandoned mansion deep in the forest! And it always seemed time to eat! Or make popsicles and cookies and caramel corn and … crazy Mooma! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1629026107722-W01DII7OKK6VRYVHVKYY/IMG_7864.jpeg Blog - Where Things Are - Make it stand out Here are three wee Campbell children at home in Sunbury-on-Thames at ages 3, 5, & 7 circa 1986. Alistair was probably at Rugby practice at King’s College in nearby Wimbledon. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/6/28/nomad-essentials monthly 0.5 2021-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1624910299829-YL47QNNUFIRDBOKN2LXY/IMG_3936.JPG Blog - Nomad Essentials - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1624910422553-GV9NXRGQ0S74U6N251JE/IMG_3894.JPG Blog - Nomad Essentials - Make it stand out I’ve written blogs from cafes and Airbnbs around the world. This is the life! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/5/28/7-lessons-from-7-years-of-travel-anlar-zrfa2 monthly 0.5 2021-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1624490032226-JWTOMI8CPA73Q2JGNY8M/Screen+Shot+2021-06-23+at+6.16.20+PM.png Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590701825556-DWPFL5Q0HMMVS265ATXI/IMG_7343.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel The keys to being together twenty-four hours a day include being flexible, respectful, kind, patient, willing to see the humor in most things, and knowing when to give the other person some space! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590703253028-EEYKAIH4AO1L9FOO4YEB/IMG_3967.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel Michael and I have attended sporting events in dozens of countries. Here is football match we attended in South Africa - we made fast friends with the local supporters and learned things about life in Cape Town we would never have found in a guidebook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590703481562-9NN12O15VGRK30AJJY04/IMG_8839.JPG Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel One rule we stand by is if you need a new dress or t-shirt, or see something you just can’t resist, then something has to go. That’s me in an impromptu dressing room in Albania replacing a pair of pants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590703946562-AEMMIJ40NL93JHYEWF5Z/-1.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel One of the best decisions we made was to travel with our bed pillows - just setting them on the bed says “we are home”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590716940350-XY2SS6WVMVKEFJIT091Q/Portobello+Porch+New+Zealand.jpeg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel Even on the back roads of New Zealand we count on a strong WiFi signal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590704946365-RWRZNW55CZGIAVB0H2T7/Screen+Shot+2020-05-28+at+5.27.30+PM.png Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel I couldn’t capture Lesson 6 with a single image. From Rwanda to Romania and everywhere in between we were curious about the culture, but we were also courteous - and that can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590705339768-VTPLTBLTUB0A51O8TFSY/SeniorNomads4.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Nomadic Travel Be brave. Take risks. Allow the unexpected. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/6/14/airbnb-is-seeking-nomads monthly 0.5 2021-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1623623014783-5AYV8ZRJ1IRW8WKZH383/Screen+Shot+2021-06-13+at+5.24.49+PM.png Blog - Are you Ready to be a Nomad? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/5/29/a-moving-story monthly 0.5 2021-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622408962033-CNABFJTODXZPHFBOGCF7/Screen+Shot+2021-05-29+at+2.35.00+PM.png Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622409423502-CNHURHTEF2THTTKZ9R02/IMG_7874.jpeg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out He’s smiling now. On about day 4 it wasn’t as much fun - but we got it done! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622479880707-2M3GJ5BGI2SHZ2JTEZUP/IMG_1571.jpg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out I found my favorite black “fascinator”! There were many more “delightful finds” that I wanted to keep, but Michael kept me on task, and eventually, we got down to a manageable amount of “stuff” (I kept the hat) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622490661763-RX8GFZIXONX1L5GFH4FO/IMG_7853.jpeg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out All the tools and snacks we’d need to get the job done. Champagne is in the cooler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622410630524-66TJV7K3DQTF7EGAEE0Z/IMG_1586.jpeg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out Ground Zero. Most every photo, article or Tip Top sample passed through this sorting process. (Tip Top Creative was the name of the graphic design company I had for over 25 years.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622410794776-HYADDWHBNZ4D3OVSSTLA/IMG_1569.jpg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out A nice woman took this picture of us, but only after watching us for a minute, and asking if we were in the middle of a “divorce sort”… is that a thing? Our answer was “Not yet! Come back tomorrow.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622477474209-XX4UCNK1BJF1U4ED91SP/IMG_7963.jpeg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out My parents saved newspapers from important dates in history. It was fascinating to go through them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622479031089-FNA1SU9UN8WVKZYT88HY/Screen+Shot+2021-05-31+at+11.37.28+AM.png Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out This is the picture that started it all. Michael really wanted to find this image of him racing in France and he was pretty sure it was in one of the boxes. After lots of searching and sorting, he didn’t find the actual photo, but he was able to track down the publication that ran the story and get this digital copy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622479637754-7YIR8679WA5D5CHYWSTM/Screen+Shot+2021-05-31+at+11.48.16+AM.png Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out I took snapshots of some of my favorite design sketches. These were for a logo for Tom Douglas’s Crab Cakes to be sold in retail stores circa 2010. I loved rendering concepts using felt pens. Once a direction was approved my designers turned them into finished art. The winner was the one on the top right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622479235254-6DR1PK5CRMBV2CEUGGAX/Screen+Shot+2021-05-31+at+11.41.03+AM.png Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out We discovered family photos we didn’t even know we had! Michael found several of his biological father and I found new images of my sister and me (we had a lot of hair in the 80s). Here Michael compares his senior picture with his dad’s. Moments like this made the whole process worthwhile! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622490199680-NMNIWQTR7Q0VTAAQK5LJ/Screen+Shot+2021-05-31+at+2.43.06+PM.png Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622490290731-4Z62D41WV8PEML6MLGQ7/IMG_8436.jpeg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out The lads! Russell, Darrien, and Lopez with Michael in front of our new space. These guys were fun to work ,with and very careful with our worldly possessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1622477340783-ZCX001EEYVG1V0FO7YJ1/IMG_1702.jpg Blog - A Moving Story - Make it stand out My horse is back in her rightful place - front and center in our shiny new storage unit. And…I found her tail. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/4/26/flowers-for-hours monthly 0.5 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619538026632-7K3DKPPNBW3CF6WMKLQE/Screen+Shot+2021-04-25+at+6.21.27+PM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619544650269-JH3TSEVCR2WY3JE0FVTP/Screen+Shot+2021-04-27+at+10.13.53+AM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours Mount Rainer on a sunny day is a sight to behold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619544820742-1LZ7JXIE9H1Z5UKW9VHR/IMG_7956.jpeg Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619544881690-SZIBFT90FU0MMNUEFRDO/Screen+Shot+2021-04-10+at+4.14.22+PM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619544981020-NWMR6NJSCAAJOJV39YT8/IMG_7829.jpeg Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619546647909-R1V2ZG6AEI4X5VM8E8UC/Screen+Shot+2021-04-27+at+11.03.20+AM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours Many family memories were made in the San Juan islands aboard our sailboat Butterscotch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619545803149-DVS1E4PC0QU6OYK6Q8K1/IMG_8006.jpeg Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619545901850-N1PWY2KNY23G42E5R41E/Screen+Shot+2021-04-19+at+9.53.54+PM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours Expedia recently moved its headquarters from Bellevue, Washington to Seattle. Their gleaming new offices face Elliott Bay. and the Olympic Mountains. They have invested a fortune to extend Myrtle Edwards Park so that it became part of their campus. The landscaping is stunning and the pathways, bike lanes, pocket beaches, and picnic spots are open to all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619562930394-LUDNMZ4NGFZI3S53KOHX/Screen+Shot+2021-04-27+at+3.31.52+PM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619563016257-HQ7TH8RFEO0YWXTWNMPS/Screen+Shot+2021-04-27+at+3.31.33+PM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619546849712-MZBUQTIXQRYJGXVJTLEE/IMG_7875.jpeg Blog - Flowers for Hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619550188527-W46PBJHDPV3TYZ1VYUM8/Screen+Shot+2021-04-27+at+11.59.07+AM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours Sorting through boxes (and boxes) of photos and memorabilia did “Spark Joy”. We’ve enjoyed having a rotating gallery of family photos on our Airbnb refrigerator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1619548360620-3NKW4NF7WPCB5HYBV03T/Screen+Shot+2021-04-27+at+11.32.56+AM.png Blog - Flowers for Hours They say a Warm Chocolate Brownie Sundae from Seattle’s famous Molly Moon’s Ice cream helps avoid adverse reactions to the vaccine. It worked for us because we felt fine the next day. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/3/2/for-my-birthday-medicare-and-a-shot monthly 0.5 2021-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615932578949-0G2J5GXMC0IPBEXNZ197/IMG_6742.jpeg Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615931375505-YNY3XFGIIHEDR6PYGFSW/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+3.47.02+PM.png Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615931807486-4T49X6QMLKUCBB4GUAQP/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+3.52.26+PM.png Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday 2020 and 2021 “Covid” cakes side by side! As much as I love it here, I am okay if there isn’t a matching 2022 photo. Although I am sure I will be gobbling up Birthday Cake somewhere in the world! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615932726503-5A2PB8HHQU8VEAHJFKOI/IMG_6563.jpeg Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615932898659-9XY0ASHSZBV0KL2SYC8E/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+4.06.17+PM.png Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday The pace has slowed considerably here in San Miguel de Allende over the past year. But tourists are returning, shops are open and restaurants can serve at half-capacity. The weekends are “dry” so no alcohol sales from Friday at 5:00 pm until Monday at noon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615936074987-3WBU4891WI7VBOMFDIK0/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+4.04.47+PM.png Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday Two great murals in our neighborhood. Since last March when we got stuck here for a few months, mask-wearing wasn’t really taken seriously. Now, one year later it is much closer to 100% compliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615934387668-9LFG7UHXC46HQO7H6DZX/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+4.34.11+PM.png Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday Michael’s goal is to be able to read our grandchildren’s favorite books in French. Fortunately, they all speak excellent English so they will be able to help him along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615937009698-1W7LXO4791BFKYHF335Y/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+5.16.23+PM.png Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday Michael keeps us watered, I keep us fed. The larder is full and the garden is in bloom - it’s a lovely place to call home … for now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1615937552140-U37UAQ526KL4X1JXQ66X/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+5.10.42+PM.png Blog - A Couple of Shots for my Birthday This is Floyd - our foster kitten from the animal shelter where I volunteer. He tested positive for Feline Leukemia in early February and required a month of isolation away from the other cats before he can be tested again. We’ve put that test off for now, and we can keep him until we leave. He is a wonderful cat - he’s even won over Mr. Campbell :) https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/2/11/photo-finish monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613067412871-384Q5IQXUIM8XMTFTQH2/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+12.17.39+PM+copy.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613068189308-5XAZQM79L0M0RHB5BYR0/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+12.30.10+PM.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613075341333-PBNNLM4NNLC1LBP2SL9A/Screen+Shot+2021-02-09+at+3.38.09+PM.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613073462790-DOE68HOOW4Y4JD653BG7/IMG_0234.jpeg Blog - Photo Finish? Our trusty rolling duffles from REI and two day packs hold everything we need. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613074377551-4UF417BNW21NGYPLP4QF/IMG_6773.jpeg Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613074890285-14WM8Q2LZPKILND9JU8F/IMG_6786.jpeg Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613085757473-6TNXM313BJZJ5DQ8FH3M/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+2.37.00+PM.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613087297869-YBSFOIPZ1K2FWTYT9SQG/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+5.48.44+PM.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613085877666-P7O89RYKPEWPFFFJKH0S/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+2.47.21+PM.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613085972291-9A7KZIEEZ0SK1V5NRBYN/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+2.33.57+PM.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1613086044627-2RFT06IZM1BDUBBEUJLC/Screen+Shot+2021-02-11+at+2.33.12+PM.png Blog - Photo Finish? https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2021/1/17/our-2020-bookshelf monthly 0.5 2021-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1610852392135-6M6PEVURG2JBZSLN17EN/Screen+Shot+2021-01-15+at+12.23.28+PM.png Blog - From Our 2020 Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1610922489793-J7NEITITEDVDEINI056Z/Screen+Shot+2021-01-17+at+4.27.22+PM.png Blog - From Our 2020 Bookshelf 2020 was the year of information overload! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1610853477393-2LVUEPLXYHU6MTOSR8B4/IMG_2885.jpeg Blog - From Our 2020 Bookshelf We’ve always enjoyed putting together jigsaw puzzles and-stay at-home-orders caused their popularity to soar. We managed to put together ten different 500 - 1,000 piece puzzles last year - including this book themed beauty that appealed to Michael’s sense of order because he could sort by colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1610910042026-HJ4JM3MIK4K38BPIKHOA/IMG_0868.JPG Blog - From Our 2020 Bookshelf Last Spring in San Miguel de Allende (where we are now) I had crazy Covid-Curls and pretty fingernails! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1610854129449-XNIM5EMDW2IYTMRLV24O/Screen+Shot+2021-01-16+at+9.23.53+PM.png Blog - From Our 2020 Bookshelf When I was looking for an image of Tom Hanks reading The Dutch House I came across this one. What a great idea - a Walking Book Club. I don’t know if everyone listens while they walk and then discusses a book or just walk and talk - either way, I’m in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1610854284682-RIBETUTNMNS3BT87KOWT/IMG_2305.JPG Blog - From Our 2020 Bookshelf Ahh…this brings back memories of going to the library to stock up on travel books to help the Chief Travel Planner and I plot our next adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1610854691019-5LTC3SHT0J81AV0B82TH/Screen+Shot+2021-01-16+at+9.36.43+PM.png Blog - From Our 2020 Bookshelf https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/12/20/pandemic-in-paradise-eszj9-d35lb monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609456468015-1QE2OKCKZSYBKXW4H5CY/IMG_5608.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609457999955-I5Q79EEFSYGON5A6G6H4/Screen+Shot+2020-12-31+at+3.38.26+PM.png Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609461482103-9F9CN6L61BJW3HUQWVIF/Screen+Shot+2020-12-31+at+4.14.24+PM.png Blog - Pandemic in Paradise The veranda facing the ocean where meals were served and conversation flowed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609461712346-RS40JZZME9JFVIA06ND5/IMG_5764.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise Looking back at our room from the small courtyard pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609533956577-JE68AUDBK9XIELGN80R8/Screen+Shot+2021-01-01+at+12.04.12+PM.png Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609620411858-NFEUJ8NCKYE3BQHGYV18/IMG_5610.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609534016532-9WMBROUFT52CELLNBZ62/IMG_5881.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609539982516-7F1AJGSPYF5Y4RPF2JOU/IMG_0809.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise We set up a puzzle outside our room that intrigued the staff as much as other guests. The kitchen crew would stop by and put in a few pieces as they went about their day. We left it behind for future guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609534451631-1UNMF4S9UPVVKPY450AF/Screen+Shot+2021-01-01+at+12.53.43+PM.png Blog - Pandemic in Paradise We met Chip in 2015 after he read the article about our Airbnb traveling lifestyle in the New York Times. He’s become a friend and a mentor ever since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609462005628-LJIWXBU7L5ENTGM6RC2J/IMG_5733+2.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609536299050-17A5L1E4TZ2YH39R7E6Y/Screen+Shot+2021-01-01+at+12.05.48+PM.png Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609462917166-BLIN0ULSJF1BA0NH9Q5R/Screen+Shot+2020-12-31+at+4.58.21+PM.png Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609463238717-HG30RX5MELCI7825OTMZ/IMG_5561.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609463165698-95YFR8Q662NWYDAFYKSI/IMG_5584.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise A typical lunch at MEA. We traveled the culinary world during our stay with cuisines from Mexican to Mediterranean, Japanese, Thai, and even a good old fashioned American Burger night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609536123737-WRHQ3OR538ANIHZJZ0OW/IMG_5486.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise Several of the guests worked during their stay - but there are worst places to be on a Zoom call! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609541158516-L1UF0XBB26OPN3TRVBZ9/IMG_6087.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609539022211-XN8YVJ13JD5CMEMK7P6P/Screen+Shot+2021-01-01+at+2.00.22+PM.png Blog - Pandemic in Paradise Shaman Saul took us to the mountain top for a Shamanic Blessing at sunrise. It was pretty amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609538273914-JMKZHE374DE9RJORREU4/IMG_6095.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise Saul preparing a rock bench for us to sit on while each of us stepped away for our energy reading. The setting was magnificent - the sea was churning on the rocks, whales were breaching in the distance, and we were high enough that Ospreys soared and Pelicans skimmed the water below us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609539780817-SN81GCQLHBJQAPIQ2N25/IMG_5598.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise Looking back at the oceanfront side of the campus. The tables on the wide veranda served as dining room, game room, impromptu classroom, and work space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1609456926666-PEY3JJKHMHBMUHMX6S2J/IMG_5568+2.jpeg Blog - Pandemic in Paradise Consider making time in the new year to renew you! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/11/23/from-mukluks-to-margeritas-d7tnw monthly 0.5 2020-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606083755779-8O8NSIAJH4Y5LW3FP1FP/Screen+Shot+2020-11-22+at+4.21.40+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606084371598-G37BZ4CB5ACJKGA4UH9A/Screen+Shot+2020-11-22+at+4.31.37+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas We arrived at Sea-Tac Airport at 5:30 in the morning. We chose an early flight to avoid crowds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606257356642-EZR3N8CFF7V1HSPS2G78/Screen+Shot+2020-11-24+at+4.35.18+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas We are having just one guest for Thanksgiving. But I have a 13 pound turkey and between us we will cook all the usual sides including pie! I’ll make some leftover goodie bags for other Nomads that are here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606186552687-5IAP0GHGSFORJ1O52G8S/Screen+Shot+2020-11-23+at+8.29.03+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606098897562-8F4PHFRDEXHIOOCDXQ6N/Screen+Shot+2020-11-22+at+8.33.09+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606100551348-ZDTD1JO562A18WMBS363/Screen+Shot+2020-11-22+at+8.56.59+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606100430256-ZBDHEZXUH3EMMCPWC5SG/Screen+Shot+2020-11-22+at+8.51.40+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas We are in the same neighborhood where we stayed in February. We love the sounds of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606101092028-L2UHTQNTMAS150OZXAFO/Screen+Shot+2020-11-22+at+9.10.06+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas Here’s a pre-COVID look at the Pirate Experience that we can hear off our balcony every night. I don’t know what the precautions around COVID are now - but I doubt there’s much room for social distancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606101465615-EBK7C8BW7RODZMUYZUAX/Screen+Shot+2020-11-22+at+9.16.42+PM.png Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas The beach in the tiny village of Yelapa is a quiet oasis that can only be reached by boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1606101538045-IGK7IXDE6AGQL0QFIUTU/IMG_4837.jpeg Blog - From Mukluks to Margaritas The view from our deck towards the sea. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/11/4/city-moose monthly 0.5 2020-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604528249648-HPCQGE7GITSO0SYP0RX4/IMG_4061.jpeg Blog - City Moose What are you lookin’ at? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604528592559-HJXM2K4S39NY4IPNB8PY/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+2.24.56+PM.png Blog - City Moose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604528937615-78YE452QUHPON6ZAV51E/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+2.30.51+PM.png Blog - City Moose That’s part of why we were pleased to volunteer on behalf of Dr. Al Gross, an Independent Senate candidate know locally as “The Bear Doctor.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604529543149-41X7HHY3LAEXX0PQFXQV/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+2.40.35+PM.png Blog - City Moose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604530772118-J9ZA4OK4CJJZGWZMU2UK/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+3.01.33+PM.png Blog - City Moose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604533295348-H4DAWDINZFRD4FE6XPFH/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+3.42.52+PM.png Blog - City Moose These homesteader cabins were tucked in between business and newer houses all over the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604534443651-TYT8H7QKS3OFZ4WBC9UK/IMG_4226.jpeg Blog - City Moose This was the coolest house we came across in downtown Anchorage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604594958656-2XVL35CUEI4EZ5N7FVEY/IMG_3921.jpeg Blog - City Moose And this was the strangest house we stumbled across. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604533535287-5FE4WI4LXR3HTEWJBO05/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+3.47.44+PM.png Blog - City Moose Navigation Old School Style! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604533897199-BRNC55RT0P9Q7T8OX83D/IMG_4145.jpeg Blog - City Moose Here I am, happy with my map and a red pen to cross out our completed stops. Michael was a delivery truck driver in high school and college so he was in his element! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604594916765-FHV482ON6FQDCYLD26P4/IMG_4270.jpeg Blog - City Moose Heading down scenic Turnagain Arm to Whittier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604552932420-TAWIAYJL0ZFIF1IE56A1/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+9.10.57+PM.png Blog - City Moose Whittier on its best day courtesy of Conde Nast Traveler. And here’s an NPR story on this quirky town of 200 residents. Worth a read. Most of the residents live in that white complex in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604545444972-RVAIBDG3OGLIYOAJSSPS/IMG_4333+2.jpeg Blog - City Moose I had time to take one “artsy” shot in Whittier before we hightailed it back through the tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604552015992-L58EETPKODTMOFOEXICV/IMG_0750.jpeg Blog - City Moose A beary close encounter at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604552130882-Z6WJ08WML8HGWZ7E6BZS/IMG_4409.jpeg Blog - City Moose Potter’s Marsh was a beautiful, early winter stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604552517735-VR5BAT0V67DPTEAUADHH/Screen+Shot+2020-11-04+at+9.03.50+PM.png Blog - City Moose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604609775787-WI4UXYU1MUAXT7X4HV3U/IMG_4122.jpeg Blog - City Moose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604593213290-JKNASL1EQB0ZCGS1GM8W/Screen+Shot+2020-11-05+at+8.22.11+AM.png Blog - City Moose Our Airbnb in Seattle is in the basement. Maybe not a bad place to be right now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604593262672-G37APZEHO8Q79JLEKIHO/IMG_4601.jpeg Blog - City Moose A three-mile-walk around Green Lake has given us a daily dose of serenity! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604595551416-88SWUAXXA0PRF7N3XJ8X/Screen+Shot+2020-11-05+at+8.09.19+AM.png Blog - City Moose We look forward to returning to Puerto Vallarta where we will spend most of our time sequestered in this lovely room(s) with a view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1604592705053-H0WNZJB82F6IOAPSK12B/Screen+Shot+2020-11-05+at+8.13.22+AM.png Blog - City Moose There are several safely protocols in place at The Modern Elder Academy, including limited guests. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/10/6/the-bear-doctor monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602006759646-UTLU381YR8HYXBVRUVDN/Screen+Shot+2020-10-06+at+9.53.14+AM.png Blog - The Bear Doctor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602008083305-X5P9UQ36DVVYP37Q8N0B/IMG_3228.jpeg Blog - The Bear Doctor A far cry from our usual Airbnb. This is the living room of our friend’s home in Sun Valley where we spent the month of September. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602007150154-UTOHR3QE3JBA6Z8UQCLZ/IMG_3612.jpeg Blog - The Bear Doctor Personalized Vote Forward letters to unlikely voters in Texas and Florida. Sign up to write a few yourself! They are completely non-partisan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602007466563-YV5DI3HDWR2MPG2UVF7I/IMG_0545.jpeg Blog - The Bear Doctor One of several packages full of hand-written notes to voters in North Carolina. We adopted NC as the state we’d volunteer to write for because our own state of Washington does not have a senate race in 2020. . Plus our lovely daughter-in-law Jenny is a North Carolinian. And of course, the senate race there is tight! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602012099558-EWYFTBKW3E27F4FS4ETM/Screen+Shot+2020-10-06+at+11.22.17+AM.png Blog - The Bear Doctor There was plenty to do, indoors and out. We got through three large jigsaw puzzles and enjoyed a Sunday church service outdoors (bring your own chairs). And walked for miles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602011345705-8HYKR7CB2C48D3PMQFA1/IMG_3489.jpeg Blog - The Bear Doctor A shot from the car window on a day trip to Stanley - there was no end to the beautiful scenery flashing by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602009174355-A1Z4S3FHSJBNEFUI7B1B/IMG_3643.jpeg Blog - The Bear Doctor This is the view from our road as we drive into Ketchum. Every single vantage point - from the car, the trail or the big windows in the house was captivating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602011915792-LBLQ2W8AJ6QNTU86V1I4/Screen+Shot+2020-10-06+at+11.18.58+AM.png Blog - The Bear Doctor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602008830164-07HED474PEKSCA4EF307/Screen+Shot+2020-10-06+at+10.24.57+AM.png Blog - The Bear Doctor Elk just off the deck and in the meadow just beyond the yard. They were so calm and majestic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602014429891-05DDP5ZSIE757SGZHQUP/IMG_0649.jpg Blog - The Bear Doctor The test was a bit uncomfortable, but at least it wasn’t the really long stick that everyone said feels like your brain is being scraped! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602030671947-S7AU5OO52QOY5ZLS2GUQ/Screen+Shot+2020-10-06+at+4.31.44+PM.png Blog - The Bear Doctor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602014755072-3MW6Q2MIGC12J8I2CQXF/IMG_0682.jpeg Blog - The Bear Doctor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602014808916-6RUUCXJE392QGUPZYUG9/IMG_3850.jpeg Blog - The Bear Doctor There are beautiful views and stunning fall colors here in Anchorage, too! And a network of really nice trails starts just across the road from our Airbnb. They are more things to watch for on the trails here, however! Mind the moose! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1602015454493-2JG1LQJ8ZXGTYAGM8HDT/Screen+Shot+2020-10-06+at+12.15.03+PM.png Blog - The Bear Doctor One of our blessings is that we can make any place home as long as we continue to be curious travelers, have our health, and are still in love! ALERT: 42nd Anniversary coming up Oct. 14th https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/9/4/265-beds monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599251305745-N9CZ20A5Y0RTSVDJISJZ/Screen+Shot+2020-09-04+at+2.26.54+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599314025150-RTTM4NK342BCBEBVWJIP/IMG_1068+2.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds I liked the kitchen in Billings, Montana because the host let me purchase almost everything in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599333733600-094SR0V3BGZ0QSGSYXSG/Screen+Shot+2020-09-05+at+1.18.11+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599333944238-C5B3CKHHBLS33X93QO5K/IMG_4893.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds These are two examples of kitchens we felt worthy of the description “kitchen”. The top one is in Sanremo, Italy. Our host had every piece of cookware you could possibly need and a nicely stocked larder. The second is in a small apartment in Nuremburg, Germany where the host set up a nice honor bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599334218006-80YB0R57VWXYCLFUDHRP/IMG_4704.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds The marina in Valencia, Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599335001186-XYPEU6CKFHH37EJ6G373/Screen+Shot+2020-09-05+at+1.41.04+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds Here’s a blast from the past! This is the first Airbnb boat we stayed on in 2015. If you click the listing you’ll see the host is offering a much newer boat. So the boat is newer, and I am older. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599332689295-8QGHU25PFLNE397V1X57/Screen+Shot+2020-09-04+at+5.31.09+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599332710262-MRWWQDC8ZV4LJXTEE7YC/IMG_2055.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds Our floating home wasn’t luxurious but it was in the quaint town of Skradin where we were adopted by the local soccer fans. We love every place we’ve been in Croatia and this was no exception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599314085509-7Q9THHRZGRGA5KC20GJR/IMG_2303.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599338867697-ZH6X4SWK8CYPL57C73LE/IMG_5054+2.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds Looking back at the marina from Menton, France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599332765877-C1DJLEHDREREMO3NC1LM/IMG_2180.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599314245921-AVFORR6POVN1UDGEXFB7/Screen+Shot+2020-09-04+at+5.25.46+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds Since we are boaters, we are used to tight galleys - but this one was really well equipped and the bed was dreamy. Just goes to prove any house can be a “home”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599512409007-TCJ4ERM1WVCP4KOOZCLI/IMG_2622.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds Our barge neighbors on the Seine in Venieux-les-Sablons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599237063437-0FLIVLW5EAUNPFPV3H9L/IMG_1447.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599237836073-8TOI8OSLZOTSL3X6FSE6/IMG_1474.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds This little cabin in the woods was delightful. The big bathtub had to be hoisted in place and then built around during a bathroom remodel. But it is magical to take a deep, hot bath high up in the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599314332569-MD0M748NJY39W09ITW4D/IMG_1520.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599314362066-ZJWNAOK6X9OHNJKJ0GOM/IMG_1521+2.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds Our first Glamping experience. The tent was fine … but the toilet and shower left a lot to be desired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599317829656-ICE4V4VKEAT1BR5NMJ96/IMG_0213.jpg Blog - 265 Beds This is Abraham, the fainting goat’s next-door neighbor. He stopped by for some crackers and to bump heads. His day job is to make little Abrahams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599318219045-DTLDE4RP22UEPVN1CZU3/Screen+Shot+2020-09-05+at+9.02.46+AM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599318311924-PBM70RQ5YHFQXGF76OS6/Screen+Shot+2020-09-05+at+9.01.52+AM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599332160772-9GH91JX973KKUGR1X1IA/Screen+Shot+2020-09-05+at+12.54.48+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599340656907-SNRX3BX8104Y9FYD508Y/IMG_2025.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599340834949-GND5QLRZU8RFTHQV1ZFV/Screen+Shot+2020-09-05+at+3.19.50+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599341152578-LVDK8XYH8M277AOVS1SU/Screen+Shot+2020-09-05+at+3.24.04+PM.png Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599237254779-HKBJ2UODJM999V6LQNKQ/IMG_2221.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599237361313-G2H2PJKAKQH4JFKLFEXS/IMG_2524.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599237423253-1PAY4958SQHS9QZ0AFHP/IMG_2528.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds Basecamp 550 was a great spot for Glamping and camping! Lots of fun touches including a large outdoor kitchen, clean bathrooms and showers, and a clubhouse, all decorated with a hip Scandinavian vibe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599237526568-H7NCD65QTCRN0URPRQVH/IMG_2661.jpeg Blog - 265 Beds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1599237698471-GRMZCEF3W37PPCHRDWYY/Screen+Shot+2020-09-04+at+10.40.44+AM.png Blog - 265 Beds Our tiny house stay was the last, and maybe the most fun. This was built by a company called Altinyhomes.com in Alabama. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/8/12/scenic-byways monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597334808457-SEZV2UYNCNY1WVJ6GDBH/IMG_1715.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597334912223-HL59576E0406ITXU1UH7/IMG_1799.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways Romantic “Room Service” at the Sheraton. A delicious bottle of 2007 Pedestal Merlot and good company made up for the main course - although Stouffer’s as helped us out of a jam more than once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597343126378-E2EPQLAYOK4ZNTTMX7QA/IMG_1620+2.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways My Road Warrior. We don’t often rent cars, but we hit the road in Montana and Colorado over the last couple of months and thoroughly enjoyed the journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597335026576-98RZP864778M0JWT56Y2/IMG_1288.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597335082757-MGMKETUK9Y7IBT18AYAI/IMG_1330.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways Yellowstone lived up to it’s reputation. We were captivated - and also had the park almost to ourselves until we met up with this big guy. He was just sauntering down the road next to our car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597337208962-OQPK9P8DVXQYEEOMOQLB/IMG_1608.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597342904367-GCDVZDHURVRCKNL5NNFO/IMG_1641.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways Glacier was all “Wows, Ooohs and Awes” around every turn. And this was from the car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597337809768-2ABTBXFXWQHC20AGD1T1/image0.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways Our host’s flock of Fainting Goats. They loved animal crackers for snacks and are friendly as long as you don’t do anything to frighten them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597341767196-6RS78IFIGH9ZDDRQ7GJL/IMG_1902.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways A bright spot was a visit with my friend Michael at Sosio’s in the Market. Here he is explaining the benefits of “Little Green Balls of Death” brussell sprouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597341888062-TEWDSKUJNDC08BMWG3N2/IMG_1884.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597342452695-AVQY922N04BISKUDC8Q9/IMG_1885.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597342204935-SCUKI2JHJ1CXEBRG839D/Screen+Shot+2020-08-13+at+11.10.55+AM.png Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597341359487-AK78SYTBWD146WGRH1NG/IMG_2878.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597339690787-29LAWXH7O9FKWPNIDMEQ/IMG_2300.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways We stayed in the Rabbit Ears Motel in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597339743745-9BSLPJX8Y08W8G80IZ58/IMG_1677.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways I matched Michael Blizzard for Blizzard with a Chocolate Dip Cone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597345013366-WKHN93G29INBDUT0HDDK/IMG_2451+2.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597345080525-F0BQL4QQMP9BO3DXWPJE/IMG_2462.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways By the time we toured the Colorado National Monument, our third National Park we bought the Senior Pass good for one year. Shoulda, woulda, coulda bought that at Yellowstone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597341071547-JV1JNP0W3U5BV7E1Q5A3/IMG_2105.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways Taking pictures from our moving car was fun. I never knew what I’d captured until the end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597343294928-NRSDEUJSD52R1O06V7NP/IMG_2780.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways Downtown Denver is jammed with public art. My favorite was this blue bear titled “I See What you Mean.” who peered into the Denver Convention Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597342615698-RSAVIWIEMPF6Y7CZFSAQ/IMG_2752.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597342656189-C14M2P0NGCXFOIYUW5SU/IMG_2766.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways There was much more to Norman Rockwell than his politically perfect magazine covers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597342701370-ETJSQDU3AFNAWDZ4Y05P/IMG_2686.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597342755944-EGX05I0VAJGBBIVWNOFV/IMG_2801.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways Remington revisited during BLM - fortunately the statue was undamaged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597340452936-O1PC3549AM9DVTLPPOOL/IMG_1850.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways I am writing note cards to Democratic voters in North Carolina. 50 down, 150 to go. I will stamp them and box them up to send to the NCDems headquarters to be mailed there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1597340982650-MKWBLYJC0P0E2QEHXY47/IMG_2028.jpeg Blog - Scenic Byways & Campaign Highways This was a great Airbnb in Severance, CO. The hosts were wonderful - and once you got past the exterior a beautiful, well-appointed suite with a kitchen and access to the BBQ and Hot Tub made for a great stay.. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/7/22/home-sweet-home monthly 0.5 2020-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595434798146-091VTV2OZ979VVZ18YM2/IMG_1114+2.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595433491775-J9IJ22IRRHZK3H6YVET2/IMG_1226.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595433759726-HTB4Q88ITFV67W5ZJJBT/IMG_1178.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595433809242-17JCJLVGYFU8OBTKG38I/IMG_1181.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home These are “after” shots of the living room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595434025714-CGIJ5DKCXAM8OZDF3F0D/IMG_1067.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home Testing out the kitchen with a batch of blueberry muffins. They were as good as they look! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595434434169-I1EO3Q61RPAAG5TT53JU/IMG_1190.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595433942688-GT2ENRRGC87AU8TFCKSU/Screen+Shot+2020-07-18+at+1.36.32+PM.png Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595434465371-LT0FUVVHCTO5N7IILEYA/IMG_1203.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home Most of what I added to the house were little things for shelves, pictures on the walls and books, and kitchen necessities. One of my favorite finds is the shelf in the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595435338457-YJZ4ITIOLS5KSWGLL8US/IMG_0079.jpg Blog - Home Sweet Home On the road with Darlene and our host Spencer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595435998561-2OTAZ2WTLQ7K55RFF9QP/Screen+Shot+2020-07-22+at+10.40.40+AM.png Blog - Home Sweet Home The App called DoubleMap that Billings Metro uses allowed Michael to follow his progress in chasing down bus #5 to retrieve our backpack. (He and Kathy are the blue dot.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595436540913-QQTMRHUIURTM15A54FP1/Screen+Shot+2020-07-22+at+10.49.58+AM.png Blog - Home Sweet Home A beautiful day out near Billings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595436733995-I3XZVAZ4H2SY4NYVTWNW/Screen+Shot+2020-07-22+at+10.52.20+AM.png Blog - Home Sweet Home Red Lodge has a picture perfect main street - pure Americana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595436832486-AFPCE1MZQJVXJC40WEGA/F6756D5B-DD04-404C-9F49-33C653194555.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595436893180-NOOIINFC4XL55QKX9MQM/IMG_1133.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595437994663-166DU4TSRS4TQPW91EQG/IMG_1154.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595438037288-LDVY13O6YLP8TXSFQOZ7/Screen+Shot+2020-07-22+at+11.11.54+AM.png Blog - Home Sweet Home Fried Pickles, one Jumbo Shrimp and frosty cold Coors made a great end to our day trip. Michael didn’t finish his pickles. Good, but just too many! