Thomas Wolfe once said: You can’t go home again. I actually wrote my college entrance essay on this concept…how poetic that it is that essay that led me to Chapel Hill where Adam and I met…and that these words, many years later, continue to frame our life as we travel, expand our boundaries and pick […]
55 Nautical Miles as the Crow Flies
Let’s just say when the pilot said this over the intercom on my way back to Charlotte, I was less than hopeful of his overall skill. What does that mean anyway? Apparently it meant we are 45 minutes away from landing. I’m thinking just saying that would’ve been more to the point. But way less […]
Circus Music
Do you ever have experiences where circus music seems to be the most appropriate soundtrack for that particular moment? It happens to me all the time. (That’s not crazy at all). Particularly when I do something doofishy, doh!-ish or just plain stupid. Lots of times, as it turns out, these moments occur on our travels. […]
Perspective
The many blogs I read more often than not have at least one post relating to the never ending quest to find and maintain a healthy perspective in your life. I, too, believe in the benefits of perspective – it helps keep you sane when you start to fret over how green the grass always […]
Vacation Mode
We are in full-on vacation mode. I’m talking pancakes for breakfast, fro-yo for dessert, forget you have work to do kind of vacation mode. Where did this come from you ask? This little slice of heaven is due to our obligatory 90 day visa requirement; otherwise known as a “save our Visa excursion”. Australia has […]
To Travel
If you haven’t guessed by now, this blog is about the many adventures and mis-adventures had by us as we travel. We have both come to love the feeling of planning a trip, packing the suitcase, even saying goodbye…to a certain extent. We are always left feeling somewhat different than when we left. We learn […]
Siena and wine-tasting
The drive to Siena from Lucca was gorgeous, if there was a picture that would sum up Italy…well, except for like the Colosseum, or Trevi Fountain, or Venice…it would be the rolling hills with fields of grapes and olive trees. We decided to take the least direct path to Siena which lead us to the […]
We love PAM, Lucca's pretty cool too…
The drive out to Lucca was much easier than either of us expected, we left the A11 (Autostrada) fairly early on after we realized that it was not very exciting, and had little to offer in terms of scenery. It’s no American highway, but we wanted a few more curves and more towns! Off we […]