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595438162609-X7QHYU1KVIKRG7UGNTLW/IMG_0135.PNG Blog - Home Sweet Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595438279426-KQBDKQR3PTHECDQRUBIF/IMG_1253.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home The Museum of the Rockies was fascinating. We didn’t know much about dinosaurs going in - and are still pondering the fact these giant creatures were stomping around Montana! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1595438631690-RNXDZ17C8M06MCL7T02E/IMG_1327.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Home https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/7/4/first-stop-billings monthly 0.5 2020-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593978362259-J50X3NKYACMXGHFL9SD5/Screen+Shot+2020-07-05+at+1.43.57+PM.png Blog - First Stop Billings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593894350853-2L0G9VI5LE1QN0GX2JRJ/Screen+Shot+2020-07-04+at+1.22.59+PM.png Blog - First Stop Billings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593903636678-XN6V31NCLXX9XYFGI8WD/IMG_0879.jpeg Blog - First Stop Billings We loved our Airbnb in SMA. It was sunny in the courtyard in the mornings but cool inside all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593899249899-YQB0EIZK3GWB8NVA0VNB/Screen+Shot+2020-07-04+at+2.47.01+PM.png Blog - First Stop Billings We kept ourselves busy in San Miguel at home and with friends from a distance. Often we found the streets eerie and empty on our walks into the center of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593899482853-XNIJCJYH5UIQJDMTVSH8/IMG_0778.jpeg Blog - First Stop Billings Our foster kittens Anna and Tinker Belle. They were a great distraction from Covid woes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593897087312-33JSHH771XVCZNN30NKI/Screen+Shot+2020-07-04+at+2.09.52+PM.png Blog - First Stop Billings The man in front posted this image and that is exactly what our United flights were like, too. Full! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593897256370-VGRYUSLPIY0TQN2HPRIX/IMG_6136.JPG Blog - First Stop Billings Our host Spencer and his girlfriend Darlene picked us up in Billings. They didn’t have masks, but we were wearing ours…let the awkward “mask thing” begin….let alone social distancing. What were we thinking? We took them off then, but now we wear them whenever we are out and can’t social distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593899404765-5HQQB69Z012DWPHC6FNX/IMG_0010.jpg Blog - First Stop Billings Our little Airbnb house. It’s cozy inside and I’ve been having fun decorating and stocking the kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593968057641-70SGAP8KXW25RKU9S91P/IMG_1020.jpeg Blog - First Stop Billings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593898367952-0R5PGO6W9IO4L7SL2O8Q/IMG_0927.jpeg Blog - First Stop Billings When Michael’s done mowing our lawn (he volunteered) he could just roll across the street and take on South Park. This giant green oasis is literally across the street and a lovely place to read in the shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593900452797-FHPXFJCIDDNOPQX20LMS/Screen+Shot+2020-07-04+at+3.05.51+PM.png Blog - First Stop Billings Billings hosts a dozen brew pubs and as many ice creameries. Not a bad place to spend the summer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593902512254-D37QFR26NZBVO4WPTLV8/Screen+Shot+2020-07-04+at+3.40.47+PM.png Blog - First Stop Billings Pizza being delivered by Montana’s Democratic Senate candidate Governor Bullock. Not quite the same as having President Obama swing by … but it’s the thought that counts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593901745377-4BZQKG4221EN2R7DE8GH/Screen+Shot+2020-07-04+at+3.28.38+PM.png Blog - First Stop Billings I found a site that walks through how the Presidential Election process works. Never to late for a primer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593969701198-VP9Q8UETOEXT0J1IC8X1/IMG_0031.jpg Blog - First Stop Billings This was the first yard sign we built. We are now up to 600 with 2,400 to go. We put podcasts on our portable speaker and build, build, build! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1593900644903-H2UHY5DKELGSS5RG45JH/IMG_1040.jpeg Blog - First Stop Billings Michael fulfilling his vision! He might be the only person in Montana waving a Bullock sign - but he’s happy. Here he is in action. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/6/12/montana-bound monthly 0.5 2020-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1591995942980-8BPXFSIUOIYJ3DTSK3KG/Screen+Shot+2020-06-12+at+4.04.29+PM.png Blog - Montana Bound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1591996238858-IZR5TE0P874ZHXMFTF59/Screen+Shot+2020-06-12+at+4.09.48+PM.png Blog - Montana Bound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1591997649339-IQ5LAVGNR6J8YBF5J2CH/Screen+Shot+2020-06-12+at+4.14.09+PM.png Blog - Montana Bound Our Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree as a house. And as Linus wisely said “I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It's not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1592001193970-S54GZHZYYO7HTWIHFZWJ/124303152-vegetables-onion-carrot-potato-isolated-on-white.jpg Blog - Montana Bound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1592000971980-CGGFTBTY5K6SLX8J73R4/Screen+Shot+2020-06-12+at+5.27.57+PM.png Blog - Montana Bound I googled “Montana Chic” and here’s just one of many of images. I can dream, can’t I? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1591998870360-LH24X6NO2M0HX6UB6WQE/Screen+Shot+2020-06-12+at+4.52.04+PM.png Blog - Montana Bound Knowing I can have a say in how this little house becomes a comfortable Airbnb is such a treat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1591998549196-F2V6Z7IBEKXLBZU81XU5/Screen+Shot+2020-06-12+at+4.44.04+PM.png Blog - Montana Bound https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/5/28/7-lessons-from-7-years-of-travel-anlar monthly 0.5 2025-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590701825556-DWPFL5Q0HMMVS265ATXI/IMG_7343.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Travel The keys to being together twenty-four hours a day include being flexible, respectful, kind, patient, willing to see the humor in most things, and knowing when to give the other person some space! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590703253028-EEYKAIH4AO1L9FOO4YEB/IMG_3967.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Travel Michael and I have attended sporting events in dozens of countries. Here is football match we attended in South Africa - we made fast friends with the local supporters and learned things about life in Cape Town we would never have found in a guidebook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590703481562-9NN12O15VGRK30AJJY04/IMG_8839.JPG Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Travel One rule we stand by is if you need a new dress or t-shirt, or see something you just can’t resist, then something has to go. That’s me in an impromptu dressing room in Albania replacing a pair of pants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590703946562-AEMMIJ40NL93JHYEWF5Z/-1.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Travel One of the best decisions we made was to travel with our bed pillows - just setting them on the bed says “we are home”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590716940350-XY2SS6WVMVKEFJIT091Q/Portobello+Porch+New+Zealand.jpeg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Travel Even on the back roads of New Zealand we count on a strong WiFi signal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590704946365-RWRZNW55CZGIAVB0H2T7/Screen+Shot+2020-05-28+at+5.27.30+PM.png Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Travel I couldn’t capture Lesson 6 with a single image. From Rwanda to Romania and everywhere in between we were curious about the culture, but we were also courteous - and that can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1590705339768-VTPLTBLTUB0A51O8TFSY/SeniorNomads4.jpg Blog - 7 Lessons from 7 Years of Travel Be brave. Take risks. Allow the unexpected. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/5/9/lets-have-a-conversation monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1589047678039-JW7OHLB5OZL2N0U4T6XH/IMG_1551.jpeg Blog - Let's Have a Conversation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1589047868829-0N74ITU8RFXEFFLQMUD5/IMG_5944.JPG Blog - Let's Have a Conversation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1589052704626-V8EGSSEFBVFDXWOBWI69/piqsels.com-id-spurd.jpg Blog - Let's Have a Conversation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1589053091696-D0GV7T4DI0CAIFCROKF9/Screen+Shot+2020-05-09+at+2.37.00+PM.png Blog - Let's Have a Conversation Where do you plan to go the minute it’s safe to travel? Share your dreams and ideas on the Senior Nomads Facebook Group Page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1589052555822-L7EOREBDAR9JCG3DZGS4/SeniorNomadsGroup_o.jpg Blog - Let's Have a Conversation https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/4/21/wherever-next monthly 0.5 2021-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587478428661-1EUDAZR4CC78F4JSFDQR/IMG_1765.jpeg Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587658669076-1IQIG42772GQWCRAMBHU/IMG_1596.jpeg Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions You might enjoy visiting The No-Go Nomads blog from April 9th to read the comments and my replies. There’s so much back and forth It’s almost like another post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587659791374-VJOV3KVC1HZ6N70Q05XI/IMG_1780.jpeg Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587660124973-SWYO84XN592U1NCCB6YC/IMG_1815.jpeg Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions Two completely different ways to paint the walls of San Miguel. Both are appreciated.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587677929433-Y8VK6CMGWCGLAXINMVHR/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+4.36.35+PM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions The den in our Airbnb comes complete with two recliners! Perfect for our trial-run at retirement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587673057127-509VEB90PVHWGXAIB7RP/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+3.06.58+PM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587657272533-0NHKDDQ0T0220F7F7HM3/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+10.18.14+AM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587655710389-NQ9ERH7FQX33DB1KKSB2/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+10.26.39+AM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587654148558-UJWQCIGGVYZAQ1CJFCSH/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+10.00.47+AM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587657199566-J9XMT1BMKWDXXNHHU5ZM/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+10.51.44+AM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587653777920-DJ9U4AK8EE2D1WG0S8LT/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+9.54.55+AM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions You think you see a frog…but don’t be so sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587656611843-LI58DEP7BEEJF4IXP3KB/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+10.42.22+AM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587674850957-2Q1U7OVM5XJBAPP8TTBH/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+3.44.42+PM.png Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1587673326039-YIDWMDIWRCVCQXNEK53G/IMG_0370.jpeg Blog - And Now for a Few Distractions Exploring Rio de Janeiro, Brazil one year ago! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/4/2/how-full-time-travel-taught-us-to-stay-put monthly 0.5 2020-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586391780483-DZLKDI6ZT3HNUCYO7H8M/IMG_1596.jpeg Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586392122629-OL4ATM50XLZ5605W2NMA/Screen+Shot+2020-04-08+at+7.27.30+PM.png Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586392358298-B39EWRVP256KJO0MJZEC/Screen+Shot+2020-04-08+at+4.51.35+PM.png Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads Our Social Distancing Picnics have become a weekly gathering of friends who are still here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586391424424-OMMCX5HRSZAIABZS03PO/Screen+Shot+2020-04-08+at+7.15.26+PM.png Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586443513732-NSY2N39YZQY7QPAS6AKB/IMG_1779.jpeg Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads Michael in the deserted square in front of the Jardin - a place usually packed with tourists and locals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586393561556-4OXBN4V5QXMX83CYWKOP/Screen+Shot+2020-04-08+at+7.47.56+PM.png Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads The grocery stores are still well-stocked. A few weeks ago I was able to get some good old American processed foods to make my own birthday cake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586392682382-G7KIWVJWPPPGDW7BUI9U/IMG_1765.jpeg Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586445589703-HW4TMP6HFM859T8Z7AP1/Screen+Shot+2020-04-09+at+10.18.53+AM.png Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads Our Airbnb has a great kitchen, lots of outdoor space, a big gate and an alarm system so we feel safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586393933591-PZXEX89SRLWVBRKNY1WQ/image-asset.png Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads Two of my favorite cats at the shelter. Lots of animals are getting adopted as quarantine companions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1586394137358-VYXFXWWB9M7PWK66W7YB/IMG_0094.jpeg Blog - Greetings from the No-Go Nomads Headbands turned into masks have worked for going on walks and to the grocery store. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/3/17/senior-nomads-coronavirus-plans-8x2fm monthly 0.5 2020-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584404775740-BR5XMVKYFKIHGXYNAJA6/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.24.02+PM.png Blog - Elbow Bumps from San Miguel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405440158-8SZRAUVQ3QKM4JZQEFP1/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.27.43+PM.png Blog - Elbow Bumps from San Miguel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405178997-R3W5HWCAZVR4DZF4WOB6/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.30.43+PM.png Blog - Elbow Bumps from San Miguel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405218435-WDEOA7P1NU2DYHMCSVF1/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.30.57+PM.png Blog - Elbow Bumps from San Miguel Our Airbnb is named Casa Roca for it’s fascinating stone work throughout the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405619148-R3FKVRTEML07FEEXSO6K/IMG_1645.jpeg Blog - Elbow Bumps from San Miguel Here’s a fun puzzle we just finished. I’ve got two more in the queue. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/3/17/senior-nomads-coronavirus-plans monthly 0.5 2020-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584404775740-BR5XMVKYFKIHGXYNAJA6/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.24.02+PM.png Blog - Coronavirus Factor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405440158-8SZRAUVQ3QKM4JZQEFP1/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.27.43+PM.png Blog - Coronavirus Factor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405178997-R3W5HWCAZVR4DZF4WOB6/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.30.43+PM.png Blog - Coronavirus Factor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405218435-WDEOA7P1NU2DYHMCSVF1/Screen+Shot+2020-03-16+at+6.30.57+PM.png Blog - Coronavirus Factor Our Airbnb is named Casa Roca for it’s fascinating stone work throughout the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1584405619148-R3FKVRTEML07FEEXSO6K/IMG_1645.jpeg Blog - Coronavirus Factor Here’s a fun puzzle we just finished. I’ve got two more in the queue. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/3/5/beyond-the-beach monthly 0.5 2020-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583593375301-76LGST2ROACKE6LJDBFT/Screen+Shot+2020-03-07+at+8.35.58+AM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583594319306-W29DI2FJWYNGK2AN7343/Screen+Shot+2020-03-07+at+9.16.49+AM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach All stairways in Puerto Vallarta are not created equal. We went up all three of these to get to our Airbnb. The prettiest ones were at the bottom of the first hill for tourists to use, then the brick ones took us up the next big hill, and finally, the staggered stones led us to the bottom of the last hill to our front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583594439997-B02IW60F1Z5L4B5Q6J7G/IMG_1284.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach Our favorite tacos of the tour were Tacos de Birria a crisp taco brushed with the famous Birria broth and served with a cup on the side for dunking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583596123674-SZW8LIR2511V3FY3Q7H9/Screen+Shot+2020-03-07+at+9.46.16+AM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach This bus happened to be in Guanajuato, but the system is the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583625200483-6WFW6W034HOLZN659GZC/IMG_1133.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach Sayulita was a very colorful beach town. Every street was strung with colorful banners like these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583627106652-QVR2ZRK10KBOO89EWGYH/IMG_1116.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583625324505-GZKV8J4NY0LAR5EKPSU9/IMG_1143.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583625678362-BWDMOQ7VEL8HW8LNQ062/IMG_1123.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583626214070-RG6YU91XLX3SNLDSHL65/Screen+Shot+2020-03-07+at+8.34.40+AM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583626262657-5V5CY0U0MKVSAKXE5GI4/IMG_1336.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583627163902-0PRC0J4LSHMTAXPAH8Z5/IMG_1351.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583627009734-SD2V1TBQY1S3G7DY36XT/IMG_1256+2.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach The best shrimp tostastas in town! This is also where we bought our shrimp cocktail take-home dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583637913820-XIVS9UXC18RSG5A0KYH5/IMG_1393.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach Our new friend Lalo setting up our chairs. He took great care of us throughout the day and made it fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583638398778-JP86ADU7QH6MJ1SD3F14/Screen+Shot+2020-03-07+at+9.32.30+PM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach Before and after lunch photos. Mine was the one in the middle delivered cooked to perfection on a stick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583639212099-ZJWUY1Z49XYFTSHFSN3A/Screen+Shot+2020-03-07+at+9.44.18+PM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583704396804-NCAXBIWY5B00W8A83AL6/Screen+Shot+2020-03-08+at+3.51.52+PM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach The pristine hotel photo of the beach at Hotel Tropicana. It was a really nice place to spend the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583704681545-V09PLVU4HISMIBCFIQVM/Screen+Shot+2020-03-08+at+3.56.59+PM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach This is the El Dorado Beach Club and Restaurant where we also spend a very nice day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583704915117-JIA44N66MU9M35AEDJ3H/Screen+Shot+2020-03-08+at+4.00.35+PM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach The view from our Airbnb. One of our favorites of all time. Cool, comfortable, affordable and homey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583705441530-50GT78HK9NIXDLU7WO1X/Screen+Shot+2020-03-08+at+4.09.32+PM.png Blog - Beyond the Beach The Turners. Blog followers, co-nomads, and now friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583705573922-WHAGEBVFP1H00DP39WME/IMG_1250+2.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach Our new friends Alison and Ali. Two wonderful women who are slow traveling the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583704165163-0G19H8XGW3MQ7H8Y2GM7/IMG_1458.jpeg Blog - Beyond the Beach Good bye, Puerto Vallarta. We’ll be back next year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1583709896812-WH3A63BGTHJ64KIGH8U1/Screenshot+2020-02-23+18.22.02.png Blog - Beyond the Beach https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/2/23/pilfered-in-puerto-vallarta monthly 0.5 2020-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582504358667-UHJQQJSMNI7AEP2GQ220/Screenshot+2020-02-23+10.08.17.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta Your bananas or your life Amigo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582474547668-2DL49FVXWO4JD3E0I3LH/Screenshot+2020-02-23+10.14.11.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582481109944-9AO13X5PD2AM207BGL8X/Screenshot+2020-02-23+11.50.03.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta Our open-air penthouse perch comes with fantastic views, but also allows creatures from the great outdoors to wander indoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582475994927-5FLQIUPZE0VLOAY5P1TW/IMG_0763.jpeg Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta Here’s Michael, once again manhandling our big bags - but this time he’s pulling them up three stories by rope and pulley from the street. It was that or haul them up three flights of winding metal stairs culminating in a spiral staircase to our penthouse! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582474938145-01DHOAOHIJ9TT6GHTC1Z/Screenshot+2020-02-23+10.19.40.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta The Puerto Vallarta Pirate Extravaganza gets rolling in front of our balcony. We can hear most every aaargh and pistol shot - but we are treated to nightly fireworks so I don’t mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582475428091-Z8CR8ZGDRI7VPOXHXHMT/Screenshot+2020-02-23+10.28.01.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta It’s been nice to have enough time to find the really good local markets and avoid those that stock overpriced groceries for tourists. Although I was pleased to find Skippy extra crunchy peanut butter :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582476125272-YN1OMWZKL199AHX6D8UL/IMG_1036.jpeg Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582476229702-FCF6EZ12C0N4CTQA2UZQ/IMG_0966.jpeg Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582476322071-L4MZTYTKN1VJDLAARVWT/IMG_1026.jpeg Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta Scenes from the Malacon. Including an amazing man they call The Stone Whisperer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582477433370-JN4U761HQCWWT8D2Y4O4/Screenshot+2020-02-23+10.49.58.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582477208691-4RU02FQVQGA187R2A1NN/Screenshot+2020-02-23+10.50.46.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta Hear a bit of Brandon & James here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582479406241-P7OX49VXVPSSTEUF25PM/Screenshot+2020-02-23+11.29.18.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta The beach in PVR is a never ending playground for locals and visitors alike! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582478185045-GRLJY79DK2WQV9R2Q7TH/Screenshot+2020-02-23+11.13.57.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta Michael and I trying a little “stone whispering” ourselves as we get ready for our week as Guest Faculty at the Modern Elder Academy - where building cairns is “a thing”. Learn more about MEA below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582481858101-8Z2Q2WQ37WGNZZLUIGQP/Screen+Shot+2020-01-29+at+11.40.54+AM.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta The Modern Elder Academy offers week-long retreats built around mid-life introspection and camaraderie in a breathtaking setting. Join us June 7th through 14th to explore how travel can be transformative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1582503837462-F5XC93EN6ERYMYEWDPIA/Screenshot+2020-02-23+18.22.02.png Blog - Pilfered in Puerto Vallarta https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/2/4/hermosa-beach monthly 0.5 2020-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1580858357165-5TATPEGU95I9A5PH2FK7/IMG_2522.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581092926389-X2BVYANUDAUFP4XTTLZ1/Screenshot+2020-02-07+10.23.30.png Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581098551886-R51E72C8H112Y0G0VWTO/IMG_0661.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581093805023-PUYWXPWHRHIETGVJL1BJ/IMG_0348.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581094466913-SJS6FYYF1ZQ2J4LVFPRJ/Screenshot+2020-02-07+10.48.44.png Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581095524121-RSEUG4OTHEZU4CDXEU10/IMG_0645.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven Our nightly walk back to our Airbnb often featured a glorious sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581098642643-ZDZRYP5K1DS3215E3KXC/Screenshot+2020-02-07+11.29.30.png Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven The colors of Hermosa Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581097085445-RVDBC909JO4WRQIQ8RGV/IMG_7517.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven Looking back at Hermosa Beach from the Manhattan Beach Pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581097891029-E9XUQIMZ6ZA99OGXEZN1/Screenshot+2020-02-07+11.50.16.png Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581100562706-0WD1FJEQOHXPKF12BMQ4/IMG_0530.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven You can peek through a small window in the stairwell to see inside “the vault” where all of the art that is not currently on display is stored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581097464630-YSLOULC4O2QMWSFONFJ8/IMG_0549.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven The highlight was our 45 seconds in Yayoi Kusama’s Mirrored Light Room. You need a separate ticket for this for this exhibit - it is also free, just limited by time slots so best to go in off-peak times of day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581098032078-4ZFQ8A4NM66Z12MDHKKA/IMG_0474.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven The kiosk at the Los Angeles downtown library that prints out one and three minute stories! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581095197270-3VSTK8MY5H1Q3I2F0T0V/Screenshot+2020-02-07+11.05.16.png Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581098128079-5EEXO8X0RXYUBE6B54XB/IMG_0398.jpeg Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven That’s Jenny on the right. What a fabulous evening out in such wonderful company. And Anderson Cooper didn’t disappoint. He was a great speaker and very entertaining! I downloaded his audiobook The Rainbow Comes and Goes to learn more about life with his eccentric mother, and just to hear his voice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581099697881-OSQAJY3MJJD14KE75497/Screenshot+2020-02-07+12.20.40.png Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven Moving on down the coast! We are now in Puerto Vallarta waking up to this view for the next month! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1581094535805-NLQ9CXY54A3U2JPGQO8X/Screenshot+2020-02-05+12.33.55.png Blog - Hermosa Beach Haven https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/1/29/join-us-in-beautiful-baja-mexico monthly 0.5 2020-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1580324611789-NCJ5QMWALJX50FB5R68D/airbnb1.jpg Blog - Join us in Beautiful Baja, Mexico! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1580325944468-7N7Y3UMHTWGZH39A2LIZ/Screen+Shot+2020-01-29+at+11.24.25+AM.png Blog - Join us in Beautiful Baja, Mexico! MEA Founder, Chip Conley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1580328163602-8IXH8JVVNGTNGVU8GFTV/Screen+Shot+2020-01-29+at+11.40.54+AM.png Blog - Join us in Beautiful Baja, Mexico! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1580328203622-35SRRDBXJ7BLGKOL2YKZ/Screen+Shot+2020-01-29+at+10.59.32+AM.png Blog - Join us in Beautiful Baja, Mexico! The school sits on a pristine beach near El Pescadero, on Mexico’s Baja peninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1580324841267-B72R5ND6GL1Y2H4PGCPS/Screen+Shot+2020-01-29+at+11.05.37+AM.png Blog - Join us in Beautiful Baja, Mexico! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/1/23/off-we-go monthly 0.5 2020-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579741736813-PGCRWI4O1CIKM6FSY24A/Screenshot+2020-01-22+16.41.55.png Blog - Off we Go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579741921334-OQ2HGJBH54ANZ9EL3TFO/IMG_0370.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! So far we’ve visited 85 countries. That’s less than half of the nations recognized by the United Nations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579840774890-GRH12HWJPD9EVNBMM230/IMG_0875.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! Suds and sand in Ipanema https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579827886982-2QCL7XC3OIHXX9SJI6NR/IMG_2128.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! The beaches of Portugal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579829136245-U3CGBJG9ZQBOL4SUG6HB/IMG_0250.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! Tuscany was so beautiful in the fall - and the roads were almost free of traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579742216224-XGSN68S80QMEWXX0DP8F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! The view from our barge on a spur of the Seine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579829649532-RC8EGKEIVWGMLEK51CSF/D59B4380-F2E7-4B80-9D18-B90493857CB1.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! Hamburg was a revelation. So much history. So much art. So much great food! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579814198761-FZTDEJNZMN9XKJCPPYBS/Screenshot+2020-01-23+13.15.41.png Blog - Off we Go! Night Magic in Rio de Janeiro https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579828072741-WWDCADRS3GV5AJ75HRBM/IMG_2533.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! Our day at the French Open with our friend Francoise Durr, the 1967 Women’s Single Champion was a memory we’ll cherish forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579831041925-RKF05FA9EKCB955BK8BC/IMG_6233.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! We’ve probably visited 1,000 churches and attended services in hundreds of them! Maybe that’s why we’ve been so blessed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579811718852-0XWZP064SZFJNJN9GW6P/Screenshot+2020-01-23+12.33.34.png Blog - Off we Go! Revisiting our favorite cities in over the summer gave us a chance to see things we had missed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579836326680-FGCJ9XUPVDRGQBK6VYCU/IMG_4056.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! Our tour of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula was the perfect summer road trip. Just one beautiful village after another ending in Copenhagen - one of our favorite places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579813023159-KS2BOFAYPG3JDU7WZSYK/IMG_8480+2.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! One of my all time favorite Airbnbs was in Sanremo, Italy. Where the Panattone was as big as your head! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579813622770-2ZWBQUAUTUTNCDALKODU/Screenshot%2B2019-11-26%2B13.50.50.png Blog - Off we Go! There are some hosts we’ll never forget! Claudio and Guicy in Bologna will be forever friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579814278351-CM586NFPVT2SJ74CTEIE/IMG_9794.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! Just one of many protests we came across in 2019. This one in Buenos Aires, Argentina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579814009066-3DNWA37C8S3M3JKMSR5Z/IMG_8104.jpeg Blog - Off we Go! We are looking forward to getting back to the colors, the food and our friends in Mexico. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2020/1/14/from-our-bookshelf monthly 0.5 2020-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579025106607-0JTSIEJ0CMGQCK6RRPG0/Screenshot+2020-01-14+10.03.58.png Blog - From our Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579026769073-NQL3FEBFAVUMW42ZASB6/IMG_4254.jpeg Blog - From our Bookshelf https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579027549381-JZ1OJQUVT6HFKW0NQEZP/Screenshot+2020-01-14+10.44.06.png Blog - From our Bookshelf We visited many wonderful libraries in 2019 and also discovered creative ways give books a second life! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1579028202580-QYTZUXJZ6L36JLJX9E0C/Screenshot+2020-01-14+10.55.35.png Blog - From our Bookshelf Grandpa working hard to raise our next generations of readers… it’s not always easy! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/12/13/when-in-doubt-go-to-italy-part-iii monthly 0.5 2020-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576196950575-NVO0P9I3UV0QX6MBNMVD/IMG_0238.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576197315834-029UMAH90RL3TPWF5A67/Screenshot+2019-12-12+16.33.28.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576197582842-D92I6FM84N3NV3LKMS87/IMG_9630.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III Our Airbnb was in the Giraffe Contrada - note the red and white lamp posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576198430044-Q8AN8MPRQQDGV9BG92RJ/IMG_9793.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III The ceiling of the library was mesmerizing. So were the floors, the walls - and of course the manuscripts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576198275931-QD8U034U2JVCO89GKAL0/Screenshot+2019-12-12+16.49.43.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576199255230-KW6PRSOFSRWBZJL7APNX/Screenshot+2019-12-12+16.59.37.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576364844253-PXE37ZRO485IHWLK9DY4/Screenshot+2019-12-14+15.06.07.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576199508687-ZMOMZ3G2WHIOZPAX3FU6/Screenshot+2019-12-12+17.10.06.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576345794032-YL742OG7EZSXLSEKMIYD/Screenshot+2019-12-13+07.10.09.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576251147546-ZCHG0N1PEPJCNFERO3Q2/IMG_0004.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III a handful of other intrepid tourists in San Gimignano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576252354767-OMFY7Y7GABCLCPHYLXOJ/IMG_9972.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576252064169-VAB2F2XZQIF6FQQ5X1FK/IMG_0026.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576339469481-9FDORO1754F6QS42MC8E/Screenshot+2019-12-13+08.43.33.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576339788507-FJQIKGE2GIVFTIZELICN/Screenshot+2019-12-14+08.08.22.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III The Campo in Siena - home to the Palio and the hub of daily life for locals and tourists alike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576252609641-LMLEQQ8ZHCP2L3OY4A1N/IMG_0168.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576254019702-IUK736DUMWT1WEM7718O/IMG_0223.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III Everywhere you looked in Montepulciano there were views like this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576254556772-B8UE300ISSHSMM00ADKL/Screenshot+2019-12-13+08.26.41.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576340415862-S036022CUJAHMGDFNYDF/IMG_0275+2.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576340873681-HXD3A0O6AB1X9VNB3QHK/Screenshot+2019-12-14+08.24.29.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576340918729-QZ3UYY3INQM00FB7TMEG/Screenshot+2019-12-14+08.25.49.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576342827757-50S36ZUZYAJVKUKHIL3R/Screenshot+2019-12-14+08.59.05.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III Photos from the day captured the haunting beauty of the ruins and the coming storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576346214496-RZTM3W4AQ20YBR0PNQ3R/Screenshot+2019-12-14+09.54.25.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576346822060-YOBWD8HZZUS32ALHRS9R/Screenshot+2019-12-14+09.58.33.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III We were pleasantly surprised by the delicious food and the convivial atmosphere of Il Grillo Moro, the restaurant on the grounds of our Airbnb lodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576365063748-8BLXLQZOBNIT81LKS8XK/IMG_5235.JPG Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576366897563-2BJK7N7ORIV1YAN3FJMB/Screenshot+2019-12-14+15.21.41.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III Our fellow tour mates and our guide (on the left) waiting to peek through “The Hole in Rome” as it’s known. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576366937584-4ZY7ILZM6C2YPYJJKVBE/Screenshot+2019-12-14+15.19.51.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III If you put your finger through the keyhole, you are technically in another country. And, if you peer through the keyhole, you can see Saint Peters Basilica across the river on the other side of Rome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576368193922-BOZPXZZMJ7FCHV7ODT3K/Screenshot+2019-12-14+15.46.09.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III You could spend hours at the Mercado Monti Urban - a treasure trove of one-of-a-kind creations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1576390237069-97E6A7FGBEHBI993QXAT/IMG_5363.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part III https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/11/26/when-in-doubt-go-to-italy-part-ii monthly 0.5 2020-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574758945762-BH6CNLKF3LZQFWH50IGC/IMG_5087.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574773355863-UNEMH3J4H9BBOXTYL1N6/Screenshot+2019-11-26+13.01.18.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II Unless you’re on a bike, you can stay dry under 24 miles of porticos that run throughout the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574773467377-V87N4W4X06BXTHAUJZAZ/IMG_8979.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II Michael and our Airbnb host Claudio. It was clear they were going to have fun together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574774585432-LF4ZDLTBENOGHE2DAAU3/Screenshot+2019-11-26+13.20.09.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574775091613-ITT5KLOPKOKVDF9IDEG9/Screenshot+2019-11-26+13.29.27.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574777793307-GYDG6XSJRLVFG2LY6AP4/Screenshot+2019-11-26+13.48.49.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II The University of Bologna Class of 1218 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574779322624-FR8W6HCLX5N44WNKK2BT/IMG_5111.JPG Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II You can walk three miles under 666 Porticos to the Madonna San Luca church or take this cute train! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574780454075-SNEMTJM88KIAW5BGJ43J/Screenshot+2019-11-26+14.59.56.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II Our American neighbor in Bologna hand makes pipes, runs a card room and is a fan of POTUS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574851321856-GZ393ZTFVCKPCK7OO0H0/Screenshot+2019-11-26+14.23.47.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II The bar is called Osteria Del Sole. There has been a bar in this space for over 500 years. They must be doing something right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574870687892-NAXWCC31CA58FQCZ67S3/IMG_9066+2.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574870773529-N1N2WZ03C3FAM37UVJD0/IMG_9189.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II There was something interesting to see on every building and sometimes on the ground as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574778117001-Z8P8NJ4U2NKUKU1JU6PI/Screenshot+2019-11-26+13.50.50.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574853814525-1L2M7ADNU6G2FTV1TKBS/IMG_5049.JPG Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II The thing about pizza is you can enjoy it anywhere. And in Italy, you can find it anywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574868434795-HO4X09KJW7RTYNN47F1D/IMG_9391.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II Florence was calm and almost crowd free during the first week of November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574852892434-14LST3T3J5JVZPL3AK7J/Screenshot+2019-11-27+11.00.36.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574852982687-75B9Q9FZISLL99AGC2RR/Screenshot+2019-11-27+11.04.19.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II Caption: Inside there is a crucifix carved in 1492 by a Michaelangelo when he was just 18 years old. If you are anywhere near there, step into this serene church and see it this often overlooked masterpiece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574853349771-LRNMTFWAZVX1WEPFTSWD/Screenshot+2019-11-27+11.14.39.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574853642082-7Z7WM1EGJFUUMSYC1CHG/IMG_9293.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574854899552-L72J4M112AFDE5BH626V/IMG_9256.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II The fruit and vegetable store also carried nice wines, and the owners homemade pastas and sauces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574855343231-DOC50KYITJZUOC5CFTAG/Screenshot+2019-11-27+11.47.55.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II The Uffizi is one of the world's greatest museums. No matter where you turn there is something breathtaking to see! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1574854092488-ESMO89DYUUWNTTN9GGGG/Screenshot+2019-11-27+11.26.02.png Blog - When in Doubt Go to Italy Part II https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/11/16/when-in-doubt-go-to-italy-part-l monthly 0.5 2024-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573892267991-Q6B3LTL78PCZLRCDHIKI/Screenshot+2019-11-16+09.15.43.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Sunny Sanremo, Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573892829417-PDYGM67MJ67WBJMMPNCC/Screenshot+2019-11-16+09.23.21.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy One of Michael’s many maps. This lays out our itinerary from October 7th - November 22th when we leave Malta for the UK. for Allie Picha’s wedding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573898284467-01HOWLPBPFWL1B1MLCR6/Screenshot+2019-11-16+10.56.36.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Turin is a dream destination if you love architecture. I was in heaven because I am a big fan of brick buildings and there were some magnificent examples of what a humble piece of clay can do. The pharmacy in the upper left was just across from our Airbnb and I filled a prescription there. The inside is as ornate as the outside! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573896001290-JQFNWOJBGKKRQCJW66OV/Screenshot+2019-11-16+08.55.56.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy A perfect example of a classic, arrow straight Roman road and the many arched walkways alongside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573896265867-T05MU0QE10IL8T5ONYRH/Screenshot+2019-11-16+10.23.34.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy The Mole! The symbol of Turin and a pretty stunning landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573914689484-12X9O35IEJ8Y0XVQUB4E/Screenshot+2019-11-16+08.50.22.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573899347798-KAZUUVXIDWNQAYVNIZYG/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.13.16.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Our Airbnb featured 15-foot ceilings, stained glass doors, original moldings and beams hand-painted with floral patterns that are still vibrant 265 years later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573899484211-UAJSJSNRCD76QJXUOMFG/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.01.24.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Sanremo harbor. This unassuming fishing village belies its Italian Riviera location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573900615799-QZPM8GYKJDKPSQX8RPUV/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.21.29.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Our Airbnb sat towards the bottom on La Pigna. You can wind upwards to the top of of the hill for a spectular view. The link in the paragraph above gives a very interesting history of this enclave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573900694639-IOZ7BHVGWHW2DR0N7F7N/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.22.52.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy The fresh market was just across the street so I cooked like an Italian Nona in this awesome kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573901073990-N5R6P3OG88CBYI1KIY62/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.43.10.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Daria’s Airbnb was so well-appointed, we could have moved in permanently and everything we’d need was already in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573902303819-T9GXJ23RGSQQ7CAK1QG1/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.23.54.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy The fresh market was near our house and on Saturdays a large flea market for clothes, household goods and antiques set up as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573902625350-XF533DALWS2OGEPQ34D4/IMG_8583.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Sanremo was a favorite vacationing spot for Russian royalty and this church was a gift from Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna after her visit to Sanremo.It was consecrated in 1914. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573901619884-GY8XM7WVHNFSUJYU3GJN/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.52.41.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573902223435-Z4QFOBHUTEBMR9GZ1D3C/Screenshot+2019-11-16+11.59.59.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy The weather was typical for autumn. Rain one minute and then glorious sunshine right outside our window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573918671479-3GZUG0QVKT6E524IR0CK/Screenshot+2019-11-16+16.36.00.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Verona’s famous Juliet’s balcony where throngs of tourists visit to leave a love note. Stuck with gum. Eeew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573919053614-99Y615SFCOFDX4M8RAA7/Screenshot+2019-11-16+16.42.42.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy When a listing has ten pictures of the bed / bedroom and not much else. Beware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573919242116-FVD5JLKNNF3CNRUB8LEL/IMG_8806.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy We were beginning to catch some fall color in Verona. This is looking towards the Giardino Giusti gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573920358829-3I1ECAL36FC9HSJRCODV/IMG_8709.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy I thought this amazing fresco had been recently defaced and I was appalled. Then the audio guide told me the scratches were made hundreds of years ago by pilgrims. Still appalled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573920749312-0TEX9NDT79DNIL5J3WYU/Screenshot+2019-11-16+17.11.23.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy The 12th century Bronze Doors of San Zeno are beyond captivating. The entire new and old testaments are laid out as teaching tools for those who cannot enter the church until they are converted to Christianity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573920871462-939AIFP9R9DNPT3BTR0O/IMG_8680.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy The courtyard of the Abbey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573920094582-0WYR7GJU0XL8M0ANIRBN/Screenshot+2019-11-16+17.00.21.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy The Giardino Gusti gardens were a study in green. There was also an apartment from the 1600s to visit and a 13th-century tower to climb for a view back to the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573920218965-FBC0131KM59UWR0X2T4L/IMG_8669.jpeg Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy Happy as a pig in bricks. I thought I better include one picture of us so you know we were really there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1573921363564-W4MEUQSWS9EOF5ZXJOCJ/Screenshot+2019-11-16+17.21.30.png Blog - When in Doubt go to Italy https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/10/29/bordeaux-a-glass-half-full monthly 0.5 2021-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572423715510-5OK9Z8WW1VI90R79N7F4/IMG_7873.jpeg Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full The early morning view from our window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572423902346-80TT1H9AF82AEDHVZ1OG/Screenshot+2019-10-30+09.23.23.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572424074100-GPR8QG92R267T0A6BGUL/Screenshot+2019-10-30+09.26.43.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full Michael is always creating these great maps to show our family where we are or help me follow his travel planning. Here’s a layout of our summer and our wine touring options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572467276504-UULVQN094BCY8B2WQK4E/Screenshot+2019-10-30+17.35.35.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full Bordeaux deserves this perfect image (not mine) to commemorate all their hard work to wake up this Sleeping Beauty. Read about the transformation and the city’s rich history in a New York Times profile here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572472669431-LWR3EEYL2XCYZMNWK2OB/Screenshot+2019-10-30+17.48.59+2.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full For all its formality, Bordeaux has its fun side, too. This detail from the fountain at the Monument of the Girondins looks more like a scene from Woodstock than a tribute to the heroes of the French Revolution! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572440297856-PIEA49A5143DDRNSQPVP/Screenshot+2019-10-29+18.19.58.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572439272278-IP0G5254IBM5VJ3PT80V/Screenshot+2019-10-29+14.06.18.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572440174193-JG8LBQW5VY353GO6C8YP/Screenshot+2019-10-30+13.53.35.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full We didn’t visit the “city of wine”, but we found plenty of wine in the city! Our favorite wine bar was Bar a Vin, a stylish tasting bar supported by the Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bordeaux (Bordeaux Wine Council). That meant affordable prices and servers who were very helpful. Not a Wine Snoot in the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572442079952-V6IATDUOTU19RY3B7FR8/IMG_4810.jpeg Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full I’ll feed any birds, any time. It goes back to sitting on the grass with my dad as a toddler and feeding the ducks on Lake Washington, I know you aren't supposed to, but its something I just can’t help! If it it makes up for it, I do not feed bears. Ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572441398213-FO5097WJF9S1EF7EXC44/Screenshot+2019-10-30+14.15.11.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full If there is one constant in our travels it is time spent in local markets. We can’t buy much, but we enjoy the colorful stalls, the equally colorful people watching and sips and samples of local fare along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572443676359-A7JBOY5NHEN7ENZNI5NH/Screenshot+2019-10-30+14.36.18.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full The women’s pole-vault from Doha was amazing - especially with the fierce Sandi Morris winning the silver medal, coming second to the Russian Anzhelika Sidorova. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572443529899-Y578YA901XHFO6WW8XGQ/IMG_4792.jpeg Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full One of many Irish Pubs around the world we’ve counted on for sports on a big screen. Here we are for an English Breakfast (special hours) to watch USA v France in the World Rugby Cup from Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572443720243-39TMD0THCCR4FFZVDP13/Screenshot+2019-10-30+14.42.20.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full Michael’s willingness to talk to just about anyone about politics and sports has turned out to one of the best parts of our travels. He learns so much and takes great pleasure in meeting new people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1572444297338-WW7HXLK59U8SKH61SD87/Screenshot+2019-10-30+15.01.47.png Blog - Bordeaux - A Glass Half Full https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/10/16/award-winning-cannes monthly 0.5 2019-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571300203549-EDRNPL2BCODSI2HL9STD/Screenshot+2019-10-17+08.43.34.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571244854008-5MJLSOHRCY091D63RHRW/Screenshot+2019-10-16+18.51.37.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! We stood on these steps and imagined all the stars who tried not to trip on their gowns before us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571242134819-OKWGKWCTO00GYGIUI22S/Airbnbbed.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! Our Airbnb setting was like being in a resort. The grounds and the pool were immaculate, and the view was so enticing, there were days we never left home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571245646286-9FPYU030SERU7ZP7C2X7/Screenshot+2019-10-16+19.01.16.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571246306365-2FKVZ61C1QGEDLTSDKOP/Screenshot+2019-10-16+19.14.50.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! For every hill and every flight of stairs we found in Cannes - there seemed to be Gelato at the finish line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571247079420-O51PV83139MA8GL9H800/IMG_7216.jpeg Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571250402305-4IZ12EIUA5KEXEQWSCSB/Screenshot+2019-10-16+20.24.38.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571252264273-UXLLY0XZYZEOMW2CHDGY/IMG_7305.jpeg Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! Shopping is inevitable in Cannes. I finally bought a new top - it’s been a long time since I splurged on something so colorful! However, grandson Marcel, at the tender age of 7 took one look and said “Umm, Mooma, we don’t wear things like that in France!”. He obviously needs to spend more time in the sunny South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571251855213-VTNO510243PG74BZQQMT/Screenshot+2019-10-16+20.44.37.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571252159519-K8XOWNPTG6FEKCCWF96H/IMG_7243.jpeg Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! The view from Notre Dame de l'Esperance church courtyard overlooking the harbor and the Cannes Yachting Festival site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571294838120-3QZ8I3AFZ1IDFBFC53ID/Screenshot+2019-10-17+08.41.40.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571253302256-7OWKQBMBUB9B37T890XL/Screenshot+2019-10-16+21.14.03.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571253930344-2GPZ4GWK7KKR2MOY61VQ/Screenshot+2019-10-16+21.24.04.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571295530365-HIWSS5TZTQZM9OAAEF1U/Screenshot+2019-10-17+08.57.23.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571254171509-YE0BYWHI8UV1DTMCBVIE/Screenshot+2019-10-16+21.27.24.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! The bright blue Quigo trains are less expensive than the regular SNCF trains - sort of like a budget airline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1571295893077-VOKKRSU476V4GANFI0KL/Screenshot+2019-10-16+20.37.41.png Blog - And the Winner is...Cannes! We enjoyed the south of France for most of the summer and fall. So even it travel planning has it’s challenges, it also has its rewards. We may be back in Cannes next fall for the two boating events! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/10/1/on-to-lyon monthly 0.5 2019-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1569999326082-NUYTKQ0DLR3VQ5HDEYBL/Screenshot+2019-09-30+12.36.39.png Blog - On to Lyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1569999274765-W49K7LGNTDWZSBYL846T/Screenshot+2019-10-02+08.52.29.png Blog - On to Lyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1569999554317-KFS81B61C0TPW1YUR45F/IMG_6893.jpeg Blog - On to Lyon Just one of the many stairways it took to reach the top of Croix-Rousse hill where we lived. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570085600265-0E48NSQGL1HGFTBJCOFZ/ObFdA.jpeg Blog - On to Lyon On the way up the hill there were intriguing side streets and coffee shops to distract us from the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570006871225-Z8T630CG22OXXACOI56N/IMG_6692.jpeg Blog - On to Lyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570000807624-4RDZ13IQG9P9LDIUDP0Y/Screenshot+2019-10-02+09.19.02.png Blog - On to Lyon Lyon is a beautiful city day and night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570001223072-BZ5QG61B6PUKTCWYYB2Y/Screenshot+2019-10-02+09.25.25.png Blog - On to Lyon Bouchons are small, often family run restaurants that serve typical Lyonnais food - usually involving every edible bit of a pig there is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570001539484-VXIPL6LW43IX6XVPN2BD/Screenshot+2019-10-02+09.31.09.png Blog - On to Lyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570008176367-AI9IWWGPH2PROT0O6SQP/Screenshot+2019-10-02+11.08.38.png Blog - On to Lyon In a silk makers home, you lived with your loom and weaving was a family affair. Note the high beamed ceilings and large windows - these former ateliers are now highly sought after (and very expensive) by the affluent hipsters moving into the Croix-Rousse neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570007858944-JO0U25142QRY4U4VH8HB/Screenshot+2019-10-02+11.13.23.png Blog - On to Lyon This is Louis the XIV’s bedroom at Versailles. He has a similar one at Fontainebleau but this photo shows how copious amounts of different silks were used on the walls, the bedding, and the chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570011730781-VP4UIDDYACZN4MDNQ7CF/Screenshot+2019-10-02+12.20.57.png Blog - On to Lyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570011282814-5MNIM7T8E1BTG0HMMMTV/Screenshot+2019-10-02+12.13.38.png Blog - On to Lyon We were so intrigued by Paul that we invited him and his girlfriend to dinner. I made market-inspired Salad Niçoise, and created a pile of equally colorful dishes for Michael to do afterward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570016585603-SVAUI6YWC8ANBYDZGFCB/Screenshot+2019-10-02+13.41.16.png Blog - On to Lyon The magnificent gates to the botanical gardens Lyon. It is a huge green oasis in the center of the city complete with a lake and a free zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570008595394-TXF0P6GR4IHMF3S2J4JM/IMG_6426.jpeg Blog - On to Lyon Just your average fan enthusiasm at a Olympic Lyonnais football match! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570009296495-QPXBMJ9R35TMCAPR0UG9/Screenshot+2019-10-02+11.40.49.png Blog - On to Lyon Two versions of Renaissance - the Old Quarter of the city center and the newly developed Confluence! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570009563684-PHHN9YTXFI5POLH1X6Q2/IMG_6452+2.jpeg Blog - On to Lyon Here’s Mr. Campbell for scale purposes in front of The Canuts Mural. We saw it on a daily basis but there was always something new to discover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570009823974-KUIG05E6FJSRUH04LWBU/xF6PL.jpeg Blog - On to Lyon Click on the link above to learn about these amazing murals around Lyon. This one is is massive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570011897181-0WAK9DP4YNGRCJFRU1GJ/IMG_6475.jpeg Blog - On to Lyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570013673455-8VYAPGW1KYZ1CZOI2Q34/Screenshot+2019-10-02+12.53.39.png Blog - On to Lyon The top photo is of one of my favorite fountains in all of Europe. I could have looked it at for hours. And then a few pictures from the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière - one of my favorite churches in all of Europe! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1570010598094-B3EQKRL0S5B6Q3AMLZNM/Screenshot+2019-10-02+12.02.07.png Blog - On to Lyon https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/9/16/beach-bums monthly 0.5 2019-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568833543405-T3FRBROC29PEWAGI3EWW/Screenshot+2019-09-18+21.03.42.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568817384316-QWG6MQPPDJ23Y2TQ8Y8Z/Screenshot+2019-09-18+16.35.46.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568816993409-RS0UXIMQ8HNJ2CLWLGJK/Screenshot+2019-09-16+09.49.32.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568799149235-7NNV188I4RVC8YU2272M/Screenshot+2019-09-16+10.46.01.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568817495515-QAE0ZYHLZSLE342S4YNI/IMG_5568.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France I called this picture of Plage de la Roquille “Beach Sprinkles” on our @theseniornomads Instagram feed because it reminded me of of cupcake toppings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568819733867-6QH4VOIPP8FUAPZF48U3/Screenshot+2019-09-18+17.13.09.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France The view from our deck changed throughout the day depending on the traffic. After dinner we’d walk to the end of the marina to the lighthouse or along the waterfront into town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568820138816-HFQ5G4BEAO1NX8GJN8JL/Screenshot+2019-09-18+17.20.47.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France We saw several “Sea Jousting” events while we were in Sete. Our favorite was a competition between young boys around 10 years old. One or both would get knocked into the water and had to get themselves to the dock to be fished out by spectators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568810678193-366UQBI7Y4TG7LQYU281/Screenshot+2019-09-18+13.38.46.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France We didn’t realize how popular bull-fighting is in Provence. In Nimes, there are tournaments between Easter and September called Course Camarguaise which does not end with the death of the bull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568810920748-PCH4FEPW955CN2AFU8O1/Screenshot+2019-09-18+14.47.49.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568812113398-JEDLS46N4EQ5CE9FNWVH/Screenshot+2019-09-18+15.05.20.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568839473344-J9A7QCV3E5V7468EQSR1/Screenshot+2019-09-16+09.34.49.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568811995013-XS373BJO5TP5DC3G1YTK/IMG_6014.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France The show in the Roman Amphitheatre had it all. Lights, lasers, gladiators, horses, ships and dragons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568800413122-V6Y7ENC7VHDS0I6AT6BR/Screenshot+2019-09-18+11.50.53.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568812568672-2SOJTW2SB5I1RF71FBAV/Screenshot+2019-09-18+12.00.14.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568801371835-CF6J3L1Z60FVBG8SDP37/IMG_6115.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568801448645-8YHK5DPNAOY76LMRCNRN/Screenshot+2019-09-16+09.37.00.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568802096659-WF773UT5NGCNND5M68NG/IMG_6281.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France In the 15 months that Van Gogh lived in Arles he finished over 300 paintings and drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568802232368-166LS0XC8SUEELC17RNV/IMG_6276.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France One of several monuments to Van Gogh that show a painting in front of the scene where the artist drew his inspiration. This is the hospital where he was taken after he cut off part of his left ear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568813863281-R9PY8V9N9OUAEXQX4SIV/IMG_6319.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France This could be either the line for confession or the line to get into the Popes Palace. We skipped it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568812948934-R8UTFGRK75AKC1LD9F3Z/Screenshot+2019-09-18+15.19.55.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France Michael’s favorite artist Sisley proved Avignon was beautiful in any season. This was one the paintings at the Musee Angladon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568815603150-B4HPGPYKDMEQHTF2KG08/Screenshot+2019-09-18+16.03.28.png Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568814303098-W64E5VJU67OQ130T3VM2/IMG_6382.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1568815167212-HAO04OU6LG92ADWHR4FB/1320.jpeg Blog - Beach Bums in Southern France Cezanne’s Montagne Saite-Victorie gathered all of the colors of Provence on to one canvas. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/9/4/barcelona-detour monthly 0.5 2019-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567668069830-43795MLFXKUB79C4C5PA/K6ceQ+copy.png Blog - Barcelona Detour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567666773011-XYKTXEHZVISMSVYFUQYY/Screenshot+2019-09-05+07.37.09.png Blog - Barcelona Detour A picture from our first visit in 2014. It included an FC Barcelona match, pagan dancing and a Paella lesson. Here’s a link to that blog Tapas Dancing in Barcelona. We’d just started traveling so it is a fun look back.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567666076821-2GWFVHDP2KOZ0X6YIKT1/IMG_5165.JPG Blog - Barcelona Detour We have learned that the front door of a building often doesn’t represent the nice, clean, stylish Airbnb that lies on the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567666138300-S1H7XS20DL07CF7GPFTE/Screenshot+2019-09-05+08.31.13.png Blog - Barcelona Detour The light and lovely interior of our Airbnb. We shared the space with the owners, a very welcoming young couple that did their best to offer privacy. Sharing is a good thing … unless it’s bathrooms. However, entire apartments in July in Barcelona were priced sky high, so we compromised. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567669910778-7ZV72WW3SJA88EXD7DHK/Screenshot+2019-09-05+08.31.42.png Blog - Barcelona Detour The view from our little balcony offered a fascinating look “behind the scenes” of life in Barcelona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567668694229-D2WHEUZGVLGFWEWJFP7U/Screenshot+2019-09-05+09.27.21.png Blog - Barcelona Detour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567668756981-DBZIBQU3MQLQSEBN9UVP/Screenshot+2019-09-05+09.30.01.png Blog - Barcelona Detour Thousands of whimiscal details make up the whole of Sagrada Familia. You could study it for years! Here is a link to a one minute tour of the interior from TIME magazine. If you have time, watch the second video - a facsinating look at the ongoing construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567669445776-HHTE1ZM8ITPIGQH2KUX4/Screenshot+2019-09-05+07.55.43.png Blog - Barcelona Detour La Rambla in summer. More like an obstacle course that a tree lined path through the heart of the city! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567667918351-NVFBG0AOR3SDGU1SZXZL/Screenshot+2019-09-05+09.16.59.png Blog - Barcelona Detour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567671647427-Y44HX1QK8L7GW3F27TFN/Screenshot+2019-09-05+10.19.05.png Blog - Barcelona Detour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567674914385-T6LB5DQNZLXRBUUGLDSA/Screenshot+2019-09-05+11.12.32.png Blog - Barcelona Detour My video doesn’t do justice to this crazy tradition. Click here to watch this video that gives you a better idea of just what a Correfoc looks like! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567675251798-8HWZ3IYNFBBOMW6XX2A7/Screenshot+2019-09-05+11.19.45.png Blog - Barcelona Detour There are perfectly nice beaches just outside Barcelona where the water is warm and the beer is cold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567675527407-1SLGH7UKO65UCRT2EDQT/Screenshot+2019-09-05+11.24.26.png Blog - Barcelona Detour The view from the top of Parc Guell was worth the climb. Part of the benefits of our travel has been all the walking we do each day. We’re averaging 3+ miles a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567676267800-VNRHQ3LG8Y2CTMR3BWTY/Screenshot+2019-09-05+11.36.17.png Blog - Barcelona Detour Here’s a link to a BBC story that summarizes the Catalonia crisis in 300 words. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1567680376141-YOC1PBPH57HTUQ1PYGIF/Screenshot+2019-09-04+07.49.04.png Blog - Barcelona Detour We left the fireworks around independence and Fiesta Mayor behind us as we headed south. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/8/23/it-could-be-wurst monthly 0.5 2019-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566626112485-3QJIA9AS4K5YT990JH1Z/Screenshot+2019-08-24+07.49.32.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566633094138-DXXYZRJ8W8VWXPQ8BJFY/Screenshot+2019-08-24+09.50.12.png Blog - It Could be Wurst The beaches of the Languedoc region were beckoning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566764231274-TB6QQXM3NCKZZ2LVPGKV/Screenshot+2019-08-25+22.15.47.png Blog - It Could be Wurst Flixbus has Europe covered. And now have routes in the USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566629037355-844KENOMAOE8B5FHNIT9/IMG_4890.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst Flixbus offers 300,000 daily connections to 1,700 locations in Europe. No wonder we saw them everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566677556348-SY2EM1H0X9OIFFEYII40/Screenshot+2019-08-24+08.00.29.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566629074874-4032ANTNF8106C7VCQM5/IMG_4550.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst Our favorite key pick up place yet - the ice cream shop in our building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566630068605-OM0W8SQHK5NPE4J93UAA/IMG_4523.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst The flower beds and surrounding grounds of Schwerin castle were beautiful. The castle is pictured at the top of the blog. The interior was also stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566630093091-BFHE62SWCO9I28BS0QR2/IMG_4626.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst We see so many “live” statues that I waited for a while for this fellow to blink. Turns our he’s the real thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566722911171-GY2GN2CHTDJOT55588VT/IMG_4204.JPG Blog - It Could be Wurst Michael spend several hours at the Documentation Centre in Schwerin where he met Heike, the museum director. She appreciated Michael’s interest in the region’s World War II history and shared her own family history along with a jar of homemade jam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566630182961-08OWT4Y6CXL0O3CC4M5D/IMG_4988.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst Wild mushrooms were abundant in Germany so I made one of my favorite dishes - buttery Chanterelles on garlic toast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566630234759-1G3TNVR3MD43HSUQ3H17/IMG_4648.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst Waiting for the Flixbus between Schwerin and Berlin. We look happy now … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566630334384-X49GL84O278J21JMDJHE/IMG_4697.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst FInding our way our way out of this strange underground labyrinth was a challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566630406999-U0IYLME89M7FH7QCMXQE/Screenshot+2019-08-24+08.26.05.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566635543136-VYMLJ4JKKB6MM3G4WNGB/Screenshot+2019-08-24+10.13.21.png Blog - It Could be Wurst We found some great beach togs at the Humana stores dotted throughout our neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566635576486-F17FHGJPMH97MXJP017G/IMG_4715.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566675632365-SMSTQXI3W087F6S2QY81/IMG_4750.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst Standing in the center of the The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a sloping maze of stone blocks set at different levels that takes you on a reflective journey. Below ground there is a moving museum dedicated to the Holocaust victims throughout Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566635780627-E9YSUZ1BU7K9XI38KFTA/Screenshot+2019-08-24+10.19.36.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566636291063-228DD6JRUHMDGT3UCHX1/Screenshot+2019-08-24+10.43.44.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566632312392-DGIB1566SGQ3R8M2TG1B/IMG_4995.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst The view from our Airbnb balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566632331341-PL4O9R3KND3XE9A20SBW/IMG_4895.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst The thoughtful mini-bar in our apartment. What a great idea! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566676323435-72QXGH325QSSSYFI3697/Screenshot+2019-08-24+21.50.34.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566676101271-AVS6L4L4UCPJOIQP34X7/Screenshot+2019-08-24+21.46.24.png Blog - It Could be Wurst In Nuremberg I felt like most of my photos were taken looking up or looking down at all things wonderful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566646997151-FJOZ02EI7KCZ7EDGCFID/Screenshot+2019-08-24+13.41.31.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566676431852-TNZ8NZ4YVJD3T4WTAJV0/Screenshot+2019-08-23+18.56.03.png Blog - It Could be Wurst https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566676978870-73XEPQEWEAWKHZRDS0X8/Screenshot+2019-08-24+22.01.29.png Blog - It Could be Wurst A Nazi rally held in 1936. Just one of the thousands of images along with documents and videos available at the Nuremberg Documentation Centre. The German government doesn’t hide from their history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1566677083190-APS2LQXYE1V8J6SV7RS9/IMG_4748.jpeg Blog - It Could be Wurst Wurst was always served with a small bun. And speaking of bread … you can get all the fibre you need in Germany since most breads are whole grain and loaded inside and out with every kind of seed there is. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/8/14/cool-in-copehagen monthly 0.5 2019-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565795270169-ZO9PQ2IWIHUCH6THT07Y/Screenshot+2019-08-14+09.17.36.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565788677103-X8SHCPDAG9SIO48VBLN2/Screenshot+2019-08-14+15.15.32.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen Our Airbnb in Copenhagen is owned by an Architect and her family. It was a very cool space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565788744586-35KTNKK48DZABCS630Y9/IMG_4335.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen If you’re willing to climb 444 steps up a narrow winding staircase there is a magnificent view of the city from the top of the church spire. We preferred this view from our balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565790151073-GY871UQPM9XMKD09WC9M/Screenshot+2019-08-14+15.25.22.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565795460554-ARMC13GB8F612I1RD0F0/Screenshot+2019-08-14+12.31.09.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen We chose to walk everywhere, but over 52% of Copenhagen residents commute by bike. Be careful when you step into the street - the bike lanes are not particularly well defined here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565792090441-LMDP2H78SK2FWA1FWHOI/IMG_4435.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565794694987-JGO7XPJ03ONU3G79RKRM/Screenshot+2019-08-14+16.53.23.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565794798318-OL752NN0KY1Y2XRIENZM/Screenshot+2019-08-14+16.54.23.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen I dubbed this The Little Louvre” Here are just a few of the many fine sculptures and paintings on display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565794912838-5RYFU4AWVT8FOPKOHA90/IMG_4391.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565795812462-FJJSMPXEBCGE182SVWXM/Screenshot+2019-08-14+17.16.02.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565796565209-ZJGU1RJARF8GHHA4OBEQ/IMG_4074.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen Walking is the best way to see any city - and I think we found every corner of Copenhagen! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565798820641-VRB20PTCAPC1JB1DB2BB/IMG_4431.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen The canal tour was a highlight. The fancy boat is in front, and the blue Netto boat is in the background. Not much different between the two other than the $20 difference in ticket price! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565799248169-HDQ5WU8AROSUGCHET1B6/Screenshot+2019-08-14+09.21.02.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565799486140-5TJMONHVI8422YZWI6X1/IMG_4265.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen There is an interesting video I took of these boats in action on our Instagram @.theseniornomads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565799808903-4P3TFFMV2L0YXMYGBSTF/IMG_4160.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565800209073-H6BQBHUG01UMBFGGY7WY/Screenshot+2019-08-14+18.29.16.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen I had to chase my shoes down in Copenhagen at the shipper’s depot because we weren’t at our Airbnb when the two times they attempted delivery, but it all worked out and now i have two very happy feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565813876113-LJMFXZW2R2EV4E5YR29S/Screenshot+2019-08-14+22.16.55.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen Here’s one walking tour we were happy to miss. It is apparently part of a sensory city experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565801070551-6Q2IILL7P0GKGH47FSXD/Screenshot+2019-08-14+18.43.03.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen Colorful Christiana - a city with in a city with a city with it’s own laws, flag and communal way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565800760992-L3ANMTRP9F4UCQR3HDPS/IMG_4157.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen The Christianhavn Vold - a lovely walk near our Airbnb. You can see the church next to our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565814116878-UCGDKBZ7DH6MBDAD18AJ/Screenshot+2019-08-14+09.24.26.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen Colorful Copehagen. There were a lot of tourists, but there was room for everyone to enjoy the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565814282483-X6DNVP6HW38TRW1MFTMY/Screenshot+2019-08-14+14.41.30.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565814636948-9SUQIENIY30IL470J8BY/Screenshot+2019-08-14+13.55.56.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565851375526-K6WJ73U7TNHKX6NFDWZQ/IMG_3489.jpeg Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1565814810050-JBBBPURFA5PTSSUDD2JQ/Screenshot+2019-08-14+14.49.15.png Blog - Cool in Copenhagen https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/8/1/on-the-road-to-hygge monthly 0.5 2019-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564677617427-X23HMB7WRQORV85B57W3/Screenshot+2019-08-01+18.39.19.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564675072433-FUMCJU1A6D9E47AIVD43/Screenshot+2019-08-01+17.56.42.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge Hygge (pronounced Hue-ga) is a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture.) Winter is where Hyggeness really comes into play with wooly socks, crackling fires, lots of candles and warm drinks but summertime Hygge looks like this picture. NOTE: Apparently, our home town of Seattle is the Number one Hyggiest city in America! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564675237447-LXTIPQ48VROC3WWU7QJV/Screenshot+2019-08-01+12.29.44.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge Michael keeps the family up to date on our whereabouts and often attaches a map like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564676720114-8FTUQHYSMGVM1WF2127S/Screenshot+2019-08-01+18.24.11.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge We loved the split screen and the image to the right that matched up with the sign posts on the highway! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564675863385-7NB9N8VQC6YIB5N604QM/IMG_3493.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564724768891-3SL4IUSNUOFEUV2SZ753/IMG_3883.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge Every door step was scrubbed, the Holly Hocks were tamed, and there was sense of calm and order everywhere we looked. No wonder the Danish at the happiest people in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564675969172-WSV5QWE3MX00UOVFIB55/CA5B11C5-8BE9-48D2-9A48-B0FC6A0683FD.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge Our animated “night watchman” guide told the group very entertaining stories in Danish. Then he would turn to Michael and I as the only English speakers and give us a very brief recap. We’d have to rely on his broad gestures and the response from our fellow guests to fill in the gaps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564724901514-KJNR8KM5W147LJMSWR3K/IMG_4051+2.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge So many ways to have your ice cream! On a Belgian waffle or a freshly made cone? Soft serve? 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This new Ford Focus was a great car for a road trip. Easy to drive, great GPS, plenty of room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564726076099-F1OZ2KAIKYVA92D3115B/Screenshot+2019-08-02+08.02.42.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564726132352-2GDJXCYNB389WZRGDLZO/Screenshot+2019-08-02+08.06.00.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564731661681-WPRIP1NAZTBNHXJ321SZ/IMG_3793.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge Our Airbnb along with the beautiful beach, and honor stands offering just picked berries was very Hygge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564726698974-01GN88C7K7OLPKSBJ6VP/IMG_3689.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge On the day we visited Dokk1 the weather looked more like a bleak day in November! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564726748788-4CLZMMT2D76WZ81GGB34/IMG_3677.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge The parking system at Dokk1 was very high tech. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564727007841-UI328VP3CF60Y0PCDKUC/Globe-playground-Monstrum-Denmark.jpg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564726942129-TJNG825YIHRUY4WGV5DN/moesgaard-museum-close-up-of-the-roof.jpg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564727085559-HK0U8PDPQZEPRSO3N16E/IMG_3589.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge The Moesgaard museum above, and a detail from the Stone Age display. This was one of the most well planned, elaborate, and appropriately interactive museums we have ever experienced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564727232033-CIZ2TK96ZIV76LM62UOD/aarhus+2.jpg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564727291178-IUJXMPO3K918CFVMIDTS/1505787739066.jpg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564728633629-S17EU9DJ9O4U5KILRBVF/Screenshot+2019-08-02+08.49.31.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564728750446-PU4UQ3HW9A5HJDACC3CJ/Screenshot+2019-08-02+08.51.35.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564730043704-9HY6LV19G3KAFXVDDPJG/odense.jpg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564730493514-RX7IXA3PBHZNL1JWW5RL/IMG_3875.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564731770424-1VMUC8BDB586ZTT5G3KI/IMG_3455.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564730544410-G6V24AEO68G0JGCBVMO5/IMG_3922.jpeg Blog - On the Road to Hygge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1564731435792-B4HMQVJE2P14RSHBZ1TE/Screenshot+2019-08-02+09.35.45.png Blog - On the Road to Hygge Time to fill the DIESEL (not gas!) tank one more time and let Gerta lead us back to Hamburg. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/7/17/wytykj8gssaxgsvehgcgxj5bxr4vsi monthly 0.5 2019-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563514308402-M7NOBYR09MCWWZCIHU8O/Screenshot+2017-07-08+10.58.46.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563514244755-0KFUWZ4QT920ARJN01J0/IMG_7343.jpg Blog - Meet the Hamburgers As you can see, we are always happy to on the road together in Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563514749688-32N9NFNFIHMVANTMV02N/IMG_2296.jpg Blog - Meet the Hamburgers The Chief Travel Planner hard at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563515040280-6MTGUDXA7SWX3AO3OSXQ/IMG_0485.jpeg Blog - Meet the Hamburgers This picture was taken a couple of years ago, but the load we carry is the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563515405368-UK1EHFE4K5DGGPSLT923/Screenshot+2019-07-17+18.12.45.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers Our slow dance in the train car felt a little like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563515830233-TSID4JP5A9F5RL986SMM/Screenshot+2019-07-19+07.55.27.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers Here’s a look at our Airbnb. You can see why we asked to have the mattress moved to the floor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563516327291-9XSH5568A2S73HU1V9Y6/Screenshot+2019-07-17+18.28.34.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563516283570-YWG11AQ9MWKVTDU85Y22/Screenshot+2019-07-17+18.26.50.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers Hamburg is a beautiful city filled with historic buildings, lots of green spaces, and water, water everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563516411131-CKF0QGIXWPQ07H0NN9GL/Screenshot+2019-07-17+14.21.03.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers The infamous Elbphilharmonie. If you can’t get a ticket for a performance, you can also be wait-listed for a tour. Those are booked two to three weeks in advance. But on any given day you can watch the busy harbor from the observation deck just above the brick level - and dine in the very cool restaurant. There is also a Westin Hotel located on the upper floors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563513231335-5FRZARCBPGBH7XI399AR/IMG_3076.jpeg Blog - Meet the Hamburgers The very talented San Marco Chamber Society, on tour from Florida included two married couples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563517547929-9XXEOYAIAZTUQEPWX3NV/IMG_3251.jpeg Blog - Meet the Hamburgers My favorite piece in the MK&G museum was a chandelier made of hundreds of every day plastic objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563517600067-QT8YVJS1WOAVXJRWMF35/Screenshot+2019-07-19+08.10.15.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers Michael’s favorite piece from the maritime museum was this scale model of the Queen Elizabeth II made from Lego bricks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563513595295-4TVJQ6TO2AYWK8NMH784/Screenshot+2019-07-19+07.16.09.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers The view of the iconic TV tower painted on the side of the building, and our actual view out the window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563513706160-G1HRUNW01HWQ153K9RSX/Screenshot+2019-07-17+18.07.03.png Blog - Meet the Hamburgers The aftermath of Operation Gomorrah in 1943 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563519664967-HGI9WQ2P5CA5XO4LYLWN/IMG_3122.jpeg Blog - Meet the Hamburgers Hamburg today from the observation deck at St. Nikolai church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1563520319394-P31NHIM067AN1ON6X2AJ/IMG_3922.jpeg Blog - Meet the Hamburgers We enjoyed watching all of the USA Women’s World Cup Matches either on line or in local pubs. It was so much fun to watch these warriors - and especially cheer on our home town hero, Seattle’s Megan Rapinoe. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/7/1/its-a-barge-life monthly 0.5 2020-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561994514619-IMNE6I9ICYJLFZ78QR3Q/Screenshot+2019-07-01+17.17.14.png Blog - It's a Barge Life Our barge was not quite as romantic as this one painted by Roelof Rossouw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562151105066-0YUIKSBWUDJZBOTM25JD/IMG_3832.JPG Blog - It's a Barge Life The view from our barge was ever changing. From the boat traffic down the canal to spectacular evening sunlight that made many famous French impressionists swoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562167351547-S78GIDK3AU3TV3COC27W/cafb946d7cce2df7e8866df5d6bad1aa.jpg Blog - It's a Barge Life This goes way back! The years that MIchael produced professional sports events in Seattle and Europe were memorable ones for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562151648981-ZJ19CBR3CZP716FFHHAF/Screenshot+2019-07-03+12.58.24.png Blog - It's a Barge Life Francoise was the 1967 French Open Women’s Champion. She was known for her very unusual backhand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562151770160-4M0NFFA204L25P6DU1MT/IMG_2530.jpeg Blog - It's a Barge Life It was a big day out in more ways than one! We were honored to spend some time with the legendary French player, and good friend, Francoise Durr at the French Open at Roland Garros. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562181310849-UPGUFHNHMG702KJRUYCU/Screenshot+2019-07-03+21.14.13.png Blog - It's a Barge Life Learning a bit about good sportsmanship along with the rules of the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562152011614-ZZ9KB6S3SFX3QXSZ3G6I/Screenshot+2019-07-03+13.05.37.png Blog - It's a Barge Life Our Barge home for two weeks had it’s pluses and minuses - but it was certainly memorable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562152709107-KAYS8EYBQU6Q8M22HI62/IMG_2627.jpeg Blog - It's a Barge Life Michael keeps his eye out for boats when we search for places near water. It’s easy to look for unusual properties like boats, tree houses, campers, yurts and even castles using the Unique Stays filter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562165067637-PKU36JKK7BLPEMEYGYUW/Screenshot+2019-07-03+16.43.31.png Blog - It's a Barge Life If money is no problem whatsoever, you can take a hunk of rusting metal and turn it into a dream home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562166957222-UI3ZTCL6MQTZCZB0W4XF/Screenshot+2019-07-03+17.14.29.png Blog - It's a Barge Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562152649801-RKL7CUZG02VIWYBT3UU4/IMG_3816+2.jpeg Blog - It's a Barge Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562152782737-Y7IQLP3J705M3TYOOZJ9/IMG_3807.JPG Blog - It's a Barge Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562180222176-1Y6P82XWL3F5N0Q4Y188/Screenshot+2019-07-03+20.52.03.png Blog - It's a Barge Life Crossing the bridge into Moret-sur-Loing takes you back in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562179242384-JPD3UN8I84SSIH249ZA2/Screenshot+2019-07-03+20.38.15.png Blog - It's a Barge Life Renowned impressionist Alfred Sisely painted this same view of the bridge in 1887. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562166082412-W31E6248EXKLTC0V0V9M/IMG_2719.jpeg Blog - It's a Barge Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562166689614-BJG3X5S5LRSUQX3OA1K2/Screenshot+2019-07-03+17.10.30.png Blog - It's a Barge Life I’m always over the moon when I am having lunch in Paris with Mary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562153380269-EH96JZ02CHH9OC9VZ2J7/IMG_3869.jpeg Blog - It's a Barge Life Marcel and Coco weren’t sure what to make of the thousands of USA fans in their red, white and blue! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562153513187-DVW8XF7GOP95K2UZK8HM/IMG_3937.JPG Blog - It's a Barge Life Possibly the treats Mooma (that’s me) provided for the long trip home had something to do with the kids being a touch wound up when we dropped them home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1562153798377-N32FDXQ7IGB25794UZHW/IMG_2584.jpeg Blog - It's a Barge Life https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/6/8/portugal-part-ii monthly 0.5 2019-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561017054256-LZQ1X4U5BI6OKA91SA36/Screenshot+2019-06-07+15.12.18.png Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561018072195-1ZY8JNANIR8MWPQBGAXP/Screenshot+2019-06-19+16.18.57.png Blog - Portugal Part II The view from our Airbnb offered a daily parade of tall ships, cruise ships, tankers and surfers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561018785029-B84OMNAP7JVYTHVU79NJ/Screenshot+2019-06-20+10.15.04.png Blog - Portugal Part II We had a Mutual Admiration Society going … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561018910012-ND63K8UM2NM9IENO019L/Screenshot+2019-06-07+12.57.10.png Blog - Portugal Part II Our beach across the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561018985135-0Z18L2AOBQTJYOQPLDJA/Screenshot+2019-06-07+12.58.46.png Blog - Portugal Part II Surfing school in session https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561019162963-CEFPNNC43PSU8UUGOY3D/image.jpg Blog - Portugal Part II Cascais is a lovely seaside resort town that was just fifteen minutes away by train. We fell in love with it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020432360-4HSPUEDX3XY299PBQCOT/Screenshot+2019-06-20+10.46.00.png Blog - Portugal Part II The black and white tiles all through town were just like the ones we saw all over Rio de Janerio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020560350-X3L92BKLNT0HKYAGWKOA/jeronimo-monastery.jpg Blog - Portugal Part II The Monestario dos Jeronimos is impressive. But the church next door has fewer tourists and is free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020528714-56RZMRQJOGPOFOAE7NJK/Screenshot+2019-06-18+11.27.08.png Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020792714-Z30LLX6Z2NC693DHJKYS/IMG_2165.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II Michael with our host Anabela https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020811918-BL7UH38CZ79297T7MO4P/IMG_2128.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020840355-L4HC7QD5X4N4UK7IMMCH/IMG_2147.JPG Blog - Portugal Part II Proof that we reached the furthest western point of Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020885209-4PQ6CLFOSPCO04LZC7UQ/IMG_2176.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561020906850-NWQF6O0T5731ENX7FY7R/IMG_2180.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II The view from our table tucked away in the restaurant gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561027129289-IUULHVM2WAVSMTK96THH/IMG_2185.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II Anabela took us to a local market where there were very few tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561024924031-P2RJDKBP48N6KYKBR2SR/portugal-sintra-palacio-da-pena.jpg Blog - Portugal Part II The Palacio de Pena in Sintra is a place that shouldn’t be missed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561021035712-IITKVWQDYQFNBDJOEM17/Screenshot+2019-06-07+14.54.21.png Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561021224597-IO5YJTD2Z18BD9OQ6YQJ/Screenshot+2019-06-20+10.59.14.png Blog - Portugal Part II Our Airbnb was tiny, but well decorated, full of amenities, and in a great location. You can’t ask for more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561021309347-U4725IA9QM8C03BWQ56N/Screenshot+2019-06-07+14.53.33.png Blog - Portugal Part II Be sure and take a ride on Tram 28 - but try and catch it at the beginning or end of the line to get a seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561021568312-U6JWF9KJ7ADRCWL103EG/IMG_2294.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II The fenicular is another way to get up the hillside in Barrio Alto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561021691078-RZ9UXU4KLJAEZ2J2UN13/IMG_2350.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561021920964-L212Q1W2PUH2TL79PO9V/Screenshot+2019-06-20+11.11.07.png Blog - Portugal Part II I am a big fan of the seafood food in Portugal - Michael less so. However, we both loved the pastries, and the ham and chorizo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561022311812-Z4TN0FFCA5HIIPHDNZU6/Screenshot+2019-06-07+14.02.07.png Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561022343233-K448YXHAHW7G96O4KRPX/Screenshot+2019-06-07+15.17.13.png Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561022377308-UPNJZ2X8EGO74RX0DRZ8/IMG_2281+2.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561022429062-G6YZTDYZLYYRHCV0FSZJ/IMG_20190525_212020934.JPG Blog - Portugal Part II New Nomads Tess and Roger Marshall are just starting their life on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561022735414-DKP1G3KJRGER885EHVU9/IMG_2322.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II The constantly moving images and emotive music made this show under the night sky spectacular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561022819612-9TEBNHNV9DYAG6CKT1DR/IMG_3779.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II Michael surrounded by women with wanderlust - ReAnn, myself and Joyce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1561022917524-QNP0BMJ9X9TVLVCV0892/IMG_2385.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part II https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/6/6/portugal monthly 0.5 2019-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1559979575116-PE3UOKQI3Z4XWEDAWQZW/Screenshot+2019-06-08+09.38.14.png Blog - Portugal Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1559978388775-VNDV5ZOV5IVPCO5PNOKQ/Screenshot+2019-06-08+08.43.08.png Blog - Portugal Part I The famous schooner USS Zaca II was built by MIchael’s grandfather’s shipbuilding company Nunes Brothers Boat & Ways Co. in Sausalito, California in 1930 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1559980698145-UATFZ4BY14AYONUSU532/Screenshot+2019-06-08+09.51.16.png Blog - Portugal Part I The streets of Old Town were busy day and night - we were happy to be here in May before the summer season kicked in and the city and the beaches became over crowded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1559984004755-FZLIECSXEEHP54OVIJ41/Screenshot+2019-06-08+10.52.05.png Blog - Portugal Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1559981197511-IPPTCICIN8JKG4Z8D0YS/IMG_1922.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part I Our Airbnb was just a few minutes walk from the Praia Azul beach. We were surprised to find it almost deserted most days - but that won’t last long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1560078500257-JFK7XNFYMYO1Q2K8LO6C/IMG_1973.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part I I was very happy with a round of Mini Golf on Mother’s Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1559983645095-UX03SNRO7ZXT8YE4YVYT/Screenshot+2019-06-08+10.10.39.png Blog - Portugal Part I Toot Toot! I sort of have a soft spot for tourist trains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1560007294286-QUNGO6NNWB03P9CZPT16/IMG_1944.jpeg Blog - Portugal Part I With all that spare time, you’d think we could have finished this puzzle but the writing in the middle had us both stumped! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1559984365625-K5HR79P4E61XIB2FEUVG/Screenshot+2019-06-08+10.58.24.png Blog - Portugal Part I https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/5/21/home-sweet-almost-home monthly 0.5 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558521224870-JPSJ31PPILDU30VYX080/Screenshot+2019-05-21+17.59.56+2.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558521708218-KG5PXJVO1L9OS043LWCM/IMG_2331.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home Not only do we have a home, we have a friendly neighbor cat. I don’t think I could be any happier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558536736484-Y40G3SVHV4N6RAMGEOMF/IMG_1862.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home The grandchildren waiting at the window of their house around the corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558539390465-XYB2GISYOFEY49CXUIB7/IMG_5639.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558601707251-2IHI4NNE769M7SX8HGCA/IMG_2298.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558601643920-G1ZTLQOK6SMM9QRYZDBE/IMG_5626.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558521906907-57LM8ZZ1QX61H0DPZMGO/IMG_2437.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558598462624-HH9FQIEXY3SOK2743KUD/Screenshot+2019-05-23+08.59.54.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558521364947-BH5NKK25JXWS9P5664JN/Screenshot+2019-05-20+11.26.23.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558595933554-VB6TIAG1T4C6K5Y6G3OW/Screenshot+2019-05-23+08.18.03.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558521996802-I49RHO43J8SRAFIC9D8B/Screenshot+2019-05-21+17.59.33.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home The sport of “bouldering” in the Fountainebleau forest is a big draw to the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558528495943-EE1I450NFTE4V7IBTTF3/Screenshot+2019-05-21+17.49.09.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home We haven’t been here in Spring time before and if you ever visit this part of France it is the perfect season. Everything is in bloom and wisteria drapes over almost every wall in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558536220302-6XZZXOJZ9TU4L2TSYFZF/IMG_1363.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home Shopping at the fresh markets in France is so satisfying. I don’t know why, but carrots take on a new status. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558537005310-2TFFRP1AFX83JSIV8L8F/Screenshot+2019-05-22+15.54.41.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home It’s such a treat for me to cook for the whole family when we are in Samois. It’s Lasagne Night! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558521015925-ZQX8PRCIOMLGG5YQFR2T/IMG_1651.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home Overnight fun with the Masked Munchkins. We stay up late and eat candy. Don’t tell Mom and Dad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558528368709-IT4IENG48I8RAGCDOF3C/IMG_3597.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home Maybe we have another formula car driver in the family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558525221261-5M2BP2PLEJ8FF4E6SAPM/IMG_1809.jpeg Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home Marcel and Colette putting themselves in the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558525430068-1OXC61F74MWCC9URDJD8/Screenshot+2019-05-22+11.09.04.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1558525467190-325MZLVMZ13WXKIVFZLX/Screenshot+2019-05-22+11.02.31.png Blog - Home Sweet Almost Home Since you cannot visit Notre Dame, consider Sainte Chapelle nearby. Personally I think it is the most beautiful place in all of Paris. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/5/9/rio monthly 0.5 2019-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557405800252-OVTKIP8JYTK5VFSSS7HV/Screenshot+2019-05-08+21.22.08.png Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557406094869-Q2X1V7N6PNP862D4UXFW/Screenshot+2019-05-09+13.06.54.png Blog - Rio Revealed Apparently there are Uber Lounges in America, but this is the first one we’ve encountered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557407232421-EIEHAHYIVHDE3SG24IBR/Screenshot+2019-05-09+14.06.02.png Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557409448247-ZDCD0UUTIRAJ1B9FGG59/Screenshot+2019-05-09+14.40.22.png Blog - Rio Revealed Caption: The outside of the building was nondescript but the apartment was one of my favorites. It was brightly decorated and filled will light in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557409880715-GLJQZ1A7R16K24KAZIKT/Screenshot+2019-05-09+14.49.46.png Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557410282116-Z9NHHWFZRXMI3AQ52JLJ/Screenshot+2019-05-09+14.12.33.png Blog - Rio Revealed We added this delicious, very popular Acia (Ah-sa-ee) smoothie to our diets. It was particularly popular in Rio, and I am sure the antioxidants helped in Michael’s recovery. He preferred his with granola stirred in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557422229535-TVNPX1VB684GLNQE04SL/Screenshot+2019-05-09+18.14.46.png Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557421111536-RLONV3QFU0ZNW0SYI4UY/Screenshot+2019-05-09+17.57.11.png Blog - Rio Revealed Just 48 hours between photos taken on the same street in front of the Botanical Gardens in Leblon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557417636554-OAYDFLRDEM3T00TK6EOH/Screenshot+2019-05-09+16.58.53.png Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557418769890-OEVRU6Z2COQ3CR2E6E9E/IMG_0975.jpeg Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557422359372-1KHXLEOOJ73BWNMM9UXQ/Screenshot+2019-05-09+17.05.04.png Blog - Rio Revealed The mural by Eduardo Kobra depicts natives of Brazil is the longest in the stretch of street art world and is painted near the former slave trade warehouses. The Salt Steps are a sacred place for black Brazilians and sit in the heart of Little Africa. They are also next to the birthplace of Samba and Choro music, and several times a week there are impromptu jam sessions here where you can experience the real thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557483047126-JID75GL1GTGX81IZ2H45/DmX82.png Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557420524902-RSWTKS8AWT418OFF9H3D/Screenshot+2019-05-09+17.47.04.png Blog - Rio Revealed Pictured with Luiz, our experience host. Note the security guards on the field - they never turned around! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557421691974-087CX49PGDJQ4MOQD41X/Screenshot+2019-05-08+21.32.10.png Blog - Rio Revealed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557421611501-WA5BVHGKARFEXZPQUOK4/Screenshot+2019-05-09+18.05.29.png Blog - Rio Revealed Not quite ready for Prime Time, but we enjoyed donning festive gear and I found a “feathered friend” to add to my collection - our Samba instructor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1557419968713-9D6MI4SGIA5G6HXONJ25/IMG_0875.jpeg Blog - Rio Revealed Cheers from Ipanema! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/4/24/uruguay monthly 0.5 2019-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556177823959-3NVNTP45S0RJMM3I463Y/Screenshot+2019-04-24+21.32.57.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556185152960-VVJNS2V994W86YRSBM23/Screenshot+2019-04-24+21.35.05.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay Just like the country itself, this blog on Uruguay will be squeezed between the Argentina and Brazil posts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556178018763-6P7CM8APO1F50UI7V8Y7/Screenshot+2019-04-25+08.49.40.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556178089622-TXRL37IMAC742XSPQZ41/Screenshot+2019-04-25+08.51.09.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556178172009-X9WXBW2VFLOVKSBAZY8J/IMG_0154.jpg Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556179950423-EW61M8UYBAG23CWYLZG5/Screenshot+2019-04-25+09.44.41.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay These two signs plastered to the plexiglass read: Attention! if there is no change notify the driver. Huh? The second one reads Mr. Passenger: When you speak do it loud. No kidding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556186481586-JJC3M5HRBE6KHLZRCZH8/Screenshot+2019-04-25+10.40.49.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay We never got tired of our view from the 14th floor of the Palacio Salvo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556186897777-VYTGIQ19UA5AP2R5WE3U/Screenshot+2019-04-25+12.06.45.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay The original intent of the 1928 building was to be five star hotel, but the scheme failed and now it is a mix of apartments and offices. You can tour the building as see some of the more important rooms and the observation deck on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556193016025-R6GK639E72G14LL07Y49/Screenshot+2019-04-25+13.49.10.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay It was hard to get lost in Montevideo since we were living in the most photographed landmark in the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556194560604-NB0JTDFHBVLTN5K6INBI/Screenshot+2019-04-24+21.50.43.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556194636358-ECVBZZ4HIFA9EINXJJQV/Screenshot+2019-04-24+21.50.10.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556194700789-815R7PN47Y2CY78MCS3M/Screenshot+2019-04-24+21.58.06.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556259039898-VIBKNQELEASY9NQ7UPHW/IMG_3354.jpg Blog - On our Way through Uruguay The interior of Inglesia Matriz was one of the most elegant churches we’ve seen on our travels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556193643471-4SHC3SQEAM3Q24YTDAY1/Screenshot+2019-04-25+08.45.46.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556193730764-W1O8BT9C4ZDWNZNI7T0L/Screenshot+2019-04-25+08.44.23.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556195801472-5A602CNB8CGO06U20FH8/Screenshot+2019-04-25+09.22.15.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556180919725-Y64X07BH8HVEM1ZLF5HU/Screenshot+2019-04-25+09.33.05.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556184302487-UDCGRSWDQ2Z9X47MMJWB/Screenshot+2019-04-25+11.10.17.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556195475721-MNYDLDWSCYDVQKR3RYJS/Screenshot+2019-04-25+09.17.53.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556195685789-F2VRMIK5FU0E38MRWER1/Screenshot+2019-04-25+14.33.13.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay I tasted mate for the first and last time. Too bitter for me…notice my thermos matched my dress perfectly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556180596932-7LRLGVX6OMTNUD0PCKSA/IMG_3349.jpg Blog - On our Way through Uruguay Our dapper reporter, Fabian Muro, was a wonderful source of information about the politics of Uruguay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556180682535-SHVZFMTLZ891W272O735/Screenshot+2019-04-24+22.10.17.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay Former President Mujica in front of his simple home (with his mate, of course). He is a folk hero to many. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556194868410-ICB8CUPMPG68KNOS42LY/Screenshot+2019-04-25+14.11.01.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay Hmmm. I wonder how BMW feels about the BYD emblem? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1556194102792-7SY1CSO6K2LIMBGYZ4QH/Screenshot+2019-04-25+14.05.52.png Blog - On our Way through Uruguay We flew on the Brazilian airline Azul to Rio de Janeiro. This became number 51 on the list of Airlines we have flown. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/4/11/buenos-aires monthly 0.5 2019-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555095164803-254HD1MMCXQUOYESVGNM/Screenshot+2019-04-12+15.49.01.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555095568978-S12S8J4JMTKB3664M59N/Screenshot+2019-04-12+15.02.19.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires A typical Buenos Aires Street lined with beautiful trees. The downside is the sidewalks can be treacherous because the tree roots push the paving tiles into uneven and broken patches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555157197086-NJCDH8TM1NMYW30AQ8CS/IMG_3240.jpg Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires Of course in Argentina, the streets are also used for political demonstrations almost on a daily basis. We learned a great deal about the difficult history here as well as current unrest and frustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555095726471-FMRXKYPL2PGT49RD4OBN/IMG_9534.jpg Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires Our Airbnb host Alberto. He was a wonderful, gracious man. And my hair double. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555104628031-VCWDVUMNKF71058IFDA8/Screenshot+2019-04-11+13.47.34.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555096028156-KR0W718M3BHVDCBKSF9W/Screenshot+2019-04-11+13.48.14.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555156944130-CFH568AO4WN4PO5E9U3Y/Screenshot+2019-04-13+08.59.13.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires I would love to go back in time and stroll the streets and gardens of 1900 Buenos Aires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555157053810-6VHQ60R4NVYH76L1V42Y/Screenshot+2019-04-11+13.08.14.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires The Harbor in La Boca in 1901. La Boca became home to thousands of immigrants living in tenement conditions gave birth to three mainstays of Argentinian life: Football, Tango and Protests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555179392283-0ZDTZ5H3AM2HYSRFLPMW/Screenshot+2019-04-13+15.09.08.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires Innocent flower and wine shop by day. All night speakeasy after 8. Just enter through the flower cooler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555096240822-ZVY3YIRI3W01HW4EQC3J/Screenshot+2019-04-11+14.42.25.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555096501064-PTDK20I641U6T5AB97BK/IMG_9691.jpg Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555105861484-7W5VP2EYBD55PIIJ720S/Screenshot+2019-04-12+18.48.48.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555097310838-H0DSRN0O6G00L3O9SS1A/Screenshot+2019-04-12+16.26.12.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires We learned the different ways of folding the edges of an empanada so you know what’s inside. The crimping is different for meat, chicken, cheese, or just veggies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555106127478-GMZXWDX0QTIVZAL8GHXY/IMG_0006.jpg Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555107572489-AMO6UMPSODMIE3ALFXBI/Screenshot+2019-04-12+19.02.42.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires We took a paid tour from the same Free Walking Tour company of the Recoleta neighborhood. Our tour guide Luke was an American expat. He had a fresh perspective on the colorful history, including some of the tragic events of the 1970’s that happened here. Now it’s a tourist destination but still an enclave for artists, and, as the home of tango, a great place to watch musicians and dancers all hours of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555107492237-8DKBS1PQD2UU7HOVDEEZ/Screenshot+2019-04-12+15.31.52.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires Impromptu tango dances are everywhere in Buenos Aires. Just listen for the music! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555107186425-ULB0UCZNXBFG0MTYOLJB/Screenshot+2019-04-12+19.10.23.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555107684592-EHCLLJIEMA3VDTQVVU53/IMG_9716.jpg Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires The Devil himself … Diego. with our first bottle of wine of the evening. If you are in BsAs you should take this Experience. It’s a great way to get two things checked off the list at once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555109069820-49A258NUR95ZKVNBF0C7/Screenshot+2019-04-11+13.28.12.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires In keeping with the wine tasting theme, we found a restaurant in Palermo called Vico with over 140 wines to try. You get a “credit” card and when you insert the card in the case each bottle dispenses a taste, a half glass, or a full serving at the touch of a button. You pay the amount on the card at the end. Great food, too https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555108832998-ZBQ0GL6TPLT4OU4LALTO/Screenshot+2019-04-12+19.38.58.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555109245377-ZB8L93J4GTT7IDF7P3LD/IMG_9747.jpg Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires Lined up with the rest of the hipsters waiting for the garage doors to roll up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555109472445-YFOALGGCP3YFFRXQRAPS/IMG_9769.jpg Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires A Dulce de Leche ice cream flower planted firmly in a fresh bubble waffle instead of a cone. Amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1555155469727-6H6H2WIYOOLJP2AC9DUH/Screenshot+2019-04-13+08.35.31.png Blog - Bonjour Buenos Aires Airbnb decided to have a few professional photos taken of us while we were in Buenos Aires for their press files. It is so nice to have good pictures of the two of us that aren’t selfies or taken by strangers on the street! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/3/25/chillsinchile monthly 0.5 2019-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553687611330-PX1OWBU5OB5XSAB2ZEJP/Screenshot+2019-03-25+13.46.39.png Blog - Chills in Chile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553687779565-J2XFEVT1ZQHM9ABA9J6T/IMG_9096.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile Michael and I both caught colds that laid us low for a few days - it’s been a long time since I was captured on film like this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553688750356-Z8MQH7YCZ71EG9YMUKWP/IMG_9066.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile I had a Happy Birthday. But a rather sad dinner. I won’t even name the restaurant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553688913512-798FXBCO6N6B8EEMHRYF/IMG_9125.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile We enjoyed a sunny afternoon at the famous Club Hipico de Santiago Racetrack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553730414505-L7PHRZFZUKUESJNKMF90/IMG_9190+copy.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile The starting point for one of our walking tours. I guess we’d spell Seattle STLE. Right? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553728259806-EM8CDEOASM9C4Q17L5NI/Screenshot+2019-03-27+20.09.08.png Blog - Chills in Chile We took four walking tours in all. One through the food markets, one historical tour, one city overview and a street art tour that ended with ice cream. So that was the best one! Note the knitted women who was not paying attention to the guide! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553689082602-G35Y2ZCWMA7B3M9IT0YO/Screenshot+2019-03-25+16.20.30.png Blog - Chills in Chile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553727938406-PHEMWZZHMQX02KSYIHBH/Screenshot+2019-03-27+20.04.05.png Blog - Chills in Chile Our Airbnb was filled with sunlight and the kitchen was great. I especially enjoyed using the stove top toaster, and I love making coffee in Italian Moka pot a whenever I get the chance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553689220661-FV6GD6LUXL00NQYGJRLS/IMG_3148.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile Michael with his new friend Orlando - yet another stranger who came to our aid by helping us purchase football tickets as “locals” using his personal credit card so we wouldn’t be rejected as foreigners. I apologize to Orlando for having the Punta logo sticking out of his head like a pair of crazy rabbit ears! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553728762847-91F8BBVJ8B8TO5EW88WF/IMG_9384.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553729307294-XAY0PIU616G5S9PQ8XB4/Screenshot+2019-03-27+20.26.44.png Blog - Chills in Chile Michael and Simon sharing a Colo Colo hand gesture. I hope it means “I love my team!”. The Fans were definitely a rowdy bunch. They were constantly throwing rolls of register tape onto the field! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553729595492-3GNMZTXIMQ7HXL8KOFMU/Screenshot+2019-03-27+20.32.19.png Blog - Chills in Chile A trip to Valparaiso by bus got us out of the city. The colorful art, houses, happy street dogs and a much better seafood lunch at Fauna made it a great day out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553730986047-RGI8XATGKSMN6PO94248/Screenshot+2019-03-27+20.55.19.png Blog - Chills in Chile We could see this Gondolas from our house so we enjoyed taking the ride up San Cristobal ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553689416877-QS47CKJ6UQ43NBOS1UGE/IMG_9483.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile Our tour guide at Concha y Toro Winery just outside Buenos Aires. We enjoyed the Casillero del Diablo rose as our “house wine” while we were in Santiago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553729918618-2KDPRP56GF31K9V7JM89/IMG_3193.jpg Blog - Chills in Chile Out late at bravo with our host Macarena and her partner Romani. Macarena is a film producer and university professor. She had many interesting stories about the politics of making movies in Chile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1553729802486-HA0F1T8ZTEMD28BEPSGK/Screenshot+2019-03-25+16.44.12.png Blog - Chills in Chile https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/3/12/lima monthly 0.5 2019-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552470389788-UAR1MAKR119HEAGSDX4O/Screenshot+2019-03-13+06.45.11.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552416909344-QNTAQOZ9C8MX9FO7Z1XM/Screenshot+2019-03-12+15.51.36.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima Our home for two weeks in the posh part of Lima’s Miraflores neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552389888172-SHKM131NFB3ASAQILU31/IMG_8602.jpg Blog - Laid Back in Lima The view from our balcony. It was sunny and around 75 degrees every day - and interesting fact: it almost never rains in Lima. They get 1/2 inch a year, while Seattle averages over 37 inches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552390172051-5GDZHZ9YGPSN2FVEIUZP/Screenshot+2019-03-09+11.35.27.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima The Miraflores Boardwalk started just across the street from our Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552417205182-QZW4VK5G821FSY81HKQ7/IMG_2955.jpg Blog - Laid Back in Lima “When in Lima, do as the Limans do”. Stop for a kiss in front of the “El Biso” statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552390302067-BNB4P05I9EY70OF868S7/IMG_8861.jpg Blog - Laid Back in Lima We were fascinated by the paragliders leaping off the cliff into the late afternoon wind. On our last day I decided I’d “go for it” and take a tandem ride for my birthday - but there wasn’t enough wind. Darn? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552418117161-C2GP69WPYJS0DY43NCS6/IMG_8910+copy.jpg Blog - Laid Back in Lima Dancing in the parks on the weekend is a very popular activity for movers and shakers of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552423487326-LAEFXUB4QXD9UGLUXBVQ/Screenshot+2019-03-09+11.42.10.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima Lima’s historic center glowed with the golden yellow color reserved for Spain’s government buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552418535511-9J8SJF3QPNE2C0TO7T6K/Screenshot+2019-03-12+16.21.02.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima Our fellow Airbnb Experience bikers. We rode through the Miraflores and Barranco neighborhoods for three hours! It was really fun - but we felt both it the next day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552422084107-EM2G23YRFO8IDUM61JLQ/IMG_8761.jpg Blog - Laid Back in Lima We were interviewed by Lima’s most prominent newspaper, El Comercio while were in town. This is Maya, our contact at Airbnb’s PR agency and her sidekick Carlos, who took photos of our cycling adventures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552420545721-4DMOQKVWL2REK5AKH41R/Screenshot+2019-03-12+16.52.43.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima Our food and tavern tour took us all around the center of the city where we tasted just about every Peruvian food and drink you could wish for… even if you wished for intestines and beef heart https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552421598805-ZQS6ZBOFTSMAV6PMEFUW/Screenshot+2019-03-12+17.11.18.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima We tried our best to catch a football match while we were in Lima. No luck, but an interesting story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552421822977-76CNV9GMOZYTMF4V8L31/IMG_8643.jpg Blog - Laid Back in Lima It was hard to capture the crowds and the robust security around the stadium in a photo, but you can see the first horse starting to gallop towards the crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552422502351-EQPZDWIVSB3NUOP9VLPK/FD3AA913-FD4A-4677-B1DF-152006D1F7C6.jpg Blog - Laid Back in Lima One afternoon I stepped off the tourist track and took a different sort of Airbnb Experience. I learned how to Arm Knit a Scarf using Alpaca wool. My young instructor Brenda had challenges since her English was rusty and I am left handed - but we had a great time, and I now have a useful souvenir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1552423324927-80WX46E3QK6PNUC53TNH/Screenshot+2019-03-12+17.41.21.png Blog - Laid Back in Lima One afternoon we went to the zoo where we decided to get our picture taken in Peruvian costume next to a stuffed Llama because that was going to be as close to Machu Picchu as we were going to get. The picture frame was as spectacular as the water show. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/3/1/blog-redirect monthly 0.5 2019-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551454689577-5KHECS5NYOILGBW6ENSK/Screenshot+2019-02-27+09.57.55.png Blog - Blog Link Fixed You will no longer see the pill-shaped button in the image that said BLOG. That was the culprit. We can always be found at www.seniornomads.com. And don’t hesitate to reach out by email at seniornomadsineurope@gmail.com any time. Michael or I will always respond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551457282421-VYNTS2G4EVITWCDZMELE/IMG_8758.jpg Blog - Blog Link Fixed Do not be fooled. We are not in the Andes, and there are very few exotic animals at this zoo! We did see lively monkeys, bored Llamas, crazy birds and one lonely hippo. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/2/24/greetings-from-guanajuato monthly 0.5 2019-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1550960838079-79W6Y8GN1IDLXCC68ESE/Screenshot+2019-02-23+17.25.18.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato Every street was a riot of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551015460698-I5I42AG8LVIQU10DNDYA/Screenshot+2019-02-24+08.35.43.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato The Jardin (garden) in the center of town was a lively place all hours of the day and night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551026712893-58AOIM6TL2NGH3UIUNS4/Screenshot+2019-02-24+11.43.15.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato Life in Guanajuato happens almost equally above and below ground. If you aren’t going up a long narrow stairway, perhaps you are going down into the chiseled maze of tunnels used by both cars and pedestrians to avoid the choked streets of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551016573655-9EL7BD15OSETM8A4PVM2/IMG_8378.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato Endre and Susan are not only exemplary Airbnb hosts, they are good people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551026975135-PALKOMJ04MVAHD3NYZ4R/Screenshot+2019-02-24+11.47.31.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato The view from the top of the fenicular nearby Endre and Susan’s second Airbnb complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551017977638-Z3YLE4SBZ0JH707XD0N5/Screenshot+2019-02-24+09.14.08.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato The expansive rooftop at Casa Terreza was the perfect place to spend a lazy afternoon reading or having a a glass of wine over a Scrabble match at the end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551020637492-UQHHG77GW4SVAZSCQVWP/Screenshot+2019-02-24+10.02.47.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato Yes. Dogs, kids, music, fireworks and no doubt dancing skeletons abound in Mexican towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551018186321-UMRW1O8H22QCYFGM18GI/IMG_8404.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato I am holding one of Pau’s sketches she dashed off in the botanical gardens with her in the background. My work was getting closer to this level of spontaneous beauty - but I’ll need a bit more practice before I post my efforts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551025386874-28KCLHF1Y7SU74SHYAIP/Screenshot+2019-02-24+09.28.32.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato However, I was proud of my colored pencil sketches of our host’s friendly chicken named Henny Penny https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551019365057-HGZ7HY0WRT1VT0HZOS8W/Screenshot+2019-02-24+09.36.53.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551025311976-JU4R4B6QP77RQ3A1T6B9/IMG_8182.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato You could smell the rotisserie chicken stands well before you arrived. When you purchased one to take home it came with a pile of fresh tortillas, roasted potatoes, chunky salsa and lime wedges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551022557544-0JX0VY089DKEO8RKMELU/IMG_7945.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato A popular snack made from slitting open a bag of Doritos and piling on whatever toppings you choose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551022843095-6QQHNXMKY7X0IR8FEWBM/IMG_8234.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato My favorite snack was a ear of corn dipped in lime juice and then slathered with mayo, crema, salt and chili sauce. Michael was more of a taco fan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551022935343-KYHYPZ42BCV2T9DZOI4Z/IMG_8251.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato Lunch with Pau at the sprawling Hidalgo Mercado included Sopas De Mariscos - fish soup with everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551027921128-KE3C0TF4B3GX6GZMCRXA/55bac279-00a3-48d2-a814-6df22629c97a.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato My go-to Chicharrones vendor. Why is it all of the eating pictures in our blogs are of me? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551019534677-YH1KZ8IHNST6TXPTP47J/Screenshot+2019-02-23+17.19.05.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551019603191-QXECVC5CV5U16C9DALHE/Screenshot+2019-02-23+17.28.53.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551021263451-3JLJO3RN8VOLANRH16DW/IMG_2880%281%29.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato This picture of Michael and the beer vendor at the football match is a little fuzzy. Maybe two coronas per cup has something to do with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551023054823-ADEL8N4P43F6VFAFPZVA/IMG_2860+copy.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato On our last weekend we dressed up and went to dinner at one of the most beautiful hotels we’ve ever seen. The Villa Maria Cristina just outside of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551023257649-M2ZO7ERPPOE90GMJMA9S/Screenshot+2019-02-24+10.45.51.png Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato The hotel complex was a calm and quiet oasis - and the dining room setting was perfect for a romantic day-after Valentine’s date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551022070270-0JGKA2921DEUTFF7L418/IMG_8522.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato Michael saying hello to an “old friend” at the National Museum of Anthropology. A place where you could get lost in time for an entire day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1551031532855-6QM4S5D956FEAHSJVLR1/IMG_8508.jpg Blog - Greetings from Guanajuato We were treated to a delicious lunch and some lovely wine by our friend and restaurant owner Mariana. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/2/3/san-miguel-magic monthly 0.5 2019-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549651641891-9URBXQ9F3F40Z4VQSEL9/Screenshot+2019-01-23+16.12.03.png Blog - San Miguel Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549652268110-SQEAQ91XJ6TERS217EXK/Screenshot+2019-02-08+12.56.02.png Blog - San Miguel Magic It’s no surprise to us that it has been named “Best City in the World” two years in a row by Travel & Leisure Magazine. And has been named the 2019 American Capital of Culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549653052201-PHR4NS6P3YFWQ0U3W1AZ/Screenshot+2019-02-08+13.09.13.png Blog - San Miguel Magic Sit on a bench in El Jardin for a while and you’ll collect all kinds of new friends. Including giant paper mache Mojigangas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549653219721-1GVSB9K5TGAI3KWKKV0Z/Screenshot+2019-02-07+09.00.24.png Blog - San Miguel Magic Just one of the colorful side streets of San Miguel Centro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549667408163-RRQNECSQ1NR6C25SXM6T/IMG_7850.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic I must have a hundred pictures of San Miguel doors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549653634065-P7RF0YP6584HFZLXBCV7/Screenshot+2019-02-08+13.17.19.png Blog - San Miguel Magic Our tranquil oasis on the hill above the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549654567635-IE6TEYHVAEXV1BYWQ745/IMG_7911.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic A beautiful site to wake up to on crisp sunny mornings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549653982612-JCT45G9JAV9JP1AWWCDY/Screenshot+2019-02-07+09.03.52.png Blog - San Miguel Magic We would walk down, down, down to town and bus back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549660957047-Z8TJ6DS1X3CCR893HW4P/IMG_7928.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic Stopping for a break half way down the hill at the Mirador Lookout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549660852034-SXWLYA6LFS77MP0SVWPU/Screenshot+2019-02-08+15.18.40.png Blog - San Miguel Magic The view made the trip to town worth the effort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549654241042-D29MBXNHN5ZNLOW5GUC5/Screenshot+2019-02-07+19.41.10.png Blog - San Miguel Magic Beware of the streets of San Miguel lest you become A Fallen Woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549654439419-50CVCC5OMD8X5WH58M3A/IMG_7828+copy.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic New friends Howard and Bill. Their home was filled with an endless collection of fine art and artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549654463860-MH7ZHOPOYLRGSXMMHF6H/IMG_7834.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic My new lunch companion and long time blog follower ReAnn. She introduced me to Jicama Tacos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549654682065-GNO8QU290WACIV50Q86R/Screenshot+2019-02-08+10.00.04.png Blog - San Miguel Magic Jicama tacos must be one of the best things ever invented. Just thinly slice one and you’ve got shells! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549654782365-RFJBCD4FJTO6ADUACHOG/IMG_7742.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic The entrance to a private folk art museum where we were treated to a peak at the collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549654908332-G04ENDL8ZXRUOBSQ7ZLB/IMG_7767.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic Saw this painting on the wall in the museum. Not sure of the translation … but I’m all for liberty and justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549655288786-DEN3XK3X9UC02DV054TP/Screenshot+2019-02-08+09.53.33.png Blog - San Miguel Magic Just one corner of wonderful world that is Timmy Land! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549655439168-KAZTYHO1866FNDY3OWBD/IMG_7802.jpg Blog - San Miguel Magic Our friend Lydia Jane posing at the Snake Gate at Timmy Land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549655785807-8JD4Z2048TKNNKXOSFNN/Screenshot+2019-02-08+13.54.50.png Blog - San Miguel Magic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549656379680-GDC2O6YINJ7A8FEHWDDU/IMG_7986.JPG Blog - San Miguel Magic The article that ran last week in the local paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549656538359-78WSZAG3WF2392EI62V3/IMG_0045.jpeg Blog - San Miguel Magic Attending our talk was just one of the dozens of things you could do in any given day here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549657773811-RO45QIHDA94YBP2BLY3Y/IMG_2836%281%29.JPG Blog - San Miguel Magic Michael rates this in his top 5 haircuts ever. The young man took great care and smiled the whole time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1549657807530-UP851UGJ988R21HCZ5UK/Screenshot+2019-02-08+14.26.12.png Blog - San Miguel Magic https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2019/1/16/see-seattle monthly 0.5 2019-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547739287601-QWPJ26OE1HH7UV29SXY4/IMG_6066.jpg Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes The mural at Roy Street and First Avenue in Queen Anne. Created by John Osgood and Zach Bohnenkamp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1548010081414-JJVOMXJ8GLW8E54I5DG6/IMG_6539.jpg Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes A beautiful fall day at The Seattle Center. Just across the way from where we were house-sitting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547665968991-4GFH3EHMT3DH3MBDWN5P/Screenshot+2019-01-16+13.09.12.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes The Amazon Biospheres have landed! A job at Amazon is your ticket inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1548086485052-9PYRVN3U8SGKLBVKHHVK/IMG_2549.jpg Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes Enjoying a bit of sunshine on the SPU campus before class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1548086993307-KCAAKMTBICG4MKVD04UO/Screenshot+2019-01-21+10.08.45.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes Greenlake is one of Seattle’s most popular places to walk, run, play and meet dogs by the dozens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547742551048-8RFTHPDOWB6Z9JG1U8Z6/IMG_6604.jpg Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes The fall colors in Seattle were stunning - not just from below the Space Needle, but from the top as well where you could see swashes of brilliant red, yellow and orange all across the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547740277812-T91FGWZK0F8J7QGB9PRQ/IMG_6606.jpg Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes The view towards South Lake Union from the newly refurbished Space Needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547740134704-HPUQNLRGTP5H548KMPRG/Screenshot+2019-01-17+09.47.25.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes Swirling color dazzled inside and outside the Chihuly Garden and Glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547852495271-B3O8Y4BWP34A8PCZPDR3/Screenshot+2019-01-18+17.00.32.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes Architect Frank Gehry created Paul Allen’s MoPop museum for maximum impact. You either love it or hate it, but you can’t miss it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547739487865-PP0YHP85NNZZW8UDK400/Screenshot+2019-01-16+13.20.44.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547739550910-Q0YG0S42JVDXTJQI0QVK/Screenshot+2019-01-16+13.20.59.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547739647161-VNHZSBVMAVZ599SRGFDX/Screenshot+2019-01-16+13.23.55.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes We really enjoyed this “flying ride”. Not something we would have done without the decision to play tourist in our own home town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547739842430-WXCJLZ4OB0JQYF6RXOC0/IMG_6436.jpg Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes I’ve been shopping at the market most of my life and it never gets old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1548088279932-53KC2PWQT0RD8ITU7JWW/IMG_6687.jpg Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes One popular tourist spot in the market I suggest you skip is the famous “Gum Wall.” Yuck! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1548088816227-MONH5U5ZPBDN0G67027Y/Screenshot+2019-01-19+08.40.16.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes The real wings over Washington! Take a Kenmore Air float plane from Lake Union to the San Juan Islands or Victoria, Canada. It is an awe-inspiring experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1548089009685-BRD39SEXGHGNU5JO79RC/Screenshot+2019-01-21+10.24.41.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes Don’t miss the new Nordic Museum in Ballard. You’ll learn about Seattle’s Scandinavian roots and also discover one of Seattle’s favorite neighborhoods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547779090294-6NE2HUVL623E0GP95T9W/Screenshot+2019-01-17+20.19.19.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547779152117-LXG3701B6GXX7KOH36TI/Screenshot+2019-01-17+20.19.34.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes The living room and the view from our Airbnb on Portage Bay. It’s become one of our favorite listings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1547868227402-9MUD0IAF1GG4MSYX47XO/Screenshot+2019-01-18+21.22.09.png Blog - Seattle with Fresh Eyes Jennifer’s cozy Airbnb is just right for a taking in sports event at the nearby stadiums and exploring the International District. And the center of the city is just a short light rail or bus ride away. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/11/11/bottom-off-the-suitcases-revealed monthly 0.5 2018-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1542223838022-WMDWFNR4EFUCXCZ31ETX/IMG_4788.jpg Blog - The Bottom of the Suitcases Revealed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1542224299604-193CC6KH6HGJ1PTL3SK7/IMG_2549+%281%29.jpg Blog - The Bottom of the Suitcases Revealed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1542224573794-43XBB7BZM5EFF9L7D9HL/Screenshot+2018-11-14+11.40.54.png Blog - The Bottom of the Suitcases Revealed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1542262622789-Q13EPJP0OI0ZILCZKS6T/Screenshot+2018-11-14+22.14.48.png Blog - The Bottom of the Suitcases Revealed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1542224906882-1WZMMLIO308I92OG5OVU/IMG_5624.jpg Blog - The Bottom of the Suitcases Revealed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1542225015524-I85017EXJF7L16X3M3MW/IMG_2604.jpg Blog - The Bottom of the Suitcases Revealed! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/10/2/apps-and-maps-z2rsy monthly 0.5 2018-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538860399692-F3GCVSTY1D8836KJKBWB/AAxSRit.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538860432848-L5YW3JG96SM6QNNHB4OC/IMG_6246.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! We couldn’t do what we do if we weren’t plugged into the grid. But fortunately, we get to stay connected in some very nice places. Portabello, New Zealand, for example. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538860533488-VRZTVE1MEKOMIZ5MD22O/IMG_3409.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! All five grandchildren in one place during a trip to France for a recent cousin reunion! The three French kids are on the left ages 4,6 and 8. Americans on the right ages 11 and 13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538860598939-DYK6PENCD6ZAZ5Q7LQBM/Screenshot+2018-10-02+09.41.37.png Blog - Apps and Maps! Our beautiful home in Seattle for the next month or so, thanks to our generous friends! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538588622972-E276E4UDHATNUR60XDTQ/FinalCut.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! Working away on travel planning and some old-fashioned journal writing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538588692972-6Z29I31JW29X3HCC73AU/IMG_4513.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! Fortunately we had a better way of finding the ferry! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538589258124-MV8OVZTICQ63I5QUSKES/IMG_1576.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! Google didn’t work in China, so we had to create our own way-finding system. I would put my finger on the destination and Michael would take a picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538588789187-O7W1IBJ48RTMUN61VC9O/IMG_4788.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! This was a fabulous concert we would have never found on the internet. We take a lot of pictures of event posters and schedules and other info and then delete as we go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538588822744-0NNRBCK7ASOXJGR12AGN/IMG_8026.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! if I hadn’t taken this picture we might have missed the best cookies in Sydney! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538588876813-XWY7SCZZJBKHOFSB7QYE/IMG_6969.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! Just one of hundreds of Scrabble games. If you don’t believe me, Michael has the spreadsheet to prove it. And where it was played. And the score. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538589025100-CJO1HU3AMLKY8THK9J3O/IMG_9349.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! Over five years, we’ve have filled almost 20 of these journals with our daily adventures and our spending. They are some of our most treasured possessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538589108709-DS47M7W1ZBYP3334DGKI/IMG_1284.JPG Blog - Apps and Maps! A new use of the camera - I take pictures of romantic cards I would have bought for Michael in the past. Now I just show him the picture and give him a kiss instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1538888205265-25GR7EX703W35E0P408D/0.jpg Blog - Apps and Maps! Oh, the places they’ll go! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/8/29/two-religions-make-for-a-safe-bet monthly 0.5 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535997419300-1XNXILNB7XPGF09V7THI/Screenshot+2018-09-03+10.45.16.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535967203302-9PFM6ARMIRDK0XA0QCIT/Screenshot+2018-09-03+11.00.20.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535967391940-0CHHY0XD1WA2ZGVNUXJ2/IMG_3009.jpg Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535967486867-71U0B5AHPV9IH9IUBMYJ/IMG_3018.jpg Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535967579204-7XORKDMW83JLCPM50KY9/IMG_3023.jpg Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum Over one million paper "peace cranes" fill these cases. They come from children and organizations around the world inspired by a young girl named Sadako Sasaki who died of radiation induced leukemia in 1955 at the age of 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535973172024-V7ELFO7YHMDOHLYLCC9P/IMG_3139.jpg Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum We will need way more that two of those Mr. Campbell! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535973372577-G1PWLHK5JW0OIJ6H9Z7W/PlasticFood.jpg Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum Speaking of food perfection. I was fascinated by the fake food in so many restaurant windows. Here's a short Youtube video on how it's made! And here's one that goes into more in-depth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535968007174-8DY7FSZS4UDKPNR9CKTF/IMG_1889.JPG Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535998404635-VZ0DJ5Q30UJK078OWCR7/IMG_3370.jpg Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535968633875-EHM3XGLWFNGC1WDHO6PE/Screenshot+2018-09-03+11.55.22.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535968897271-JI5R3OI6BL5UZH9ATW4R/Screenshot+2018-09-03+12.01.09.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535972650679-5VUGCSSAZUETWL09DL2M/eGmWH+copy.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535972691198-O58CXK4AIWZORQQAN48B/Screenshot+2018-09-03+12.41.23.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535972911711-BAGPDYHCPKFVBGSSZ8XN/1kn6m+copy.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1535972766350-10KG4XL9GPWDH69BNT4K/KrgIX+copy.png Blog - Japan Part II - A Cultural Cunundrum We were glad we saved this magical, mystical, cultural mash-up of a country for last! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/9/6/a-tale-of-three-boats monthly 0.5 2025-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536259672880-XL222R7WAJYIUOKTK2TE/IMG_0077.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Our sailboat Butterscotch in the Roche Harbor Marina. One of our favorite places on earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536259868340-N5NKM5PO3PA6FB09XZZH/Butterscotch_Sucia.JPG Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Anchored in the bay off of Sucia Island in the San Juan Islands near the USA - Canada border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536262472482-VO7FSP6BY2BXVBRMYXLU/Screenshot+2018-09-06+21.32.46.png Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Here's what the search looks like. Type in a destination and dates, choose entire home and then scroll down to the bottom of the filter choices and you'll find boats! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536263527148-B3NBNJYIK3AVC5187989/IMG_3739.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats If ever we have a choice between a plane and a train, I vote train! It may take longer but there are far fewer security hassles, you can stretch out, and the scenery is mezmorizing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536263664771-IBPSY0XDC37RN6ZYYMIZ/IMG_2021.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Below me lies the charming village of Skradin and the marina where we were staying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323183538-YECCQN9UEHX5JNA7U8YZ/IMG_2004.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Boat No. 1 in the Croatian hamlet of Skradin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323252664-988PGIQHQDENUEIVHQI6/IMG_3798.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats The marina was beautiful, and the town was just around the bend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536264376122-93ZZARLY5098IL878WQ3/Screenshot+2018-09-06+22.02.31.png Blog - A Tale of Three Boats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536264338079-30ARZ5LT46YIEI0CQFI5/IMG_2050.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Michael was officially adopted by the ladies fan club where we enjoyed watching tiny Croatia make it to the finals of the World Cup against France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536325764096-CTO68I7NQ7EMLXCIZO08/Screenshot+2018-09-07+15.08.18.png Blog - A Tale of Three Boats The waiting area in the Valencia North train station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323295866-T1BZYGOXY51UPSF38ZNJ/IMG_4356.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats All set with SIM cards and provisions for the first few days on the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323331728-5I9E4O59TDTRTFVHU8X5/IMG_4450.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats I love cooking in a galley - and the markets in Valencia gave me plenty to work with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536260698698-JZ9LRA38HJT9IOLLDSUS/IMG_4430.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Boat No. 2 in the Real Nautico Yacht Club marina in Valencia (sort of). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323432443-GWNAMC6ZJHI7NHWJB5MY/IMG_4704.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats The sunsets were beautiful every night we were there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323527771-BRUKBDTYULZ0MOJNA536/IMG_4683.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Michael getting set for a long bike ride into the county side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536261151258-LUHVCWBP6S6R07GBBRR1/25CAE8FB-3CAD-49EF-9F6E-04FD16E47842.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats I have loved the street art tours I've taken around the world. Valencia was no exception. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536330847475-DZJN1K07I7QIEKMO3Y1G/Screenshot+2018-09-07+16.33.19.png Blog - A Tale of Three Boats An intimate Flamenco concert and dance followed by Tapas and ice-cream was a dream date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323714531-E9FPVWMZAZR10C8V85PX/IMG_5153.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Menton caught in the early morning light as we walked into the old town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536324236484-AD7691DB6KZ38NY2F73M/IMG_5010.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Michael's view while doing dishes in the galley of Summertime II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323797325-453AZ6JYJBQ829S3JDOG/IMG_5393.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Colette is ready to dunk her floating donut in the warm Mediterranean Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536323903777-CYH68WMB8URJF07IYI5V/IMG_2303.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats Our boating experiences added up to be one of the best we've had as Senior Nomads! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1536324187379-0QA1LLE1TJN975O7G8PQ/IMG_5526.jpg Blog - A Tale of Three Boats https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/8/15/japan-shaken-and-stirred monthly 0.5 2025-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534318356792-WOC6NJCW603FKP65J5PY/Screenshot+2018-08-15+08.14.33.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534568142851-GBJZ6EM72V5G4RNN5F0Y/NewsScreenshot+2018-08-15+08.16.33.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534576386168-QR3ASNPKHVLVAY10DYKJ/Screenshot+2018-08-08+12.45.19.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534579923598-HGN2N7L5BVV943JUMZ7C/FmtHY.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534579955300-CVE1QN50VFR4T06K6GJN/6F7VJ.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534579982477-R7ERRLUG1BKMON5D46RT/JgyO4.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534568258877-FBOA54R3C37TT9M9RUUC/Screenshot+2018-08-16+10.41.20.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? Our little Tokyo nest. Unfortunately, this place is not available at the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534580589101-NNF36YWHD7LH0IKQLANA/Screenshot+2018-08-18+09.21.01.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? Tokyo is jam packed and colorful signage dominates the landscape - but there was plenty of room for trees and pocket parks throughout the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534408413906-GI2YKX1AO90XMFR3YIOG/Donuts.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? Always happy to be greeted with Krispy Kreme donuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534580673424-W6RRQY9J3DH5UUKMBFTZ/IMG_2618.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534579122746-L42B02OXW089VDBNXEQ5/ArtistsPark.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534580767079-6PRV2K1HE3HF8NGN83FR/UmbrellaStreet.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534568346273-3EDMN58KT0QLSSVL8ZP2/BaseballTix.JPG Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534572373427-T7NVGLS4NHE85W4GYRE6/IMG_2567.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534573463839-4WKZ0KJRRYMW94QGQ9NF/MCToriGates.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? Michael entering the pathway lined with 1,000 Tori Gates at the Fushimi Inari Shrine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534579627314-NH85WDPOO7WRNMRB7S22/Screenshot+2018-08-18+10.05.59.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534574688153-7386EDV81TOXA6P1A8UZ/IMG_3377.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? It seemed that Japanese men never outgrew their school uniform look. It was all white shirts and dark pants, while the ladies were imppecibly stylish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534586421871-25VG74580XQCCFP3I117/DancingMooMa.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? Happy with my hat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534574715575-X4BGCMHTYUIPHRSKH1Z5/Prayerbeads.png Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? An image showing the ceremony we took part in at the Chionji temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534570585719-0W1RTH6QK584WBA9NW1X/OKitchen.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? That's my steak being seared a just a foot from my seat - Michael multi-layered omelette is in the background. This was a really fun and affordable way to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534570672600-NY2NZQ2ABUWWE746PHBQ/DinnerVending.jpg Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? There were also many restaurants where you ordered your food from a screen outside and handed your slip to the server once you found a seat. Minutes later, steaming Ramen or a colorful Bento Box arrived at your table - just how you ordered it on the screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1534573868425-HRX28FPITMMROBU201F1/SchoolGroup.JPG Blog - Japan Part I - What's Shakin'? Just one of many school groups stranded at the station. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/7/16/seoul monthly 0.5 2018-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531912778639-8CAJ3AGTW3AUL6YDGKX3/erkMr.png Blog - Seoul Searching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531914393331-F3GZ31OXWPQJYO36IP7H/oCeFH.jpeg Blog - Seoul Searching Yes, young Korean's are this cute. Boy bands, girl bands, plush animals, sparkly socks, kitty ears, "squishies", food shaped like flowers, K-Pop and Anime. It's all the rage! Just get yourself to Youtube and get your glitter on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531938313594-T4RMGMIAL0YHAP6MRSAP/SeoulSHopping.png Blog - Seoul Searching https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531914432255-QCEYDFEJVCL5GP8W43WB/zUs5u.jpeg Blog - Seoul Searching Kimchi in the making! I learned to respect the variations of this potent ingredient as ate our way through the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531906090619-LF4A1IUQ79ZRVPI3LMFJ/Screenshot+2018-07-18+11.26.50.png Blog - Seoul Searching Steven's Airbnb in the Hongdae neighborhood was the best! 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We were welcomed there anytime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291100232-ZXDA7CERGSEV7224UFEL/UQObe.jpeg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City Going all in for Hot Pot (Asian Fondue). It was a blur of chopsticks as we fought for the broth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531296289514-DODPWYA45HNJEIPS0OEJ/IMG_3936.JPG Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City Our 144-hour visas were pasted in our passports. Just missing the registration stamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531290532689-1KN9D6UESSW48ENTZNNO/Screenshot+2018-07-11+08.27.28.png Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City You never want to spend time at a police station in any country. China, in particular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291384739-BJBSCF2YK2OEP9FWLB2X/IMG_1576.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City Without Google Maps, this became our navigation method. We'd snap pictures on our phone of where we wanted to go and show it to metro staff and strangers along the way and eventually end up in the right place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531303386628-1B6LAOHXG7XSZHT7JNN6/IMG_3897.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City WeChat is a popular way to communicate. And it was fun because of the hundred of emojis and videos you could download to get your point across in any language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291214598-N5MM1833X44B7H59IXXI/IMG_1551.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City Out and about in Beijing. Here we are at the entrance of the Forbidden city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291320578-SU9A15WIS8J3LCAI3DL0/IMG_1571.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City It paid to look up while we were touring. The intricate ceilings and hidden temples on the rocks could be easily missed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531293103362-3ZGJ68EYBCKM9R0JL9EU/3mHaK.jpeg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City Michael's view from the first tower. The creation of this wall boggles the mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291667969-9CMOGHG03Q006TDBLXJS/IMG_1807.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City Our guide Jodi delivering on taking photos along the tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291792414-TI4I3S40CJ5O4CY6RGXL/DSC_1213.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291815000-0YQH0D1E5BM75SMAYFEV/DSC_1167%281%29.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531291922550-860B55U4MTN2QKNBWCYX/IMG_1760.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City They weren't pretty... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531292142767-BG7ELFYXIUXTP87CMMDI/IMG_1763.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City ...but they were delicious! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531292189268-HFU9UPZNG6BO9BYYTX59/IMG_1876.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531292224864-8A05J6LM25YREG5QQES1/IMG_1877.jpg Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1531292789541-BZK9310X19WL1M8BJ0VY/Screenshot+2018-07-11+09.02.33.png Blog - Beijing - Still a Forbidden City We followed the rules going in.... https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/7/4/hong-kong-highlights monthly 0.5 2018-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530730001225-LP4OTY5ZUN45WIRRHFLH/IMG_1289.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530857141603-D6BA4EA9FJRJ7QRP17NO/IMG_4508.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Highlights Packed and ready for our next adventures (the big blue suitcase in front is full of belated Christmas gifts for kids in LA and Paris - it will be left behind) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530780975997-LOT42AJRDS938I2LKAWA/Screenshot+2018-07-01+19.21.38.png Blog - Hong Kong Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530781008381-WLLV41PC154BDNIVUBBZ/Screenshot+2018-07-05+10.15.59.png Blog - Hong Kong Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530783869860-6K4G2GI4JEI20WY9BZ0K/IMG_1105.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530803205006-75EIEKPLL6EIKN0MDTMH/IMG_1135.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530803230620-TQ3HNZDU6WO1757343WS/IMG_1219.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530805794856-GC10CUYFFIBJLE3X0YYW/IMG_1191.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Highlights I know corn when I see it. But there are so many things for sale in Chinese markets and small apothecaries I am curious about. 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We could watch the street come to life from the second floor balcony while sipping delicious Vietnamese coffee. The best! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530021606580-NODAUSF3ZZ1LLG6IDJ52/IMG_0644.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III I often watched this family prepping fish and vegetables for their three table "restaurant" at 6:00 in the morning (they'd already been to the market). I wish I'd had the courage to sit down at one of the little blue tables and try the chef's special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530049296930-20PNQ6ZL073878K72L7M/Screenshot+2018-06-27+06.37.36.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Flower shop by day ... trendy cocktail bar by night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530181145685-TPWEMJBB95K1J3U30P8S/Screenshot+2018-06-26+18.59.15.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Traffic in Saigon is insane - and crossing the street can be life-threatening. But we learned how to do it. You just start walking and don't slow down! The best advice we were given was "Commit or be hit!" In other words, own it. Don't dither or change pace and never turn back! The drivers will flow around you like water. It's true! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530021788130-F89OUN22Z4CSA42H7LF2/IMG_0443.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III This was a crazy, crowded grocery store with K-pop music blaring over the loud speakers. It made you shop faster! Here's Michael on a mission to find cereal. Not always easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530021961638-9A4PYGV25ODLLNNIFFM7/IMG_0438.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III If you can skewer it, you can grill it. Here's the offerings from just one stand at the night market! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530064657316-IMENMG9PYGRCFJIFM6JQ/IMG_0632.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III We put our helmets on after the beauty shot. This motorcycle tour is a donation based activity by students who have formed a non-profit company called Onetrip. We recommend it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530170352022-SVVXCOYV24EG4WCT8RK1/IMG_1395.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III This woman had just bought a shops worth of flowers at the wholesale market. She hopped on a motorbike taxi (note GRAB on the drivers helmet) and headed off with her load! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530009024229-OJLYQU3B8IJ1YRHMFH1Q/Screenshot+2018-06-26+19.29.29.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III So many different currencies and so many zeros! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530049629244-M2IL4YB50JBRJEC65GHE/IMG_0498+%281%29.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Fabulous snack of grilled octopus and crunchy okra with fresh pickles at the night market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530023892416-JT79AX9LJ2NCZSO9XFDN/IMG_1458.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III The best thing to do in these situations is to keep your cool. A lot of people carry these pocket fans - including our tour kind who lent me hers for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530024009650-T51420T226PN2FRPSKKH/Screenshot+2018-06-26+19.40.45.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III We watched my phone moving slowly across Saigon in one of thousands of green taxis. Would I ever see it again? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530024103687-NPMMAWUN3TD19WGUBYGS/IMG_1399.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Our sweet host Lang' Min gave me a flower to cheer me up while we waiting for my phone to be returned - which would have never happened without her help! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530024233116-BY4MMMJ0I2LD5LO66JK0/IMG_1410.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Riding around the city in a pedicab was one of our favorite experiences! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530169345377-L4S0SVQKQ892544RJ8NQ/IMG_0808.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Fresh fruit snacks were plentiful and affordable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530024352331-KIQ0QJG5KKCSXKAJ6VDF/IMG_1416.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III We'll take the large incense please. We need to be certain we'll see our backpack again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530025090514-DOPVONIE806SOWZB80C2/Screenshot+2018-06-26+21.32.18.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Our calm oasis from the heat and noise outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530025156078-0GU0LRTHQ1G9C8LPATOH/Screenshot+2018-06-26+21.47.19.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III People wait in long lines during morning visitors hours every day to pay respect to Ho Chi Mihn inside this gargantuan mausoleum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530025492908-QKJHU6XMHRPAIFBMSNQ8/IMG_0740.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III If you have mom's secret recipes, a few stools and sidewalk space - you have a restaurant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530169404438-IJN9CXT3OT34L60Z3XE9/IMG_0727.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Starting our day with a few laps around Hoan Kiem Lake in the center of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530169465931-OPQ7ZO4DM63FRAAOZO6U/IMG_0908.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Another way to start your day. There were also people dancing, doing body work on make-shift equipment like benches and tree branches, practicing Tai Chi and just plain jogging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530170483909-AG3MXOWSB69Z2RM1L6SO/IMG_0994.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Michael was happy to be swarmed by a class of adorable ten-years olds who wanted to practice their English. We learned the lake was a common place for students of all ages to seek tourists out to practice conversations with for a few minutes. It was enjoyable for both of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530169580368-KV33LHE4UVXCGYWP9QV6/Screenshot+2018-06-26+21.52.29.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Know we know why tourism slows down in the rainy season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530025996190-PB2HT1RIKNIGQIMJM8Q6/Screenshot+2018-06-26+22.06.34.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III The food and the ambience of this lovely bistro made for a memorable last night in Saigon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530050080646-2APM380E3Q4XPZW0GVU6/Screenshot+2018-06-27+06.53.20.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III Lang Toi - My Village was a captivating performance combining traditional folk music, dancing, acrobatics and dangling from high places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1530026097785-HKPDLY95B0DIVM0AM8RR/IMG_0972.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes Part III A nice photo with the cast afterwards for the scrapbook. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/6/22/temple-tantrums monthly 0.5 2018-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529672353955-KDGPHRAC2EFJN4Q4L7KG/IMG_0232.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724390270-CP8A2KU04HNDADDCI31Q/Screenshot+2018-06-22+23.14.11.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724437567-TLMNUUFA4T8BTGMRNO7V/Screenshot+2018-06-22+22.29.47.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II Our Airbnb turned out to be a spacious suite in a new hotel called The Koulen Summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724511310-RQPIXPVSLIK5QBRT65S6/IMG_0330.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II These delightful young ladies showed us what Cambodia's famous hospitality is all about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724600369-H80XPFJH92OAMA4KP3XG/IMG_1334.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II Move over French Toast - Pad Thai with Shrimp is what's for breakfast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724663773-5VJNV9VGDGOZLLA9BTHH/IMG_1318.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II It was a beautiful morning to begin our exploration of Angkor Wat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529730578685-TD55982ODQRS610S51QJ/IMG_0175.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II The view from the top of the tallest temple spire was worth the steep climb - but it was definitely not for those who don't like heights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724772110-DAYUFG52CJ2P4KGAI2MN/Screenshot+2018-06-23+10.04.12.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II The glimpses of serene, orange clad monks within the temple walls was magical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724870481-DM50FQK1EGTJ4995Y5KE/IMG_0218.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II The temples of Ta Prom are still in the clutches of the jungle where they were discovered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529724971731-ZCZRTVNSJ7OTJGK0PJ79/IMG_0311.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II Our guide Long D. was surprised enough by the unusual heavy rains that he took a picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725033351-W3N3KMY4CO2G1E9HCDNZ/IMG_0324.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II The view from our window. We watched as weary commuters made the best of it on bicycles, motorbikes, tu tuks and we even saw pedestrians crossing the street holding their shoes up high. At least it was warm! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725367929-PYUELN7LIBOIFTEKCCAD/IMG_0359.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II The Old Market in the center of Siam Reap was a little overwhelming - but as always fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725674787-48CQ3TV4I3WVZTZBOXWZ/IMG_1320+%281%29.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II The calm of the Wat Preah Prom Rath Monastery was in contrast to the marketplace down the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725714649-G6Q9OL933G3M96VNKSUF/IMG_0423.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II Even though this was a bit touristy, I am glad we were able to see at least a bit of Thai culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725776578-Z7PXDZABNA9FM2AOHOL8/IMG_0368.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II This graffiti in Pub Street inspired me to think of a few alternative titles for this blog like "Angkor Management" or "Temple Tantrums!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725845517-2D70KKX4JUX2ECX05OH4/IMG_0345.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II Michael finding inner peace before dealing with our canceled flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725921713-80VXU3QYXPJSUR8K1F4T/IMG_1341.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II The currency in Cambodia is the US Dollar. Here is Michael handing over the ransom of $175 crisp US Dollars to get our luggage on board our flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529725958369-LT8V3ZU1W69DWZK18WL1/IMG_0429.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part II Michael doing the famous Dairy Queen upside down Blizzard Test. So thick it defies gravity. Watch the video! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/6/18/trouble-come-in-threes-part-i monthly 0.5 2018-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529313271913-Q6RWLVMAEH50M7XGV9NH/IMG_9610.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540021606-S0V0EWKPSSQDOAO27V30/Screenshot+2018-06-21+08.48.27.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I We knew we'd be traveling at the start of the rainy season. But now we know just what that looks like! It did hamper our sightseeing a bit - but also made for some cozy days at "home" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540083688-UQQJ7A3BB3N49ZJKMBF4/Screenshot+2018-06-18+18.52.54.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I When we did have to stay in because of rain, we had this very nice place to call home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540179452-D84A57SQMQWQ30Z5Z8L0/IMG_9577.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I Our view over the Chao Phraya river and the city changed by the minute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540221040-75FNPRCGBZYG989ECXBR/Screenshot+2018-06-21+08.57.19.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I River taxis and ferries of all kinds were plying the waters. We enjoyed hopping on and off as we explored Bangkok. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540284251-H03DGQVDADRH51CBSDQO/IMG_9601.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I Our bike tour of Bangkok was really "exhilarating" not to be confused with fun. Although it did give us a great look at the backstreets of the city and a glimpse at the daily lives of people who choose to risk life and limb to get around this way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540371366-B9MEWMURGO1K2PLL0VGC/IMG_9617.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I Where have all the flowers gone? To the Bangkok flower market to be made into thousands of Phuang Malai garlands to be given as gifts, draped on Spirit Houses, hung over rearview mirrors, and placed anywhere else a bit of good luck couldn't hurt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540453934-7ID37ZKANVRV67BXMNEZ/IMG_9741.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I If it weren't for our walking tour, I wouldn't have noticed this precious little Buddha in an abandoned building. It's the small, visual wonders like this that bring a city to life for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540552013-WPNQDG533W9694T7PNVF/IMG_9715.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I Another surprise? Drinks and take-out food came in plastic bags! Even this very delicious Thai iced coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540604154-8BBX4T49JZ26YRB6B24U/IMG_1261.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I If ever you find yourself at the National Museum in Bangkok, do your best to take Vassela's very informative tour. Not only did she deliver insights, afterwards she drove us to the dentist office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540650286-88THG9WK69MMORV6K3N3/Screenshot+2018-06-18+18.03.59.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I When people told us not to miss Jim Thompson House we thought it might be a restaurant. But of course, it turned out to be an illuminating look at the lifestyle of one of Thailands most intriguing American silk merchants and his mysterious disappearance. The house and gardens are definately worth a visit. And if you are hungry ... there is a very nice eatery on site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540689366-0PA4O8P32U1VTJMGDRZR/Screenshot+2018-06-18+17.51.12.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I A view of the beach where we stayed in Hua Hin. More of a "city beach" experience, but still on the water and an enjoyable destination. We climbed to the top of the hill in the distance to the Monkey Monastary, aptly named for the hundreds of monkeys that have overtaken the site. It was a little scary, actually - but offered beautiful views across the bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540733129-TK9JANVHW0WHMWHL579T/Screenshot+2018-06-21+08.17.21.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I Our Airbnb in Hau Hin was beautiful and the pool was a quiet retreat from the heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540771216-T5NJG3Z0AB9UMV5CRAZG/IMG_0062.jpg Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I Right next door to our place was the elegant Wara Bura Resort where we could slip through the back gate and enjoy direct beach access (which we did not have) and lie by the pool. Since it was the low season, no one seemed to mind if we stretched the Happy Hour rules a bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1529540816271-DJWLDUJLBCMD7IX6I7HY/Screenshot+2018-06-18+17.54.56.png Blog - Trouble Comes in Threes - Part I The Cicada Night Market was just down the street so we were able to use it as our outdoor kitchen. There were dozens of stalls serving small portions of anything and everything you could want to try. 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At night the lighting is spectacular. We shot to the top of the Marina Sands Hotel in the background to catch the sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526613850365-8PONCJ0YM2G8BOKWVPWK/Screenshot+2018-05-17+21.02.38.png Blog - Singapore Stories The pool was the highlight of our Airnbnb listing. We were not used to such hot, humid weather and this was the first stop on our return home each day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526616367395-6FC9Y5PQUSCTP6KAJD4D/IMG_8683.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories Singapore's many Hawker Centers fuel this city with an array of cheap eats. One rule - if you see a tissue pack on the table, that seat is taken! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526614146809-RLNNWKI8WVOK965QGZL3/Screenshot+2018-05-18+10.27.31.png Blog - Singapore Stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526553608408-A01MCDP55KAEKI8LY7SD/IMG_8595.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories Gabriela and Derek who we met through our common Airbnb connections have become friends. They wrote a book on the business side of running an successful homeshare called The Home Stay Guide - a must have for those who want to do it right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526695952764-OCWSK5PL5VEG1ROAPGY2/IMG_8606.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories We've told our story to Airbnb staffers at offices in San Francisco, Portland, London, Milan, Dublin, Sydney and now, Singapore. We will do it again in Beijing, China. It's always fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526614630850-9LD5YHVG2QZLA6EZV26Y/IMG_8602.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories Michael with Leander, the wonderful young man who looked after us during our time at the office and in fact was the emcee for our talk. Later he took us by car to see parts of Singapore we would have experienced on our own. "Having a friend in the next city" is something our Airbnb lifestyle has given us. Whether it's our listing host, or someone we've connected with through the company, it really is a community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526618280828-K8RE0GR3W63W1UROKNXT/IMG_1026.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526618351803-1J3YOTQZ2ZM0CTIU2MG6/IMG_8620.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526727384341-805EM9XVWIZ9P1SMCOR8/photo6228565558845089811.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories High above the city at Lavo where the view and the drink prices were breathtaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526615202688-G44P94S5E65RETUTZBLZ/IMG_8660.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories The internet could provide a better shot of our view from the Top of the Marina Sands, but I chose this one of mine because of all the ships in the harbor so I can explain the image below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526618501330-B5X7P67ITF66T1RXODC5/IMG_0055.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories Michael has an app on his phone called Shipfinder. It can give the port of call, the destination, and sometimes even the cargo on large vessels. The Singapore harbor really blew up his phone - and definitely shows just how important trade is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526693867712-SMK67NIDV3GLZCHMO3NP/IMG_1067.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories Gabriela and Derek's daughter Laura was both talented and delightful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526693826089-8X96EIFSGHB88IPQZG0S/Screenshot+2018-05-18+11.48.33.png Blog - Singapore Stories Eli capturing us on "B roll" for use during the interview. I wish they'd brought along a hair stylist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1526693751783-SROA4WIC936QGBNOG40E/IMG_0943.jpg Blog - Singapore Stories This is the puzzle we put together in Sydney and then gave to the Airbnb office staff there. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/5/7/sydney-is-alright monthly 0.5 2018-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525763557730-6DGSMNJYZO1OZ2LM7NYJ/Screenshot+2018-05-05+11.04.34.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525773476907-P6P8WS9HFPK3K8W7TBJL/IMG_8179.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Seeing the city from the North Shore on a day out with new friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525763601240-ICZNTLZPGVOHQNZE1QSZ/Screenshot+2018-05-07+16.45.38.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! Our Surry Hills neighborhood was filled with colorful restaurants and pop-up shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525763643708-H4NEYVL8KT5G3X1M0XSF/Screenshot+2018-05-07+16.37.04.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! After our Q & A with Airbnb staff at the Sydney office they presented us with a delicious cake. It was a little nerve-wracking to make the first cut since it went right through our necks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525773514762-IN5QT8YVC27N8KE2UTKD/IMG_7823.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! The free walking tour ended at the perfect spot. We enjoy learning about cities from young guides. They have a fresh perspective and they work hard for their tips! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525763729130-UE0QL8GOMWCJ5TTUA3LW/Screenshot+2018-05-08+13.55.35.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! Aussie Lifesavers with a clever way to remind swimmers to pay attention to the flags! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525763781514-VUF6K8J1YUHFM6ZT14YA/Screenshot+2018-05-08+07.33.00.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525763865747-YG5TWRWD2SIW2612CIKJ/IMG_0841.JPG Blog - Sydneyside Up! The scene of the crime! It was a lovely picnic until food snatching Kookaburra's swept through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525764294491-X4S6XWT9SK2LZG07VNB3/IMG_0923.JPG Blog - Sydneyside Up! It was a beautiful day at the stadium for Aussie Rules Football. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525764339153-VJAFCXTIFMY2I2A06BQ7/Screenshot+2018-05-08+14.05.46.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! No pads, no helmets, and just a few rules make for a thrilling night's entertainment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525764433101-662MJOYHNECB0DGGLSGP/IMG_8080.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Rosalind and Greg made sure we got out and did some things near Sydney we couldn't have managed without a car and local knowledge....like a hike in the bush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525765306282-BQDZSK511YEFFK2SJNIR/IMG_8075.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! This guanna (and several others) lay in the grass of the the park where we had our picnic. They have no fear of humans and will happily run off with your lunch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525765415377-P7M7AO3CRTI2CLZ3SEY6/IMG_8120.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Michael with our new friend Jenny on a beautiful afternoon at the Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525767600312-4P1YVSXNUJPJIHFKR2HU/IMG_8194.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Ann and I enjoying my new favorite drink - Lemon, Lime & Bitters at Burnt Orange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525767635782-G3AREE97QAWCCKDBVKAK/IMG_8494.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Our first stop in the Blue Mountains was a chance to meet Catherine and Scott for coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525768511518-HA6762AO5GL5ITQWQCMY/IMG_8479.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Scott sharing his technique with us in his backyard studio. His wood mosaics are stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525768554285-XJRR0LT7M5PXDW80MUCP/IMG_8525.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! The panoramic view of the Blue Mountains including The Three Sisters from Joan's home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525767736362-21DUTRUBTELK09FUIAAQ/IMG_8539.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! The end of a lovely afternoon with Manu, Tamera and Joan. Time to return to Sydney by train. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525767769545-HUR5OIQLGCGXMWZ2IUHF/Screenshot+2018-05-08+12.59.19.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525767870198-JPDL0C904PRFOWXVN1K4/Screenshot+2018-05-08+13.00.56.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525767924042-1KM2CYZDWGG56B56JZF1/IMG_0876.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Did you hear the one about the goat that walks into a bar .... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525767962555-E78Q8BXG2WSHS3CTDFTR/IMG_8272.jpg Blog - Sydneyside Up! Hello Koala Bear - I've been looking all over for you! I had a great day at the Sydney Zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525768631952-6Q76SNGZ3V150HPR582W/Screenshot+2018-05-08+13.39.05.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! On Good Friday we enjoyed a fantastic performance of Handel's Messiah at St. Andrew's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1525768595549-OWOM231N23QWJAKS0872/Screenshot+2018-05-08+13.44.49.png Blog - Sydneyside Up! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/4/20/a-great-ocean-road-and-canberra monthly 0.5 2018-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524568348053-YV1PLQTC9A1YQXD13VAQ/Screenshot+2018-04-24+19.05.50.png Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524651495873-MJFXTPU59ZYQ3ZZWWACP/IMG_7247.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra Our road trip began under blue skies and vistas of a calm blue sea beyond this lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524651530275-YU9FKFI1EQU9RJV7N9RH/Screenshot+2018-04-24+19.00.10.png Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra The weather changed as often as the scenery on our drive. Here's the beginning and the end! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524651635415-0568KLEY5VZQE74MGMTS/IMG_0708.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra In situations like this it pays to be from Seattle where we never let a little rain get in the way of a good time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524651713688-IP0EVKP16OTP0YQTOEKX/Screenshot+2018-04-25+16.40.40.png Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra Michael booked this romantic little cottage for us. It was the perfect end to a lovely day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524665054166-HH9IE2SYB9P1AII9LE82/IMG_7381.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra Our little yellow cottage came with a very large and lovable matching yellow lab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524651795633-SS8FSQARRMMG621NSI2K/IMG_7370.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra We didn't know it at the time, but Warrnambool is home to Kermonds, a throw-back burger joint that would feel at home in any college town in America. Apparently, they make the best hamburgers on the Great Ocean Road - especially those with a slice of beetroot. Huh? We passed on the beetroot, but they were indeed, very delicious! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524651873215-MW16YT7QGJTM7VF3Q0VQ/IMG_7395.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra Mr. Emu was as curious about us and we were about him - although he really was more interested in what I might have in my purse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524665809470-LKOOF8EOL77TI1K8GDBD/IMG_0711.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra I am waiting for the bear-shaped blob in the tree branch to move so I can confirm that I saw a Koala Bear in the wild. Soon I was surrounded by a group of Chinese tourists who followed my gaze. They were taking pictures like crazy...of what we'll never know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524666632388-MAANMGYXMCFHGZKBZQLV/IMG_0712.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra We took a lunch break on our way back to Melbourne. It was an opportunity to eat any food we still had with us and then repack and reweigh our bags to be sure we met the 25-kilo weight limit. Notice Michael's handy red "fish scale" on the bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524666699475-127HL4LDV15Z7WDXWFLI/IMG_0725.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra Here is our new friend Julie Stewart. She personifies what gracious hospitality is all about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524667732694-YKZ997Q6XGCGO57W2X2J/Screenshot+2018-04-24+18.31.21.png Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra The images and exhibits at the National War Memorial and Museum were amazing. These two shots were in the same long hallway of portraits. One from before WWI and one shot recently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524667771396-ZC9KYIWZT619IY8ZW693/IMG_7505.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra At the end of every day the Memorial farewells visitors with its moving Last Post Ceremony in the Commemorative Area. Each night the ceremony shares a different story behind one of the names on the Roll of Honour. It was very moving and we felt privileged to observe it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524667801617-JSQMUW424EBTIWQ0LW92/Screenshot+2018-04-24+19.08.09.png Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra Apparently, kangaroos were having parties all over Canberra. I just wasn't invited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524667837424-VR1QKKMY9IEXEH8VBQQL/IMG_7567.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra The collection of Aboriginal Air at the National Gallery in Canberra was impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1524667914827-IMY4J4C8EH47NXURJB4T/IMG_0810.jpg Blog - The Great Ocean Road and Canberra By the time I realized I hadn't take a picture of Donna and Warwick's fabulous dinner, all that was left was half the Pavlova. It was one the finest things I've ever eaten. The secret was the sprinkling of crushed freeze-dried raspberries along with the fresh ones. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/4/11/howya-goin monthly 0.5 2018-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523419259316-9RRQX3R8KPB9A1SVL93B/Screenshot+2018-04-11+12.00.01.png Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523702026277-9IXSGJRFF40ID1CVVGBD/Screenshot+2018-04-14+18.29.49.png Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Pay for your "brekkie" at Macca's (MacDonald's) with a pineapple (50), a lobster (20) or a prawn (5). The money is as colorful as the language! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523420774499-GGTYVJIGFD56AMAU7M8T/Screenshot+2018-04-11+12.23.58.png Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? The beautiful loft we shared with our hosts in Melbourne was in the very center of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523581271247-LC1SAEKXT143EINUIDYR/DCBirthday18.JPG Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Our hosts prepared a lovely birthday dinner for me that included wicked little cupcakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523429666142-481XE2O80DXFPISVKIUI/IMG_6983.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Whisking up some dressing for my mountains of bean salad. I discovered pomegranate syrup added just the zip I was looking for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523429929130-TCPX2O40074UEBUENT3Q/IMG_6945.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Bronnie and the team in full-swing. Creating lunch for over 200 volunteers and refugees in just three hours was impressive - and fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523761590888-J0HHWJFXBHU3WX8VV22K/IMG_0390.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Finishing up our extensive walk through Melbourne CBD with John. If you are heading to Melbourne book a free greeters tour in advance, it's well worth it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523763241955-H265GNB6ZI04FBVXJ73S/IMG_6584.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Some of Melbourne's famous laneways were dedicated to street art. Others to food. And many just to the pursuit of finding that perfect cup of coffee. All the shops are small - but this one caught my eye because of all the offerings that would somehow come out of a space the size of a one car garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523578501882-1FGMPYF8DWD8ZO0RBWUO/Screenshot+2018-04-11+12.29.57.png Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? After spending a week in this apartment we thought it was just about the right size for life after travel. Especially if we found something in a walkable area on a bus line like this was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523579696399-TSE9YB73JU17V6RXMZ37/IMG_0660.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Along the river walk into the city we spotted dozens of these free BBQ stands. You just push the propane button and you have up to 45 minutes of cooking time. These party girls had finished their grilled veggies and were on the to the good stuff. We were impressed with how clean the sites were and the mix of people using them. We passed a Turkish family grilling kebabs, Japanese students grilling fish, and a kid's soccer team celebrating with burgers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523592521712-4X42JPZASS0H1X43S6NW/IMG_7017.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Many laneways were covered in street art including this one on the way to Tonka. Turn right at the eyeballs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523592549102-UD1Q2ZDKX3UZWOKFGM16/IMG_7023.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Perfectly charred Chicken Tikka - part of a long leisurely lunch at Tonka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523592627050-8KKYMF00L2KCTS8L73P8/IMG_6638.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? We learned it takes two years from inception to completion to create a Hermes scarf. Here an artist adds the second of 18 different colors to the silk on this complex design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523764861803-EKTMBFKOYLYM08KS2SKE/IMG_6980.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Watching The Shape of Water under the stars in the Botanical Gardens was perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523592741884-3LPVW64LQYVJUG49O423/IMG_0552.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? Michael and his volunteer tour guide at the MCG. She is sporting her coveted member's blazer and has been giving tours of this venerable club for 27 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1523582749354-V7EZVU716ZTE0ADNH3U1/IMG_0629.jpg Blog - How'ya Goin' Mate? A perfect end to a day at the beach in the offbeat enclave of St. Kilda. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/3/23/no-room-at-the-inns-262e6 monthly 0.5 2018-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522926869967-K9CR62I9ISMNXZKNQPT6/Screenshot+2018-04-05+19.01.27.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522926908076-REPPZJITUEP3ZLFVQMCA/Screenshot+2018-04-05+16.52.32.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island After hours of searching, we finally found enough places to stay on our route. This image by famous NZ artist Dick Frizzle captures how we felt during the process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522926948591-YV7GUGCXWD4RIY69JFT6/rjTXg.jpeg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island These are the famous Pancake Rocks near Punakaiki. The blowholes and pounding surf were fun to watch, especially at high tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927031376-S9KLWXQDW1022KMPPZQM/IMG_5999.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island Our sweet little room at The White Heron Sanctuary Motel. We just missed the season for the tours they provide of the nesting area of the rare and regal White Heron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927069432-4KGDZEQQ9D5OPBJYAWI3/Nhk6S.jpeg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island The sunset dazzled the majestic peaks just beyond our motel in Whataroa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927111223-ZYMR4149H6G42R43DUZH/Screenshot+2018-04-05+18.52.39.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island The icy Blue Pools. Further towards the river there were plenty of people willing to brave the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927149531-NRAFLSO5AM585954OEZF/IMG_6025.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island "You go. No, you go. No really, I insist, you first" It wasn't that polite when it came to the right of way on single lane bridges. Fortunately, we never had to back up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927200260-L5VL1I6J38IBXIIOWVHG/Screenshot+2018-04-05+19.05.21.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island The drive down the south island gave us one eye-popping view after another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927246847-X9U3NMY23CG1DYDPU7OV/IMG_6202.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island Welcome to the souvenir shop in Cromwell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927483603-UH5ZMNNVAZAXBAUFZCK7/IMG_6194.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island The lavender had faded a bit, but this colorful cottage was a bright spot on the trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522964209760-RA64BVKN9LI6ZAHWSZL4/Screenshot+2018-04-05+21.48.17.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522965697572-XK7755FHJ3TS6EBDYBCL/Screenshot+2018-04-06+07.17.59.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island We couldn't get to every recommended trek on the peninsula, but we did take some amazing drives both along the water and high up on the cliffs looking down to the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927520376-GTETLOTUT4JSWVJ98W2L/IMG_6244.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island Catching up on the news from home on the porch of our garden retreat. We had sun and rain mixed for our visit to Portobello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522963253105-FGQHQ0LPN4T2MLOVEEZR/IMG_6275.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island Beautiful bounty from Jeannie's blowsy flower beds. We also enjoyed fresh, very organic vegetables from the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927686754-MJBEE6K15EUCKEDJFUBL/IMG_0260.JPG Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island A fine night out at the theater with our hosts. We enjoyed a play by P.G. Wodehouse called Jeeves and Wooster, a story we were very familiar with. It was full of broad British humor and we laughed the whole way through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927725421-LGVTTN4DEJIC4RZC1LVJ/Screenshot+2018-04-05+17.23.00.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island They call this place "The Nest". It is easy to see why. Not only was the view amazing, but we actually were at tree-top level and the many birds singing each morning and evening just out the windows added to the magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927767323-TMXOFJ5XQ0DSWQZHXD0T/IMG_6334.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island Our hosts Alan and Helen ready to step out. Don't let Alan's serious expression fool you - he also goes to Laughing Yoga once a week! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927860112-ZCQMDTKUIED3V6C50VS0/IMG_6437.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island We did a fun radio interview on Dunedin's local station with host Jeff Harford that you can listen to here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927896922-TXGDK358TB11LNNIH7KE/Screenshot+2018-04-05+17.30.46.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island This beautiful home was also a showcase for local artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522927935329-CITRSZ5YWQ02IV7IXL98/IMG_0305.JPG Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island Michael all decked out and ready for a Super Rugby match in Christchurch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522963294735-FGMS5R0BX30H1S6W07BU/IMG_0342.jpg Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island One of our favorite places in Christchurch was the "Cardboard Cathedral" A temporary place to house the congregation of the city's badly damaged Cathedral. It has become so loved it probably won't be going away. It's worth reading about how it was designed and built out of recycled materials, and yes, cardboard. Learn more here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522928115655-F8PUXG3G2V6XMM75OTA4/Screenshot+2018-04-05+16.56.21.png Blog - No Vacancy on The South Island Let's hear it for steak pie! And butter chicken pie! and fruit pie! And pie everywhere. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/3/27/a-pearl-of-wisdom monthly 0.5 2018-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1522147653701-T2MKQMB76J0QLHJKTTEF/FinalCut.jpg Blog - A "PEARL" of Wisdom Working side by side for almost five years! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/3/15/the-calm-before-the-storm monthly 0.5 2018-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521189365560-DW63XK1Z1RVOZUEF0RCS/Screenshot+2018-03-15+14.36.12.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521354434733-OM77XM8TZ4VQZZ356CJP/IMG_0205.JPG Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island The same type of ferry we were on heading the other direction. Nice shot, Michael. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521279071977-BP54PWT3QU9QZTBVVZ21/IMG_0202.JPG Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Mel and Joan, our Doppelgangers! It was so wonderful to spend time with two really cool people doing almost exactly what we are doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521328725464-R3IPXQWPSXAT4BNIK7JR/IMG_5589.jpg Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Happy in our seats - but even happier when we were joined by fellow Nomads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521328910863-8BBSZJESEJBOBAG8SX18/Screenshot+2018-03-15+15.18.04.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island The deck at the top of the stairs at the top of the hill topped it all off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521190714827-A8QHEFPU4FVLL7XU4QSW/Screenshot+2018-03-15+15.17.22.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Hello fabulous kitchen! Some memorable meals where had here in Nelson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521329110815-E8V57ZNB3O5Z6U0DW37E/IMG_0209.JPG Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Michael went to the police station to retrieve my purse. I think a police officer took this shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521325900631-XF67KL422WE60J8W21WG/Screenshot+2018-03-15+14.42.40.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Our local pub at the bottom off the hill in Nelson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521332399458-K6J4RF7G4AVXLRW62B5C/IMG_5673.jpg Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Before we ate this cookie (really just to send the picture to the grand kids) we had already downed some delightful pastries and I continued to enjoy NZ coffee. THE best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521190950997-V68PHPDUZNVUY6B8AQ75/Screenshot+2018-03-15+14.39.36.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island We found views like this all along the winding drive from Nelson to Abel Tasman National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521332991784-D01AAHT7QPPVF1EN8WB3/IMG_5782.jpg Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Arriving at the narrow road leading to the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333041114-7XZBT19DOULYFA3ZW2M8/IMG_5779.jpg Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island We saw a plenty of storm damage from the Cyclone that hit the area two weeks before we arrived. We were directly in the path of the next one while at our beach house Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333071535-596KIAFUDT8XH2L6U3UU/Screenshot+2018-03-15+15.20.32.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island The fabulous view from the deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333115342-DCAH07HNA2AGBVTDL8I9/Screenshot+2018-03-15+15.22.03.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Looking toward the secluded beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333156901-EE63DCQIK6TR9JH6TZCQ/Screenshot+2018-03-15+15.20.49.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island The path to the beach from the garden in front of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333194469-VGI04M3SK3NKM29RI7V9/IMG_5791.jpg Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island The shot I took just after we arrived. The storm was gathering strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333245692-SE56JQHNLOWFV7LW7CFA/Screenshot+2018-03-15+15.22.40.png Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island The whole interior of the house is covered in knotty pine planks. Warm and wonderful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333292889-GBLTGNTWJS87IBINVRU7/IMG_5829.jpg Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Fresh peach crostada just out of the oven - just in time! We lost power ten minutes later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1521333333282-VICJRNM8FLIV93BZKYBB/IMG_5704.jpg Blog - Ups and Downs on the South Island Near the beach in Sands Bay on our day trip to Abel Tasman National Park. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/3/6/another-birthday-another-country monthly 0.5 2018-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1520419733736-6B4S1XQLWY2CHCPP6QTO/IMG_0357.JPG Blog - Another Birthday. Another Country! Birthday lunch of mussels and my new favorite beverage at the Victoria Market in Melbourne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1520419339605-AWJWPWG4LONOH39XGJK1/IMG_1113.jpg Blog - Another Birthday. Another Country! Just one of many "feathered friends" I've made along the way. I knew that tattoo would serve me well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1520419452438-T3G6KHGNVTNG7NPLGTZ9/-2.jpg Blog - Another Birthday. Another Country! Celebrating last year at the W Hotel in Doha, Qatar. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/2/25/stay-left monthly 0.5 2018-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519543776976-QLZM9V2N99T0B1AJ34ZK/Screenshot+2018-02-25+18.41.56.png Blog - When Left is Right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519617740555-T2YQF9HK2PVVRMENG3QB/Screenshot+2018-02-26+16.01.32.png Blog - When Left is Right Still haven't seen a Kiwi bird. But we did see spectacular scenery around every bend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519544929277-ZJM8D5NY7ZMP87OM5ZWD/IMG_5336.jpg Blog - When Left is Right Having a look around one of the racetracks where Michael competed in 1970. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519617905026-YTN8ZRHE33Q8WNPKOH6K/Screenshot+2018-02-26+16.05.54.png Blog - When Left is Right The lake view from the courtyard of our private-room Airbnb in Rotorua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519619854152-KIYXUO4UX9XKN71ELDEF/IMG_5363.jpg Blog - When Left is Right We took a walk through the thermal park in the center of town - not your average garden setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519617970734-2AHYJU1LCP0YG9A1H7OQ/IMG_5379.jpg Blog - When Left is Right "Tramping" in the forest. I like the local word for a good walk in the countryside! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519549029242-1AC14YWKQ1XYWHHWOK88/IMG_5415.jpg Blog - When Left is Right The perfect way to try out a campervan without leaving the driveway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519620344546-VLSBSIGUPJU7M3IQ63TD/IMG_5419.jpg Blog - When Left is Right Soaking up the geothermal benefits in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519549576261-N31VLYFYHB6Z9BT583QU/Screenshot+2018-02-25+21.45.17.png Blog - When Left is Right Just one of dozens of architectural wonders in Napier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519549687986-XBBXLK60S2TDD6ETHE3S/Screenshot+2018-02-25+21.39.19.png Blog - When Left is Right "The Romeo Room" with a view on a sunnier day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519618057850-DF6IJZI2TXY7K0FRUUAH/IMG_5432.jpg Blog - When Left is Right The car had to be back by 5:30 pm so there weren’t any stops other than to fuel-up and gobble-down a very delicious Steak and Cheese Pie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519618089275-VW1MIX269QZEXZM7TOIQ/IMG_5542.jpg Blog - When Left is Right Our hosts Stephanie and Janet took great care of us in Wellington. Including dropping by with fresh goodies from the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519618143505-SZT2Z3SE3X5JCOZI277E/IMG_5467.jpg Blog - When Left is Right The Harbourside Market in Wellington offered bins full of fresh fruit & veg along with a long row of food vendors and at least five different coffee carts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519618418980-H42S2LPTOOKUDZX627X5/Screenshot+2018-02-26+15.25.51.png Blog - When Left is Right Wellington is still postcard perfect with many of its historical buildings carefully preserved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519619011401-B8XNWOR1YX0MCA53OV6N/Screenshot+2018-02-25+18.10.02.png Blog - When Left is Right Weta Workshop's co-founder and creative director Sir Richard Taylor with models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1519619058060-36A96GAFT27R6JDWXXYP/IMG_5562.jpg Blog - When Left is Right Michael beside one of the figures for scale. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/2/11/kiweek-two monthly 0.5 2018-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518421147672-TXNY3YIMEL156CGF78WC/Screenshot+2018-02-11+21.12.17.png Blog - Kiweek Two https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518339624116-1JTIZNKJEXB1H5C8C3Q2/IMG_0120.JPG Blog - Kiweek Two We look far from the action but actually, they were great seats and we could follow all the nuances of the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518341205961-Y8376WMAJFZU299VY7WU/Screenshot+2018-02-11+22.25.23.png Blog - Kiweek Two Here's a close up up of a Black Cap at batter in action during a different match. I'd go again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518339718002-KF1P2H6SNONG9PNGGMIW/Screenshot+2018-02-11+17.59.07.png Blog - Kiweek Two These were the fashion winners from 2015 but you get the idea. Notice no bum-skimming dresses made it into the winners circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518341293838-55KKDP9I3RNI0UX1CAQV/Screenshot+2018-02-11+22.19.25.png Blog - Kiweek Two Our home in Auckland was the perfect blend of indoor and outdoor living. One night during a heavy downpour we could hear the storm come and go from the comfort of our big bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518341618286-VXVITNSZPCF2V28FA9JI/Screenshot+2018-02-11+22.18.04.png Blog - Kiweek Two How would you l like your eggs this morning? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518389151918-QUJHVRPLD7L2PQLOAH06/Screenshot+2018-02-11+21.05.00.png Blog - Kiweek Two There were many of these "Kiwi Villa" style houses in our neighborhood. They are as rare as gold to buy now - which baffles older folk who remember them as inexpensive beach houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518340155829-CJ6P4IBMQ2QUMP7AQWAK/Screenshot+2018-02-11+21.32.08.png Blog - Kiweek Two We always look for a Free Walking Tour, and found one in Auckland. When we showed up on the day our guide greeted us like old friends. Louise reminded us we'd met us in Los Angeles at the Airbnb Open in 2016 and loved our book! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518389270388-Y1PSGQ0RWOQAMVPL7QIP/Screenshot+2018-02-11+22.13.05.png Blog - Kiweek Two Parnell High Street was a pleasant walk from our Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518383097750-M5CTZ6T6WH5WLCP157TS/IMG_0111.JPG Blog - Kiweek Two This haul from Countdown Supermarket required an Uber home. When we stay in a place for more than a week, we usually load up on groceries similar to what we'd have at home for breakfast, snacks and a few meals in. We'd also be traveling on by car - so I could indulge in things like a large bottle of olive oil. We found food prices in New Zealand to be some of the highest in our travels, so I didn't go too crazy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518390462318-XDB6JIFVVVPH749T8005/Screenshot+2018-02-11+15.44.26.png Blog - Kiweek Two Island Gelato Co. scoops the best gelato we have ever tasted. Anywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518389435247-GA7BNB35D4N3MOPPPUSF/IMG_5114.jpg Blog - Kiweek Two My "artsy" shot of the beach where we spent an hour frolicking in the waves on Waiheke Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518422937109-12M8R3NIG24X000LAEAG/IMG_5098.jpg Blog - Kiweek Two The gentleman to my right during lunch at the Boat House Cafe in Oritangi on Waiheke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518387117364-L0LZWB8UI3HU0CS1F3UU/IMG_5200+copy.jpg Blog - Kiweek Two The only cure for a sunburn is a scoop of Damson Plum gelato in a similar shade of red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518389691070-LBHER69M7QNRH0LBGPIN/Screenshot+2018-02-11+18.08.11.png Blog - Kiweek Two The famous New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team perform a terrifying Haka in front of their quaking opponents at the beginning of every match. Run for it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518390507614-LB0NBT9QIUN1WDK0OMF2/Screenshot+2018-02-11+20.40.37.png Blog - Kiweek Two I chose not to have a tattoo sketched on my chin with a Sharpie. Did I miss an opportunity? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518423163162-MNHY2I98LRLR9BAZB5E0/Screenshot+2018-02-12+21.00.17.png Blog - Kiweek Two Both Australia and New Zealand claim to be creators of this creamy cup of goodness - but since I had my first one here, I am going NZ all the way. Until I get to Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518391200065-MTZ5PUZYEP8I4N9318EM/IMG_5233+copy.jpg Blog - Kiweek Two Our new Kiwi friends Dale and Geoff. They are fans of the blog and wanted to show us around Auckland! We so appreciated their hospitality and hope to return the favor one day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1518391348354-16XZJ58SGK7II3RQOK8A/IMG_5301.jpg Blog - Kiweek Two We both had plenty of time to catch up with friends and write while lingering over a Flat White (or tea for Michael) during our two week stretch in Auckland. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/1/28/how-did-we-get-here monthly 0.5 2018-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517113051294-PAO1KJNOCGPH7L4C4U3Y/IMG_4899.jpg Blog - How Did We Get Here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517113350568-9UYYBLS28HJGTT4P5969/IMG_4212.jpg Blog - How Did We Get Here? All 14 of our daily journals were together for the first time in December. Keeping track of our daily spending (including taping receipts on each page) along with our activities has turned out to be enjoyable - and the key to staying on budget. I am sure we could do it online, but these physical journals, bought all around the world have become part of the journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517175677281-8BUF462VZWI6UOLJ3AWQ/IMG_2604.jpg Blog - How Did We Get Here? Packing up (again) after a visit in Hermosa Beach. Lucy is kind enough to loan us her bedroom! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517115510380-NHDTCPDUEBM8YSUC6RSJ/IMG_0091.JPG Blog - How Did We Get Here? Since the beginning, our answer to the question of how long we will travel has been “As long as we are learning every day, having fun, staying close to budget, and still in love.” Happily, we can still tick all those boxes, so off we go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517175029058-GPZF2VUFNCG5SPO83G97/IMG_4509.jpg Blog - How Did We Get Here? Packed and ready to go at Sea-Tac airport in Seattle! The big blue suitcase in front was filled to the brim with Christmas presents for family in L.A. and France. It was left behind in Paris - so are back to living out of two suitcases and two day packs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517114427901-9PRPL2V5NINU18BP6SYI/1970+Tasman+Series+3.jpg Blog - How Did We Get Here? Pictured here, the 3rd car in this pack with the wing, he was racing in the 1970 Tasman Series in his Formula 500 car in New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517114188695-CCKXG2R0HLJ52LCNZOV7/IMG_2840.JPG Blog - How Did We Get Here? Lucy and I taking on a few fresh crabs. We'd already plowed through shrimp, clams, fried fish and fries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517113713428-UXH23Z7DSO8TX1QULZL5/IMG_4758.jpg Blog - How Did We Get Here? Grandpa Bean Bag! Michael showing the French kids his favorite episodes of Sesame Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517115320871-WP0RCKKSVSMKVGQL50YM/Screenshot+2018-01-28+17.53.55.png Blog - How Did We Get Here? Route A - from Los Angeles to Auckland is 6,500 miles. Route B from Paris to Auckland is almost twice as far. A chance to see the grandkids won in the end so we took the long way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517115798075-ASIHFZZMJATLOZ4AUH1B/Screenshot+2018-01-28+18.02.17.png Blog - How Did We Get Here? Some of the Bollywood films on Air India caused their own turbulence! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517179204483-FO7LCGHCNCKW5I6S4MCA/Screenshot+2018-01-27+13.50.40.png Blog - How Did We Get Here? Our plain plane reminded me of the generic brand trend of the 80's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1517175093769-ZGE74CCHE893PNAE66Y1/Screenshot+2018-01-28+21.57.35.png Blog - How Did We Get Here? Auckland, New Zealand - our new home for the next two weeks followed by a month exploring the rest of this stunning two-island nation. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2018/1/8/bookshelf-2017 monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515366581644-5F6PX65KCP1FRJU784KU/IMG_2081.jpg Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf This book would have been relevant during last years travels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515388020169-315I2GM253MI0N3YQ6YD/IMG_3931.jpg Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf Here's a page turner Michael picked up at an author reading during our Senior Internship last fall at Airbnb's headquarters in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515366657329-B8KGJHU0RJJP517ZGSKG/IMG_4473.JPG Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf Whenever we are in Seattle. I make a beeline for Mercer Street Books. They have the absolute best selection of gently used books I've ever come across. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515366996677-US66Z7634VR1LRF9PCKT/IMG_2614.jpg Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf Thanks to Lucy, this "Muggle" is getting caught up on all things Harry Potter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515451770461-QWINXX2WEXJ7MWV5AITG/IMG_9967.jpg Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf We do come across "little libraries" in our travels like this one in Almaty, Kazakhstan, However, we don't often score a "must read". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515452772302-U4QQ1UDRKZ6BRXWYBPGN/IMG_2399.jpg Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf Michael doing his best to corral the next generation of readers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515450439138-MKFK2W3Z0QGTOREY1SRR/IMG_4517.jpg Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf Grandpa Michael and Spencer sharing a book about magical Fart Powder - let the laughing begin! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1515451538261-VS1XKNZRRKB6FIGJWZV1/IMG_4511.jpg Blog - Our 2017 Bookshelf Heading out on Round VI of our Senior Nomads adventures. A little overweight - but who isn't after the holidays! In this case, the extra blue suitcase was full of Christmas presents. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/12/15/the-stuff-that-counts monthly 0.5 2017-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1513286255762-N4IXH0VXTQ46NKA5QE2P/Screenshot+2017-12-14+13.13.52.png Blog - The Stuff that Counts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1513286205151-YSTCZ7LHO5T4F9KZQZ4R/IMG_1128.jpg Blog - The Stuff that Counts Frosty has moved on to a home where he is better appreciated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1513286674523-SKJ11R96MHREVO9LRNIH/Screenshot+2017-12-14+13.22.18.png Blog - The Stuff that Counts We’ve told this story many times - so if you haven’t heard if from the beginning, visit our website and click on the media page. The New York Times article offers a great recap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1513287464433-B9DBWHVNRF88KO40NI6C/IMG_0719.jpg Blog - The Stuff that Counts We've made some lovely memories with our family in Paris at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. Maybe that was Mary's plan all along! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1513287254586-A2ISTVBYP0M9PF22YOFK/Screenshot+2017-12-13+13.26.02.png Blog - The Stuff that Counts The U.S Embassy in Bucharest, Romania where we had our house sale paperwork notarized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1513287527488-4ST0LDQEGKZDQV1JBE3Q/Screenshot+2017-12-14+13.11.38.png Blog - The Stuff that Counts Our book tells the story of how we live in other peoples homes around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1513287027985-1L9QY1R9PGEO2NDUM19Y/IMG_4295.jpg Blog - The Stuff that Counts This year's Christmas tree is all ready to welcome friends and family while we are "home". https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/11/6/internally-grateful monthly 0.5 2017-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510515613917-MHK3RJXNTZ58UG0572BV/Screenshot+2017-11-12+11.39.16.png Blog - Internally Grateful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510519151238-2MB5JYOX3CF358A7PX43/IMG_3739.jpg Blog - Internally Grateful Walking both directions across the Golden Gate Bridge was just one of many memorable moments during our ten-week stay in this fabulous city by the bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510519244037-ZKKVG3U0T8UQ2ZYTTFVQ/IMG_3425.jpg Blog - Internally Grateful We had some great time with family - not only did we have Alistair and Jenny and our adorable grandchildren Spencer and Lucy up for a weekend, Michael reconnected with three of his cousins he hasn't seen in forty years! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510519314288-GN4CWUHKATXBQ4OGLCDQ/IMG_3240.jpg Blog - Internally Grateful We saw a lot of things differently while we were here, and we also heard a few new things as well. The Soundscape exhibit at SFMOMA was a delightful "sight" for the ears that included 17 mezmerizing audio art pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510521082577-R098VE3OKG6GJEZRYAQD/IMG_4495.JPG Blog - Internally Grateful Cousin time in Sacramento - the city where Michael was born and three cousins still reside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510546793956-B8X8RJNSOBLGP6S8UURC/IMG_3767.JPG Blog - Internally Grateful Here we are in front of Airbnb's green wall with cousin Julie next to MIchael and her wife Janice. They live in San Rafael and came in for a tour and dinner in Chinatown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510521999535-KTA20VNZQ8VKA800UJZ0/IMG_4675.JPG Blog - Internally Grateful Here's a shot with key members of a team we formed called Team HUG (Helping Uplift Guests) we worked with many great people on a pretty staggering range of projects - but working to create a program to recognize guests as valued members of the Airbnb community has been our favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510522105081-VXHD77NX2D5WZJ80J8RE/IMG_3893.jpg Blog - Internally Grateful We also shared our love of jigsaw puzzles. It was fun to see a crowd around the table in the late afternoon with the latest challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510519462050-ROVFCYDZ26KZLDVH9RYY/IMG_3496.jpg Blog - Internally Grateful Jenny and Lucy enjoying the fruits of our Ramen Noodle Making labor. Airbnb offers hundreds of experiences in cities around the world, and you don't have to be a guest to take one. Check out airbnb.com and search for something completely different to do in your own hometown! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510521009284-ABC7J09BDVL36GG9JZMD/IMG_4541.JPG Blog - Internally Grateful Michael at the helm of a Americas Cup racing boat. It was a memorable afternoon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510521264222-ES6ZSI8EFLL8E3CD312R/IMG_3636.jpg Blog - Internally Grateful Who wouldn't want to hang out with this bunch? Fruit and Veg was the Halloween costume theme for the third floor where we sit - not pictured are the many dogs, also in costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510521394730-CREDS93ZVD2Y4J80WXO4/IMG_3805.jpg Blog - Internally Grateful Michael and I are two of the few people here who use a lot of paper! We even use paper clips and staplers. What? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510521435764-9TRVZHKMAA9XSQTL2TVJ/IMG_4525.JPG Blog - Internally Grateful A thoughtful gift designed for us by Melinda - a very talented designer. It was given to us on stage during a company-wide presentation. Now if we only had a wall ... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1510522512823-OV75LPVMZO98B3C4A66B/IMG_4523.JPG Blog - Internally Grateful One last big thank you to Chip Conley - our champion. Chip has been there to say "Yes!" to almost every crazy idea we've ever had where Airbnb was concerned. He has a new book coming out in 2018 on the benefits of keeping Modern Elders in the workplace - I'll keep you posted on the release date. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/10/9/rewind-to-renoir monthly 0.5 2025-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508724801513-CCYFSEHMUWQ52VUNAYAN/paris-meat-market-in-the-11th.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508724863520-4IMYXC3XDQ9896VX1DNF/IMG_2590.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside All settled into a new home in the village of Samois sur Seine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508724897649-JT4LCV55DIMFT9YSUBGL/IMG_1903.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside Nothing beats the magic of a Paris market. I could see how the peaches inspired Cezanne in my opening image (not to be confused with Renoir). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508724933214-N862WWECOEJ0OOW0RYA4/IMG_2061.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside A rainy afternoons in Paris. This time on a walking tour with Michael tucked into a doorway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508724974468-1GIL3QNJ23BRQGSIP1ZQ/AgostinoIarcuci-paris-streetartnewses-3.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside The street art is Paris is some of the best in the world. Here is a recent installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725014964-49K9ALL3O5NQN3F9FL2N/IMG_1950.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside A morning watercolor lesson in the Luxembourg Gardens was a lovely way to spend time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725056437-3IPMIU13V9N0U9S0SF3L/hb_1975.1.201.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside Michael's favorite painting, Jeunes filles au piano by Renoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725095880-WXR93Z8O0HDQ7MAIZNT1/IMG_2075.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside First beard trim by a hip young barber near our flat in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725123570-G8GIVC0LVNJUU7XWCRS3/Screenshot+2017-10-22+19.01.42.png Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside The bucolic village of Samois sur Seine - it really is this beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725160548-UEKZ5EK5RFSUAQZ9IV96/IMG_2188.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside All packed up for a sleepover! The bigger kids stayed with us every other night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725185062-MXFIOFOSOFU1A3FG0K9B/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside Grandpa and Mary took Marcel to his first football match in Auxerre. Marcel is now an avid soccer player and loves to play goalie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725246709-OV3S5N8BHOL2SG3NIWRC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside Jacques is the most easy going little man you'll ever meet. All smiles, all the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725482817-GE81T3YGNJ31GN2JJOA9/IMG_2264.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside Marcel and Coco are a such great fun at 5 and 7. The Tooth Fairy (or mouse in France) has been very busy with these two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725286764-EE4OCOY83YLDVZXSMFG3/IMG_2436.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside Gregoire contemplating life along the river - and finding it very, very good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725556857-RDREMUP976RG9AF91K35/IMG_2331.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside I got a cat after all! This feline neighbor was the nicest cat I've even known. So affectionate with the kids and always ready for a nap in the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508726113471-XWCHONWWZWFAVMUSDAX1/IMG_4173.JPG Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside We were able to celebrate Coco's 7th birthday one weekend, and Grandpa's 72nd the next! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725343037-WY9PX11BI671LNRYSGS2/IMG_4165.JPG Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside Enjoyed the wide open spaces of the Fontainbleau Forest along with some very big rocks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1508725376811-CUQPCMWX0VE8MFKEKBE9/IMG_2245.jpg Blog - Rewind to Renoir and the Riverside This is about as good as it gets! So blessed to have this family to love and play with. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/9/17/intern-blog monthly 0.5 2017-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505830536117-VJRO0MOPYI8CX0R1Y92F/Screenshot+2017-09-18+15.49.20.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505830563794-KMHV3EP8WAAXQEKM13LR/IMG_2737.jpg Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco I think I must be looking up the hill we will be climbing every day to get to our new home! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505830591920-ZF7A2BW1JBZESM1SIHH7/Screenshot+2017-09-18+14.49.41.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco Our lovely living room on Potrero Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505830628092-BB12H4TALOKMX4CL9ZHT/Screenshot+2017-09-18+14.50.18.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco One of two sunny decks we can use to sit back and take in the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505830709226-4C98JCNAOJYAG5UJYNYF/Screenshot+2017-09-18+14.49.17.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco This has to be one of our favorite Airbnbs. And we were fortunate to be their very first guests! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505830790235-WJU31QSXVQ56ZLVRDF2A/Screenshot+2017-09-18+15.50.28.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco The interior of St. Gregory's is decorated with mesmerizing murals created by local artist Mark Dukes. They include many luminaries both biblical and historical as well as some who are still living. It is worth seeing if you are ever in the area - learn more here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505830993536-PGJ7RA46L3JDW8G3EELL/9QEDO.jpeg Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco Michael sporting a goatee as part of his new work look. He couldn't take his eyes off his new laptop, even for a photo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505831113100-JH00UHVN29CL0MHBLF02/IMG_2747.jpg Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco Here I am at Allbirds only retail store - people where lined up outside the door to get a pair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505831979449-UGX2YPRQNCBALQ0F4I8K/Screenshot+2017-09-19+07.29.52.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco Bacon Monday is a perk on top of the many perks that come with working at Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505832489350-5PD5GEBWVUNW8UMPJTCW/Screenshot+2017-09-19+07.27.24.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco There are cafes scattered throughout the buildings. This is the Santorini near where we sit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505832062537-CRJSQWTXWGVX0S45A3Q8/IMG_2783.jpg Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco Sitting on on the Core Values session presented by one of our favorite people, Dave O'Neill, who went to high school with our son Chris. That shows that we are indeed working with thousands of employees the same ages as our children! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1505833291657-JLN5FD8Y24PQN3IMUEB8/Screenshot+2017-09-19+08.00.50.png Blog - Living and Learning in San Francisco This is a still clip from our first video. We are creating one at the end of every day. Click the links below if you're intrigued with a :60 recap of daily intern adventures. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/9/7/from-senior-nomads-to-senior-interns monthly 0.5 2018-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504823280449-YIDUVESL72P1VO0QFWWY/Screenshot+2017-09-07+14.32.54.png Blog - From Senior Nomads to Senior Interns! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504821771535-08110OJ7SYCBN8RL2I2X/IMG_4105.JPG Blog - From Senior Nomads to Senior Interns! Leaving Paris last month. California here we come! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504824678955-SSBEPN2NA8MB62XNTZZI/IMG_0513.jpg Blog - From Senior Nomads to Senior Interns! I don't think there will be much time to put our feet up while we are in San Francisco! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504823349655-NZM49VJCYD7L8JXKK0C4/Screenshot+2017-09-07+15.24.40.png Blog - From Senior Nomads to Senior Interns! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/9/3/the-talking-car monthly 0.5 2017-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504652349422-6UT71WPVRCPW6KSXKOT5/Screenshot+2017-08-16+12.36.20.png Blog - Summer Road Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504663198633-W7GBIR7GW247ZO41GHZL/IMG_8287.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip We were ready to change our location from one end of the earth to the other! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504660778169-LIKYNTYX47VZFWSXQT6E/Screenshot+2017-09-05+18.17.12.png Blog - Summer Road Trip Kudos to all of you who take the wheel in foreign countries! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504654490186-S6GEPE18B9EC0EA5HQFJ/Screenshot+2017-09-05+16.24.27.png Blog - Summer Road Trip Our little Blue Meany at our first stop in Eigeltingen, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504663486079-9Y2O4QCNJ4P703SCABPG/IMG_1243.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip It was such a joy to wind through mountain passes and rolling fields all in the same day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504677787244-UNII49D7IYRVB68AD9D9/IMG_1231.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip Since we started in Germany I could continue to indulge my carnivore side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504661550808-L9WCYS1V1WSU8EISXFF4/IMG_1294.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip Snapping a picture of postcards is one way to catch the highlights of a place when you can only stop for lunch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504654684178-IBK42A78XVFGQCTDC465/IMG_1365.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip The joy of a car trip is the flexibility to stop and enjoy the beauty found at the end of a road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504654736922-NXE7VIN1LAV8Y5NUI0RS/IMG_1428.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip Low hanging clouds and rain obscured most of the mountain passes - but it was still beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504678781056-QE107R9TBLNSHYH6JNLA/Screenshot+2017-09-05+16.26.10.png Blog - Summer Road Trip Our quick stop in Lichtenstein for ice-cream and a receipt to prove we'd been there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504661735089-YC58BGTTBHFVPSDR7VBZ/IMG_1475.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip The view back towards Innsbruck from half way up the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504661794630-W5IYVFJLK8JFE0MECORZ/IMG_1631.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip A hint of the glory days when San Pellegrino was a top spa destination in the early 1900's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504661882826-MDIGNZF2LFH51D2DMUQL/IMG_1525.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip It was hard to leave this little fellow behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504661921469-8B5CXEQWMPZHX2IICJOZ/IMG_1605.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip The actual carved facade of Basilica di Sant'Andrea in Mantua. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504661988909-6P6IWH865HBJN6UJQ7A9/IMG_1602.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip And now for the painted version inside the duomo! I am not kidding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504662018851-HSRDVKY1HEXKF480GU0C/IMG_1740.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip Michael taking the air in San Pellegrino - on our way to find gelato of course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504662043914-9P8500CPYU7XYHLEGCLJ/IMG_1688.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip One of the finest days of my life as a nomad was spent at the spa in San Pellegrino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504662105335-2INZ2S6N0F2OP76W6OXG/IMG_1778.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip The courtyard of our farmhouse Airbnb near Freiburg, Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504662132525-HQECHCL5CIPXRBH30V81/IMG_1848.jpg Blog - Summer Road Trip Fresh picked bounty from the kitchen garden transformed into a delicious dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1504662312235-X4NYPDYS2FSA93ZRBMDV/IMG_4149%281%29.JPG Blog - Summer Road Trip A sneak preview of our three weeks in Samois sur Seine with the grand kids! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/8/24/carnivores-and-cars monthly 0.5 2017-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503655758252-ULKVBQ3V1SS06ZE7YA5Z/Screenshot+2017-08-24+14.53.06.png Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657825815-WUM2IKVAVXYVFQPVWT3Z/IMG_4105.JPG Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores Happy to be back in Europe where the currency makes sense and the trains are on time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657800914-TRSLI71YWF33PX5YVLZF/Screenshot+2017-08-25+07.30.07.png Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores One of the unique "ski lodge" themed rooms at the planet friendly Cocoon Hotel in Munich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657774063-LM9VYTXRNHLDIVEIMR7O/yimg_1QGyol-640x425.jpg Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores A knuckle worth cracking! The food in Germany is a meat lovers paradise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657750284-6UVBYD584TICPSQJ1X22/IMG_0627.jpg Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores Stuttgart was a beautiful city with more Summer events than many cities twice its size! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657856267-CFXKX41E1J6QB159BB1Q/IMG_0790.jpg Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores Pondering modern art (?) at the Stuttgart National Gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657884414-TNH81T8VXLUEZ7GEPF7X/IMG_3851.JPG Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores This was more appealing to us. A painting done by OsKar Schlemmer in 1929. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657907200-UXT5F37N93QIDA3I081R/image-2.png Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores Michael racing his F-5000 Down Under in the 1970 Tasman Series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657939077-B0JTWMV58HWG4TF15JSU/IMG_0670.jpg Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores The history of the Mercedes-Benz Company was fascinating - including their involvement in both WWI and WWII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503657972364-ZBPJ5WQY6DHLKIV3V0SU/3yc1k.jpeg Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores The Holy Grail. The Headquarters for Porsche and the site of the factory and museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503658001137-28ZKDSKR55F8Y4AMOHD2/Screenshot+2017-08-24+11.41.06.png Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503658042255-MYH2M55JGU6ECQD5VTMR/Screenshot+2017-08-25+09.21.49.png Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503658077690-4GFUQFFGBWAQ9H4YHPID/IMG_0768.jpg Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores The huge interactive wall could have kept Michael busy for the entire afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503658106639-S9QKFVMLF89U2FB5KT7P/IMG_3929.PNG Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores Joining our fabulous host Esteban on his (now our) balcony in Strasbourg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1503658133146-XWSMK0Z662YL17WT17SV/-1.jpg Blog - The Land of Cars and Carnivores Inside Esteban's apartment where we spent our 1,000th night in his lovely Airbnb. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/8/10/at-last-the-stans monthly 0.5 2017-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502356964793-KEWS2FWVZXR87M16R8PJ/image-asset.png Blog - At Last The "Stans" Horses are a very important part of life in Central Asia. You either ride them. Or eat them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502357740112-BT8D3P60E5N0XWQT11E4/image-asset.png Blog - At Last The "Stans" This map shows all 15 republics that were part of the former Soviet Union. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502448177097-3Z0ISQ7ZX3HNNPB0OCEJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Having a delicious breakfast with our Almaty hosts Anastassiya and Paul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502448211292-1OY9HLXDI3ULKLT6UZEM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Dennis Keen starting a walking tour company called Walking Almaty. As an American he gave us some particularly interesting insights into life in Kazakhstan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502433874482-AHG7SD686VLLP05FQZIM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" One of the photos taken by George Chumakov in front of the famous Zenkov cathedral for the story about us in The Steppe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502448250352-EDBLV8408UFDVITC1B23/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502470308828-EW6BKNSRSLLMYETKHXNE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" it was great to take in some fresh mountain air high above Almaty. The roads on the GPS looked like spahghetti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502448724547-ZTVUJQ1U9OVFDRGTJK54/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Debbie is always ready to try the local cuisine. This dish is soft noodles, horse meat and mystery sausage. She liked it...but wouldn't necessarily have it again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502448774413-TL60N8TC5ZVWUYL9CBEF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Certainly better than the KFC meal we had on the first day. Burger bun instead of a biscuit. Really chewy corn. And, the chicken lacked at least 7 of the secret recipe's 11 spices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449281457-SAQ947CGUJOKMGEAQKDT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Sometimes a chance encounter with a stranger ends up being something special. These two Olympic Medal Winners were more than helpful and fun to chat with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449308340-CP6KKBDT6TLTSL8KK5D6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" The statues outside the stadium built in the 50's featured woman athletes. But during the track and field event, the male medal winners got large cash prizes. The women got flowers. What? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449336064-SMBXHP5MRZCYBVJ5SYZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Here's the "European" toilet for ladies (who don't care to squat) Oddly, in the situation, Debbie considered it a gift and took the plunge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449373460-WCJT4M79JWBWNQWYB6C2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Meeting Azamat made all the difference. He showed us every corner of the city and beyond. This first meeting was at Sierra Coffee, a great hangout owned by an American that soon became our second home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449416052-FZQSUII4C2L4GGLS9LY1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Another great day out in the country. This time about a little over an hour outside Bishkek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449447100-JBDBC2J61UVVX78HIDMZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" The "meat market" took on a whole new meaning in the Osh Bazaar. Debbie perused the wide selection of fresh "whatever-was-on-offer" but declined to buy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449477657-MVJSORBMCRNHYUT84P12/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Debbie would have bought all of these traditional jackets for just $15. She could only pick one . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449513451-ZAUS35YA6KYZQURAI64N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Here is the yurt that sat in our parking lot for three days of mourning for someone who lived (and died) in our building. Sometimes the benches were full women waiting to go inside and see the body and cry loudly. Men had to stay outside and smoke and be serious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449549575-5TJE38KFJSG0LPALA6OA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Astana is a glittering new, and beautiful city made from scratch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449578680-8WBVGC91G8FFRMCZM17M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" I immediately bonded with the young event staff at Astana Expo 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502470808407-0CS9OBYZMI6A82UFRW4N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" Debbie stretched her wings at the US Pavilion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449653495-S50DDU4YU0H4BRC01EKK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" As part of Expos theme around renewable energy Astana filled many of its fountains with discarded plastic bottles to emphasis the importance of recycling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1502449684894-S4QEYBRVF4AV5JDFCJJ5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - At Last The "Stans" As Nomads ourselves, we appreciated the the Nomadic heritage of this region. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/7/26/mr-spreadsheet monthly 0.5 2017-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1501168321704-XEVNM6CEYGGA4KKZU3MP/IMG_0641.jpg Blog - Captain Spreadsheet Our six year old granddaughter Colette's drawing could easily represent Grandpa Michael slaying the numbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1501225505007-8OR6BHT7OZ5XSROOZGGI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Captain Spreadsheet Michael's skills came in handy last year when he served as Project Manager for writing our book Your Keys, Our Home. Many, different types of spread sheets were required - he was a happy man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1501228072902-GLMO8K3FQWIS3FN1I6LN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Captain Spreadsheet Our home in Strasbourg where we celebrated our Airbnb milestone was one of the best! Michael's record-keeping has helped keep the blurr of our travel, and all the placed we've stayed in focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1501169258641-NX7N83OJDP6FQ8J0M07U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Captain Spreadsheet Michael working on the daily journal where we log our activities and carefully tape in our receipts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1501168355143-P768YFRM0OAVVO7050RR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Captain Spreadsheet Captain Spreadsheet at rest, knowing the Senior Nomads are safe from evil Budget Creeps! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/7/18/the-muddled-east monthly 0.5 2017-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500586805379-I47F3AZFJREFF7PU70FZ/image-asset.png Blog - A Feast in the Middle East https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587740696-U627X245RGP6XUJHBHIA/image-asset.png Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Sitting half way between Africa and "The Stans" a few stops in the Middle East made sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500586837370-YD0JNVSYHTI56ALI02YN/image-asset.png Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Our home in Beruit. We didn't want to leave this wonderful nest where we caught-up on some rest and renewal after three months in Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500586872102-PPYFSS0DYCBIS7FHCEXT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Even though we felt safe and secure in our Airbnb - there were reminders of recent conflicts just outside our windows and around most every corner in the city center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500586923229-XH75SIQJ9V52BU24YBGC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East We were captivated by the Comey hearings just like the rest of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500586952354-IE264F9DF91YIXNLIVPF/IMG_9219.jpg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Here was a fellow you had to admire. He had everything he needed for a day at the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500586982346-7K2GTHPQHEI0LKD96QGC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Our walking tour guide in Beirut made sure we saw every inch of the city - five miles worth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587015200-9LZ82BTXH7K0ZEIES84O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East I am collecting quite a flock of "feathered friends" on our travels. This is the owner of The Grand Meshmosh hostel in the hip kids part of Beirut. A popular spot to spend a few nights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587053846-NWREKE6NMNWFZFJ16WRX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East It was a long way down from the lofty heights of Our Lady of Harissa cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587078720-AQNWDXWP0ZWWSLVCS4B9/image-asset.png Blog - A Feast in the Middle East The crumbling Citadel towered above Amman, and a massive Roman Amphitheater sat below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587184871-G5BZ5EZQ7L92HF65JQT1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Our beautiful deck overlooking the old town of Amman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587228388-FGSQN1NN5DFI4JSXM254/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East We ate well in Amman - this was just one lovely lunch at the Books@cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587285730-Y6574LS1SPZHTJZGUYOJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Our Iftar feast at Jamals home next door. It was hard to wait for the sun to go down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587313927-ZJ3EZU2CXGQ20D12AQME/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Our man in Amman - Jamal. One of the best hosts we've had in 148 Airbnbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587346208-ZRYMGDRALLTB6BF0CPKQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East A beauty of a car in The Royal Automobile Museum that debuted in 1956 - just like me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587377580-1782VV00OPJGZUH8GY9Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Joining the boys for an Iftar feast on the street in old town Amman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587412285-3X0M4UF7OQMAH2L08BSQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Seeing Michael on a horse for the first time in our 39 years of marriage was a highlight! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587463531-U093UVH8T45O4K43HP9W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Petra was so other-worldly it was almost hard to take in the majesty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587500104-KCVKL5TM2OINSLPTG0KG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Sometimes, the tourists are the attractions. Like this lovely lady from Australia, who did indeed buy that painting from that wily pirate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587528413-LF2JMH7BQ9O7T3X2NU2I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East This was just the start of a full on traditional meal to "break the fast" during Ramadan. For two! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587558596-3F6G1EUT0KRQS95POC2X/image-asset.png Blog - A Feast in the Middle East The beautiful view from our Airbnb in Dubai. I should have noticed the mosque in the listing photo...call to prayer anyone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500634085463-199PV8WWYQYYAJR4339K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East Michael was working hard to get his ice cream cone from this talented trickster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587590253-MJFBQMDSFB0RXCP7PH8W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East We strolled the magnificent grounds and the private beach at The Westin Dubai. Just looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1500587618554-PKYG22MXOXEXPO1AOSIQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Feast in the Middle East How to beat the heat? Spend the day skiing at the mall of course! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/6/30/the-map-pin monthly 0.5 2017-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499504427673-NK8QOPFI5CFCOVQDWV7V/image-asset.png Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost The headline is one of our favorite quotes by J.J. Tolkien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499580713131-5C1KR6QS9H9UW9ESH5LE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost One of our best decisions was to travel with our trusty bed pillows - a little piece of home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499580909165-8SNXRNEKDJMQXEJM8DUD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Keeping track of our flight from Dubai to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Where? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499580968321-NAF4P23PP30ER3O3L606/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Doing a little travel planning before we left last February for Africa and "the Stans" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499581089875-227IO1L6YIVHQXWJQPEL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Airbnb Experiences are an interesting way to see "behind the scenes" of a city. Here we are on a tour of street art in Paris that ended with time in the studio of the famous artist Mr. Pee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499581792673-GD705A59ONH0RTOCRXQC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Michael has attended at least two dozen football matches around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499581644000-STIR448TAPO4EK3TGVOW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Stocking up on pineapple in Zanzibar at four for a dollar! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499582039621-HVJ1FP0Q3DL0JI2OKMS0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Michael talking politics with Evilio, one of our hosts in Cuba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499583085037-EZ7V6RQAOO3ETI20N870/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Here's an Airbnb in Fishhoek, South Africa we were very sad to leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499583186728-C9XPR87K1J22CGKCNA8X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost The view was just one of the reasons... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499583235264-22ZLYECWN93D3WZIFFZZ/IMG_9525.jpg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost We've used many different forms of transportation, but this was a first (and I mean that for Michael). On horseback in Petra, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499587936379-PP5F74AWP79EHP4813HH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost One way to save money is to take flights at odd hours - usually in the middle of the night. So that makes ice-cream for breakfast at the airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia seem normal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1499583409052-6HJZ720TRU5NH1CBECQ6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost Did I mention Michael is also Head Sherpa? Have bags will travel - wherever that might be! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/6/25/safari-so-good monthly 0.5 2017-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498498185983-6YUFMNBZ39M73E5GOASV/IMG_1101.jpg Blog - Let there be Lions It was early for us, too. This big ol' lion gave a big yawn just after this shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498498250450-DUC33W44UC4V7OR0UTN3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions Good morning and welcome to my Kingdom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498495896418-5ESY2SN5YZNAV3FQS1BB/image-asset.png Blog - Let there be Lions The one and only Leonard George, guide extraordinaire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498494483767-YP8FTUBJBYTOAGFIRQ1P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions We were so fortunate to have a great guide and a safari-mobile to ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498515871966-QPKZ29SQX1Z0937A79HP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions We saw many Maasai people during our twelve days in Tanzania. Often we'd see women and children carrying firewood or water along the side of the road while the men and boys herded cattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498497217302-VUR463MQUH8GMHHI8TF1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions A happy elephant family on their way to greener pastures in the Tarangire Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498498436901-3FW60TSSXCXPKQL0O23J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions Ready for a trek to the lake from our luxury tent at Camp Maramboi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498521966210-2NKAJK51GLH2ACEKDZE7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions We were never sure what animals we'd find outside our door. On the first night a lion killed an impala within earshot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498518082224-TE5CCH1BOPPEUD2X1SG7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions You could smell these hippos well before you found them in their wallow. A group of hippos is called a bloat - how appropriate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498516758213-39A3086YB4A9FRYP9J34/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions Let's move! Wildebeest, zebras and Thompson's Gazelles starting on "the great migration". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498517855566-UB93XA9NC03SKPVHGHSA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions This looks like a op-art painting! A herd of Zebra can also be called a dazzle - I love that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498520817312-CBWB6W7T66MAD4O7N4OD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions Some lovely Maasai ladies who patiently showed us how to use beads, grind corn, thatch a roof do a dance, and buy a bracelet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498524301418-58O31RHUC9VJXFLFBE0D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions On a hunt with Hadzabe tribesmen. Eventually they rousted a marmet from it's lair and added it to the strings of birds shot down with poison arrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498520763353-FTBD80OCD0YI5PYBTQN0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions A Hadzabe shelter that will be left behind when the group moves on to new hunting grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1498523368106-G848FX6A78ABFIVGGTOI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Let there be Lions Gentle giants wandering the flower covered floor of the Ngorongoro Crater. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/6/13/out-of-africa monthly 0.5 2017-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497626974271-VCG0C1985CTPZZHTHEWE/image-asset.png Blog - Out of Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497628861042-ACAMHXO9JOE69KDZCWIB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa The necessary visas for Kenya and Tanzania - our passports are looking very official these days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497773276082-NPGEJE172ID376JRTBGD/image-asset.png Blog - Out of Africa This shot of Addis Abiba is a typical city scene - although every place looks worse in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497782242871-0RZLYZAS3QWE1K1TL7YB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa If we hadn't stayed in the capital city of Pristina in Kosovo, Michael wouldn't have had this memorable conversation with President Atifete Jahjaga whom we encountered during a press conference in the main square. Just one of many moments in our travels where we found ourselves following in history's footsteps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497629096664-6JP4YIGYZGHXYNEXXZ1N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa True love! But there was a price to pay, Michael would not kiss me again until I had showered and brushed my teeth. It was worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497871482384-UFO0Z4Y3HOV3FWG7WL9P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa At Karen Blixen's house we stepped into the film set of Out of Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497773367500-VKEZKBDK5HIT5D1OAX39/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa Dozens of enchanting baby elephants were fun to watch, but sadly, they were orphaned by poachers or often found in abandoned wells. This organization is able to return a large number to the wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497773860094-Z3KMKROLE9FD5JP4N12D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa Our Go Addis guide Desalegn was committed to making sure we left his city filled with happy memories and some authentic Ethiopian coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497773887196-T9RKY8VKZ3A9PT0FVY8R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa The labyrinth of the central market where fragrant sacks of coffee, grain, and spices filled every corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497782307266-97ELU6Y2897FX637T90J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa If the shoe fits, wear it. If you can find the other one, all the better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1497786956981-NSJ6S15CC31PUGXYC4NI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Out of Africa The Italian influence still lingers in Addis Abiba and we enjoyed a meal Mama would have been proud of with our new friends. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/6/6/reconcilling-rwanda monthly 0.5 2017-06-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496770313299-KLY95B3MGITD9Z1NSAYD/image-asset.png Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496771719587-JPT0LC5SX63PBXJDCNW2/image-asset.png Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Kigala and the surrounding hills of Rwanda were colorful and clean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496771858818-EUL6XFVKIOI9SNP114V5/image-asset.png Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda The center of town. The motorcycle on the right is a taxi - there were hundreds of them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496772174214-A0X58DKITRG6V0E7LPAU/image-asset.png Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Once a month the citizens of Rwanda are obligated to clean their public spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496772737522-K02KFZ8HWQE8F84F0VB4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Our very little home-away-from-home. It was small but comfortable and in great location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496773135048-JPRJQ2TTCG1HP4RQR1YS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda The view from the loo! Looking back at our front door from inside the separate WC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496774969732-EWLL12Y5ML8G3RBHIF0O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda An unnerving sight - the cleaning of remains at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496816187196-TNUGZT0DE9T73B9VJ8VU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Our delightful new friend Gadi. We are having lunch at the infamous Hotel Des Mille Collines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496775350243-BU5Y0TYCW5989U8THXUW/image-asset.png Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Soozi with President Kagame. He attended the schools first graduation ceremony in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496846464670-NHFAN7OV5HBBCXH0R57D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Our student guides for the afternoon at Gashora Girls Academy. They were so poised. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496775456515-LN3PU6AXIKSI8IF10O7I/image-asset.png Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496846565971-910AIB28FA0BYR7DU3NS/image-asset.png Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Shal enjoying the afternoon assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1496846505944-WV2PQ2IBCX7HFPSYH8O5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Reconcilling Rwanda Bright costumes for bright girls. The range of talents shown by the students was amazing. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/5/21/zanzibar monthly 0.5 2017-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495458917664-AD0K7DUHGL5MXPYF5MF0/image-asset.png Blog - Zanzibar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495460346809-NKXY7VI0U1SQUNKME3XH/image-asset.png Blog - Zanzibar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495459198050-GWQSLPWJM6TYUVQGSMOZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar The Greyhound bus looked better in the sunshine. Even buses have to stop for gas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495459409398-0L46DRD6O9Y1SFQ3GCML/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar The view from our upper deck seats. It didn't get much better for the first few hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495522093338-JQGOYGIYVEF8AMQNDDAL/IMG_5560+%281%29.jpg Blog - Zanzibar Stone Town spread before us as we came in for our landing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495467444752-1UP9IX2AL9D4C5ZLY52U/image-asset.png Blog - Zanzibar Karibu means Welcome! We learned some great Swahili phrases while we were here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495522133071-XBWZXBESOSB8SM21BMEL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar Once again hauling our trusty REI bags to the next destination whereever that might be! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495523253759-EZZCBBOJYCXPNCY3BTTV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar Salum got us safely to our less than inviting front door. It was typical for the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495476742017-LQ485H2JODC550YPQWW5/image-asset.png Blog - Zanzibar Jamal, our sort of door man and purveyor of fresh fruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495512637173-68585TCPP6LF07V8CVV8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar Only one more creaking flight of stairs to go! Just be sure you have a flashlight at night... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495522234846-EEQ7YW8TXZUM8PIWV2NX/image-asset.png Blog - Zanzibar This was Michael's desk - I took over the kitchen. The space was a delightful haven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495475439221-32AJO4U55Z09Z9MIYZA2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar A spiced Zanzibar coffee. Redolent of cinnamon, cardamom and mace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495523352743-N9ZSDO1WLA6GROWWQPC1/IMG_3008.JPG Blog - Zanzibar Zanzibar is 98% Muslim but there are two churches. We attended service at the Anglican church on the site of the former slave market. The pastor asked if I would give the first reading - a first for me, and very moving. The congregation was mixed - natives and tourists and numbered about 30. In the high season the tourists outnumber the natives by more than half. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495466329331-0Q0AY370FZN6VTYQ50DF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar There is a mosque and a Muslim school on our street and encountering little ones coming and going from school was such a treat. They are some of the most beautiful children I've ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495522459837-WMHWPYD5HU9B0TLILUWP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar Our chilly day at the beach! The setting was still beautiful and I did manage to get my toes in the sand. I am sure Zanzibar lives up to it's magical name after the rainy season has passed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495522502848-3NRDFYM5AA052JGWROWY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Zanzibar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495478760157-OV9MZGUKOF54PRX87DY8/image-asset.png Blog - Zanzibar It was far better to buy a fresh bird than one from the pile in a plastic tub. Sorry chicken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1495523393390-KJXZB18RPKCH03U47U05/IMG_5831.jpg Blog - Zanzibar The fruit here was amazing, finger bananas, pineapple, papaya, mango and more, and the fragrant spices piles in the market lived up to their reputation. Next time we'll go to a spice plantation. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/5/4/safari-at-last monthly 0.5 2017-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494609488873-Q37M0XTBR4RJU3CM58PU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494609585072-3PLTMI06WCIMD05JP9CC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last I've met a few "Feathered Friends" along the way - this kindred soul lives in Galway, Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493920003713-03DDH48YO2989EHTIYND/Screenshot+2017-05-04+20.45.33.png Blog - Safari at Last https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494779277365-23ZG4V9JPWNMB7F6GOOO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last Morning coffee break. There were times Michael and I had our guides to ourselves - that made for some very custom "game hunting" and-one-on one learning about the wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494653812158-88QJ4VP12YOMLG1GRSJO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last At least we had skies like this as an incentive each morning, along with the deep, woodsy smell of the damp brush and the greatest hits sung by the local bird population. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494610102309-81I67LX8MBRV789WKYIB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last When we first sighted this herd of giraffe we counted over a dozen heads poking up from the trees. Once we got up close the little ones brought the count up to twenty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494779524395-SKJQA1KSY48XYQGWQF8K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last Such a magical moment. I didn't know it then, but in a few weeks time I would be getting a lip smacking kiss from a giraffe in Kenya at the Giraffe Center. More on that in another blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494575157375-U34EC332VMQQYKV8LMPJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last Michael kept a running tally of the animals we sighted and there were many! His favorites were the Ostriches and the Impala. Maybe we aren't Big 5 people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494340054395-AGX1X8YJRMDQIJO2S59R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last These majestic young lions were just a few yards away from our vehicle and in no hurry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494338411007-JXEMYOOBIL5MQ70YZS0A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last We could hear elephants cracking branches and chomping bark well before we came along side to watch breakfast being served up. This fellow is methodically stripping bark with his tusks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494222460743-6MRC5G8GHPXD4URV01TP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last Trust me. He was here a second ago! Just as I got my camera ready Mr. Hippo disappeared and was never seen again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494222040454-KBVHXNEGWXPECISW5JMT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last A visit to the shipwreck strewn Mission Rocks Beach on the Indian Ocean near St. Lucia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494221850884-96FRRR4PI48CCEHABMT2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last We saw a lot of these regal Kudu. An animal we'd never heard of, but came to appreciate for their quiet beauty and ability to blend into their surroundings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494221153885-GMQLTCFJLO9OECDCCFN1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last My big five are different from the usual Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Water Buffalo, and Rhino. Give me Zebra, Giraffe, Monkeys, Ostriches and Cheetah! We saw all ten except the elusive Leopard within our reserve. African Spirit Safaris delivered! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494220936258-I8YLHCEF00ER1NMLZ5HM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last Cheetahs are hard to find so we were thrilled to see this mother and two cubs one morning. We also spotted two white rhinos with a calf. A good day out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494220678034-CX9JGV1OSJAHVWRTVNLE/image-asset.png Blog - Safari at Last "Didn't I just see you outside?" Our lodge had a trophy room that sort of gave me the creeps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494220518553-JKQQS08HNNZ4HHL4ESSH/image-asset.png Blog - Safari at Last A Kudu ready for auction. Afterwards, he will be moved to another Game Reserve looking for fresh blood for their herd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494220388321-TCWVP1PSVCFOCVWC9PL9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last The game auction in action. One Water Buffalo going once, going twice, SOLD! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494220312378-A6XJK3TBIPUKX64KCLCV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Safari at Last A herd of elephant set the speed limit on the way back to the lodge. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/5/10/rick-steves-radio-interview monthly 0.5 2017-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494490390607-TDFJZMU0XXEZM01QXBQY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel with Rick Steve's Radio Interview Spending a morning with Rick Steve's was a highlight of our time back "home" in Seattle last December. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1494495056025-SWZJHYNUP6KB3EN0GHWF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Travel with Rick Steve's Radio Interview Living life and loving each other one Airbnb at a time - this time in Zanzibar. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/4/20/africa monthly 0.5 2017-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493068398179-AMXOIBAGACZYHWV72D5D/Screenshot+2017-04-23+19.34.49.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1492969472775-95Y050SLXWWVWJFFSI5T/IMG_4670.jpg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Colorful changing cabins at the saltwater pool on the beach between St. James and Kalk Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493013208030-WGUMZH657GEKTM4DDMXB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa The Indoni Dance, Arts and Leadership Academy teaches life skills along with dance moves to youth from Cape Town townships. Many kids travel two hours each way to get to rehearsals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493014145338-04Q7EM3FFTQQ8DN2G9L2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Getting ready for the match. We went straight from here to the Boer sausage stand for pregame eats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493220665995-NSKWAKL83V47TQTJ2V1Y/image-asset.png Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa After the match and our visit to the Apartheid museum watching Invictus again was a moving experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493190902948-I54F7M09HHUT8CPAGSNE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Nothing "snooty" about the food on our Premiere Classe train ride to Johannesburg. Here's our satisfying comfort food lunch of chicken and three veg, followed by carrot cake for dessert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493070200494-LR4IKI7D6OTEBH36J9U1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa The scenery ranged from open wheat fields to vineyards and craggy mountainsides to sprawling townships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493192514194-14ULY3VS22LUKV1SYQ7G/image-asset.png Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa This shot of downtown Johannesburg could just as easily been taken in Durban. In both cities a fifteen minute drive from the city center took you to a different world.. In Johannesburg we had dinner at a Jamie Oliver restaurant in a glittering mall, and in Durban we found grand historic hotels and beach resorts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493187382709-N1Z7YRRC5S5FPMRCLST1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Outside the Apartheid Museum entrance. We could have spent a day there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493192667776-ZUXP2H4HF2L2MOUQEQGH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Just one of a thousand incomprehensible facts we learned at the museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493219425010-GBR6OS0GU0FMR2VE8CZ1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Upscale malls and pristine suburbs were in sharp contrast to the city centers and sprawling townships of the three major cities we visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1493221505474-88ZL1VGGV0084Q8IWZL7/image-asset.png Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Poolside at the stunning Oyster Box hotel in Umhlanga Rocks near Durban. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1492971280374-FIW6DBH74SGN044LDIBV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Valuable Lessons in South Africa Bunny Chow! I would have eaten anything with that moniker - just to try it. Fortunately it turns out to be delicious, fiery hot curries served in a hollow white bread box. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/4/6/freinds-along-the-way monthly 0.5 2017-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491810234067-YS6P2ZNK9RV7F5R93KEC/image-asset.png Blog - Friends Along the Way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491810760470-793GZN9SVX9N7Y9RGVOW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way We met our new pal Aubrey at a football match in Cape Town. We were in the stadium parking lot and had just found out we couldn't buy tickets at the gate, Audrey overheard our plight and pulled two extra tickets from his pocket and invited us as his guests. We enjoyed the match from the best seats in the house and an affable local's point of view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491813749550-G0EH2D4ZVANEUGW1SOBI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way Chip helped make our first Airbnb Open appearance in Paris in front of 5,000 hosts seem like a walk in the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491888482833-CJEQGV64GJIDN8SJ0AIC/IMG_1878.jpg Blog - Friends Along the Way Taking in the sunset in San Miguel Allende in Mexico with new aquantences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491887847486-UIPDJ0DTY15MQZWD5H3W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way We didn't mind bumping into these ladies at the Open in L.A. in November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491811726874-DECD1CFHND96W72TCCKA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way Wendy and Graham were shipmates in Montenegro. Michael and Graham are so tuned into each other they wore the same color t-shirts almost everyday -without checking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491816517115-89340UIU7N9EV0VDGYPL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way You would only trust a good friend to give you his first ever haircut. It wasn't bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491908806651-XU28UVNO5SMIPENKZPNK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way Michael and Stu had a broad range of topics to cover. Ruth and I must have been off somewhere looking for gelato. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491908724373-N6PWYYVNXC211B0E3667/IMG_0461.jpg Blog - Friends Along the Way A lovely stroll in the bucolic countryside surrounding Jim and Marilyn's home near Lausanne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491908989837-57JSRSOB9WXZ0OF8428O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way Michael holding court at a luncheon in our honor at our Galway, Ireland's host Irene's Mother-in-Laws home. It was a classic gathering of the towns finest ladies over G&T's and smoked salmon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491909034039-UA9VF2TA9IW2028WHFY9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way Dominic and Suzanne took us on a lovely walk along the sea near Fish Hoek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491910629144-KGZ33U2YRJKV4GZF9Z92/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way Cheers to Rose and Judy for taking us out for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491914651045-FFYLNKR7HR3QGEMHUECI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way If Carol and Kent were in this selfie as well you'd see the six "Seniors" behind the production of our book. Old dogs, new tricks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491889490386-Z5VVFYKOB1BMRDUMLND5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way When we are home in Seattle, we see as many good friends as possible. Here is a dinner we hosted while house-sitting with our forever friends Carla Murray, Tom Robinson, Suzanne Height and Rich Cardwell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1491915859416-0NULY2Q58GB02NKG9G94/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Friends Along the Way We couldn't do this if we weren't best friends. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/3/21/cape-town monthly 0.5 2017-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490717879841-9DUJZ0H150BO2T8NRC7J/image-asset.png Blog - Cape Town Capers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490353795316-R1C8BS0F4ROBSFNPBKBD/image-asset.png Blog - Cape Town Capers The bustling Doha airport offers distraction twenty four hours a day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490353828938-8BK4NU6VNLXC41K3Q0ZA/image-asset.png Blog - Cape Town Capers This movie is the ultimate distraction from current world affairs. Click the link above to see the trailer. And be ready to smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490359693328-XP4JXS5A4XZSKX34O2XG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers Enjoying the sun and the waterfront with Table Mountain framed behind us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490352724851-AIYPF3W2Z3G7XGE7QCWK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers You know you are living like a local when you sign up for the frequent shopper card at the grocery store! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490362351406-KYMTA15CRKMF6PHME52Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers There are a two ways to get to the top of Table Top mountain - we chose the gondola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490636602468-DTJ0MQM75ZENLHO1UNKX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers One of the few remnants of Apartheid left intact in the city. Read Trevor Noah's Born a Crime for insight on growing up in SA just as the country was going through transition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377007448-AW6WZDXMOC5RGDUVR4LP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers A glimpse of the colorful Muslim enclave of Bo-Kapp with the ever present mountains in the background. We enjoyed delicious Malay Curry (a Cape Town specialty) in this neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377038436-AE284WC2HKKE5XIEWL3S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers Our new friend Judy and about 1,000 penguins, matched by an equal number of tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377058566-3CZEZLD2CTX19A10561P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers Vaughan and Joseph shared insights to life in Cape Town over a delicious lunch in Camps Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377098422-BXD6A5RK0VQ5L1ZBO0VD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers Another football match to put in Michael's scrapbook. Our seats were in the thick of the Ajax (pronounced Eye-Ax) CT fan section. The team is named after the famous Amsterdam club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377119330-S40HJ1JYTE9GIXZTUVEC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers God love Ajax and he is good to us, too. The match ended in 2 - 2 draw that favored Ajax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377143401-IFON81EPEYC6XK3X11CR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers If you wanted a shot of the carnival you had to push into the forest of phones in the air! It was a fun night out and just down the road from our Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377170432-5SKYB0PYUSTHPEOC3WAY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers Michael and I getting a dose of reality as we stood inside Mandela's Robben Island cell where he spent 18 of his 27 years in prison. He slept on a thin mat on the floor his head touched one wall and his feet the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490377195553-EP91JN9KMDA559DN5OGY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers Michael walking in the Lime Quarry where Mandela and other political prisons spend the day in blazing sun scraping away at the rocks for no reason other than hard labor. The stone pile in the foreground was created when Mandela and his fellow political prisoners returned to island as free men in 1995. Mandela placed the first stone and 1,300 fellow prisoners followed suit to create this impromptu memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490422980097-AUCAD64L1H5U8D5DNMI4/image-asset.png Blog - Cape Town Capers Now for a change of scenery. Here is the view from our deck in Fish Hoek - just 45 minutes south of Cape Town by car. It's one of the most beautiful Airbnbs we've ever lived in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1490423785399-0OKLBXIZZ7I3GA9ZVEBA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cape Town Capers I'll leave you with what is certainly is the second best use of a hardhat I've ever seen. There were many of these on display during Carnival. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/3/8/arabian-style monthly 0.5 2017-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489214091771-HL5WZGF8IMKS2LA08VO0/image-asset.png Blog - Arabian Style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489253415181-535MN0LQCOVVY3HW52WX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Arabian Style Me practice packing back in L.A. Now with the weight reprieve in Paris, the shoes can stay! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489253664545-XL398UQL1C6S3JAQ0K2B/Screenshot+2017-03-11+10.40.27.png Blog - Arabian Style The Saudi King doesn't worry about weight restrictions. He just fills his planes! He is currently on a tour of Asia with his entourage and 500+ tons of luggage, including an escalator and and elevator! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489217615626-Z0UFVWI23NI2CYTTK7I2/image-asset.png Blog - Arabian Style There was construction everywhere we turned- mostly on the nine new stadiums and the extensive light rail system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489223575879-XAGGGU960D4ME4FI2IC4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Arabian Style The walking distances between Point A and Point B were so long there were free phone charging stations along the way in case your phone battery died before you reached your destination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489223622386-B0EOX037QJTTNX6WNXDW/image-asset.png Blog - Arabian Style Our Neighborhood! This is a rendering ... but it really does look like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489252221907-OC2LEQ9VTPGECNOC1R5X/image-asset.png Blog - Arabian Style We spent a wonderful afternoon watching world champions compete in jumping and dressage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489223688363-R2TUZT4DIR8LD58IBHCE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Arabian Style Just two proud dads taking happy snaps of their kids competing in the junior trials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489223981402-6GWO3DS638NBNQFGQDR2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Arabian Style A typical Qatari man - although this is a fashion model version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489252368386-TZZIOWQRCTHOLGA5GI1X/image-asset.png Blog - Arabian Style The majority of the women we saw were dressed like this, but many also covered their faces further leaving just a small slit for their eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489252407694-CLPPCEUOK9UKDL8PLGFZ/IMG_3421.jpg Blog - Arabian Style Michael sitting at a mock-set of the Al Jazeera news (based in Qatar) trying to explain Trump to the people of Qatar. You can see he is struggling to make any sense of what's going on in America! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489252436814-U4ZX8JYSNCN4ADILDECK/image-asset.png Blog - Arabian Style Here is just one of nine stadiums currently under construction in and around Doha. Amazing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489253465344-WKHI0QI6ZNG6725E4PIU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Arabian Style Our friend Daniel Kerzner met up with us in Paris to collaborate on an exciting new project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489223941220-A57NAR09TBX8FKFTQKAZ/image-asset.png Blog - Arabian Style My "Cinderella Birthday" at the W Doha. Here is the personalized place-mat I found at my seat in the Market by Jean-Georges restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1489223876692-Z74R95D58JPA2GHDV7AO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Arabian Style Lounging in the Presidential Suite at the W. We didn't spend the night, but we got a great tour of the place and enjoyed more special treats from the hotel staff. A birthday I'll never forget. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/2/20/fewer-roads-less-traveled monthly 0.5 2018-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1488326217076-2FJZOTTGIO09NYA412P3/image-asset.png Blog - Suitcase Wars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1487725586969-5KGW0ID6AISQ7QL84XX4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Suitcase Wars I was able to make several loafs of my nearly famous "Nasty Banana Bread" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1487725671254-3IWOR64IP9K5KB6PASW7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Suitcase Wars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1487810296311-D2IWK13F4J9LNPY1PY5K/image-asset.png Blog - Suitcase Wars I love the internet - you can ask it anything you'd like and always get an answer. Like this one! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1487922961185-N5M25MKM2SFPFYQ7WHCT/IMG_5448.jpg Blog - Suitcase Wars Michael with his handy "Fish Scale" doing a final weigh in last summer in Wales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1487922823975-CFDTSTQJRW9KB9W79G3A/Screen+Shot+2017-02-21+at+5.11.36+PM.png Blog - Suitcase Wars Maybe I pack too many snacks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1488010325069-V5N1VB2EJX41K69GKS7B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Suitcase Wars On the road again! This will what we take with us (minus the box) for the next 8 months. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/1/31/time-for-round-5-planning-for-africa monthly 0.5 2017-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485823689831-1KESDYFPTEPA40696B1M/image-asset.png Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485813785278-Y22AF4QSGE2HPU9RIBG1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa A glimpse at our most recent "home". We had a wonderful stay on Queen Anne! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485813997796-2YPLL2C33RUBE496D80Z/dcw%3Abooks.jpg Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Doing the research is part of the fun of travel planning. Personally, I like guide books I can read in bed and well as rummaging around online. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485814053323-4TH79VMZBPG9J6SX3636/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Having fun at Metsker Maps in the Pike Place Market. A travelers dream store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485825096167-D628KOHQEIC1CJCFY1P0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Africa takes up its fair share of the globe! Taking on the second largest continent in the world will definitely take some serious travel planning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485824688609-25H7Y0LXQZTGLG28YR6B/peaceindex.jpeg Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485824718387-VV2X1WK1UDPDWP3X7UXX/image-asset.png Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Here's just one example of the unique properties we've found! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485814666033-OBAT1AE1PJMMIHANX0ZY/-1.jpg Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Often you can purchase visas on the spot at the airport. These are the very official looking visas we received when entering Turkey. I can't say the same for the sign at the application window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485813534982-4KHJVGKZKMXOT1UDJR8V/image-asset.png Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa That will be two water buffalo and a rhinoceros, please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485813556799-CBLTD0EETYXDA67D2GE4/image-asset.png Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Maybe renting a car won't be the best idea! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485814166636-WTU2Y6DHWXBHJZXEBUBA/image-asset.png Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Some people seek "The Big Five" and we're all for it - but these two are on Debbie's must see list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1485814372021-JDN95PRV6O82TVH7IG5F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Time for Round 5: Planning for Africa Michael and I enjoyed doing this research project together last week! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/1/17/we-packed-a-lot-into-2016-part-ii monthly 0.5 2017-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484610717592-UC2PCQOF0FSSTX7BPTJV/Where+to+next%3F Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 Where to next? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484610734444-69Z319DJ2TSKBUW4EAN4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 There's no place like home. A perfect winter day at Golden Gardens park in Seattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484610762469-T770B522INJJHZJ1SBC5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 A real Christmas tree with a few of my own ornaments and an owl that landed at Kelly's house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484610858198-2SVGHL822GBL3D5VJ32K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 It was fun to run into Airbnb Open attendees anxious to have their books signed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484610943929-MHEQTO83P0NNNIS65HUX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 A fun afternoon on the radio with Rick Steves in Edmonds. The show should air sometime in February or March. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484611005511-WHFX1RS21MWS4VLTM76D/IMG_6792.jpg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 We saved money by taking public transportation and creating our own "Hop On - Hop Off" tours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484609405504-IP7O7U1JUBDV9IKN3VVN/image-asset.png Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 This shot was actually taken from the Airbnb we stayed in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484611114379-OH67GZGEVK7VHYC1NRLM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 This drawing of a stressed out rabbit by granddaughter Colette, 6, looks just like Grandpa Michael at the airport! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484611602857-DY1C7RUG4EPXC0KMNNEF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 Our trusty REI bags have seen it all. And given poor Michael "Sherpa Shoulder!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1484610205609-PW22UZSHXIXIHXD00FD2/image-asset.png Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 2 Here's a map of the five "Stans" we hope to visit in late Spring. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2017/1/8/we-packed-a-lot-into-2016 monthly 0.5 2017-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483892950485-QEXH1VYGTO7XJFY6OFA7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 House-sitting and happy in Seattle until we leave again in February. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483850806914-NQNYEEZUD9CK2EGGMK7S/IMG_0485.jpg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 All ready to roll at the train station in Lausanne, Switzerland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483893342646-NPEE0SAXKCIO1W5CELHG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 We were with all five grandchildren (a first) in Los Angeles over Thanksgiving. What a treat! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483853070378-FLDO3BP8HJPKP4WAVYKQ/IMG_8265.jpg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 Just one of the eerie, abandoned places we walked through in Chernobyl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483893578982-JU3BSL0NDZK950QV1QCP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 I'm standing on a mosaic floor created 2,000 years ago in Villa Romana del Casale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483894226425-7SOV1MHTGDVA2GIUA7HW/IMG_5399.jpg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 Our friends the Cluttons who we met in Montengro hosted us for a few days in Wales.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483891600789-X6931TUJCV8TL41XG3A9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 We made new friends young and old everywhere we stayed in Cuba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483894983476-0F2WZJ4XKOYQSW92C5FK/IMG_7816.jpg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 I fought my way to the front of the crowd to catch a Pope moment in Krakow, Poland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483891701545-M6XQ0HR51OW4NDP22IM7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 Michael finding out just what we are protesting as we joined the march in Catania, Sicily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1483891794487-WHWJXQVQIEM6G4JESHKG/IMG_0634.jpg Blog - We Packed a Lot into 2016: Part 1 Taking a tour of Parisian street art during a Airbnb Trips experience. https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2016/12/18/risks-and-rewards monthly 0.5 2017-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482180642279-ZNCC3NKVHX7T7S73FTWD/image-asset.png Blog - Risks and Rewards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482123464759-AZEXL91GR7XKGWTIP5NR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Risks and Rewards Being together twenty-four hours a day definitely had both risk and rewards. Mostly rewards! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482178648206-4YGMSODFN6NH2LRRNZT0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Risks and Rewards Could we travel full-time with all of our possessions in just 6 bags? We met people who did it with less - that's a goal for this next round! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482123535900-3GFXDNHGO5X7YUS9BYFE/IMG_0398.jpg Blog - Risks and Rewards What goes up, must come down! Everywhere we've been there have been stairs and cobbled streets - hard on us, but notour REI super-suitcases! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482123594677-O5MTOWNXIYNMK3FJDYSB/IMG_7575.jpg Blog - Risks and Rewards Of course hauling grand kids doesn't count! We have been fortunate to enjoy our French grandchildren often. Here's grandpa with Marcel and Colette and (not shown) little Jacques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482177984657-WPF3MKY7N133QFKR0J65/Screen+Shot+2016-12-19+at+10.22.04+AM.png Blog - Risks and Rewards At the entrance to our Airbnb building in St. Petersburg - please let me out of here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482123918565-2IOSMZ62PQX2E7RX27K9/image-asset.png Blog - Risks and Rewards The longer we traveled the more we felt our Senior Nomads life was normal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482177639102-U3WUVCIHIZD4Y9FC4DLA/Screen+Shot+2016-12-19+at+10.41.37+AM.png Blog - Risks and Rewards We've made good friends all along the way. Here I am shopping in Cuba with our host Julia - her Airbnb in Havana is amazing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1482124550030-RVJFAVUXAGDR700S55CC/Screen+Shot+2016-12-18+at+11.44.23+AM.png Blog - Risks and Rewards We have had so many wonderful experiences on this journey - however, this was not one of them. But who knows, we've only seen a fraction of the world and we are all set to head out again! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2016/12/9/lights-camera-action monthly 0.5 2025-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481840560782-S3UUC1GNAPWXUI2S304A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lights, Camera, Action! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481840579223-Y47T5JLIV30I3CQ3PA4B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lights, Camera, Action! Yikes! I guess we really will be on stage at 3:00. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841308870-7CCX8OSZIT09XQV4JNAJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lights, Camera, Action! It was fun to sign our book wherever we where asked! Have to say it was a bit surreal to see people walking around with their copy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841321936-UCF3WS7B8LNSWGGURMJ9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lights, Camera, Action! Brian Chesky, one of Airbnb's three founders sharing exciting news for Airbnb hosts and guests https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841338759-9HKETDDBP2LLGZIEUEVP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lights, Camera, Action! The Belo awards were all singing, all dancing and all about honoring the best hosts worldwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841349676-0C3TI0DRQB932FILCFMJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lights, Camera, Action! It was a non-stop fun fest for the Campbell and Bouron cousins! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841364056-9F02UCUT6YULZL65LR00/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lights, Camera, Action! Home sweet home for a few weeks! https://seniornomads.com/blog-feed/2016/12/7/the-senior-nomads-la-tour monthly 0.5 2016-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481840751458-OFQ9V2K3T6RLBGHUT9CX/Michael-Debbie-Campbell.png Blog - The Senior Nomads' LA Tour! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481840803492-FNA6EIW2Y032ECMZN1SL/image-asset.png Blog - The Senior Nomads' LA Tour! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481072018977-Z17NBM5JMLVH27LNMPIG/image-asset.png Blog - The Senior Nomads' LA Tour! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481840834330-2Y9XBE9VEAMUCYKASBQR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Senior Nomads' LA Tour! 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The three bent legs allegedly represent the three points of the triangular shape of the island of Sicily, or the historical three valli of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841579468-8DKBARPHFUMS3DBUOOWW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea Michael was pretty excited about our birds-eye view of the protests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841595870-THZ4EIA288F01OHSYUG3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea But why watch when you can join in! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481069914771-D7A2MXJJJN7HRGCUXA91/image-asset.png Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea Delicious Sicilian street foods included Arancini - crumb coated, deep fried risotto and cheese balls! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841621469-DMFHX0MGGCQTW76QCGB5/Screen+Shot+2016-11-14+at+9.51.44+PM.png Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea The view we didn't see in Taorimina - the coliseum and Mt. Etna in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481070031272-6ZY467HJ3JWQTNZMMSTK/image-asset.png Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea Ortigia - an island filled with ancient treasures just off the city of Syracuse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841638744-P16L2W54LTCVUY5TFMQZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea Getting a little work done at our B&B in Piazza Amerina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841663146-BL9TWV4IKIOEOD55JC9G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea I can't believe I am standing on tiles laid down over 2,000 years ago! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841687769-5BV7MGHSGH4L0Q2UXVV2/image-asset.png Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea Just one of dozens of panels in a huge floor. This one depicts a boar hunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481070177301-KVDA7MT3F9UALDN84TCA/image-asset.png Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea To prove there is nothing new - here's the first recorded bikini. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841704271-H3636VZ4DLCAVJF4M7M0/image-asset.png Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea It had been a long time since I'd had a dip in a pool - and this one was special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841723785-93CIZI85N32NQB9JTL8A/image-asset.png Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea The setting for dinner and breakfast the next morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b7128659cc6869714465b9/1481841740544-GPW5Y3FMHLEPTQKUM5ZN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Mafia Had the Right Idea Talking Trump with our new German friends Terane and Thomas. 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