Untethered
It’s 4:30. Silence. No roosters crowing or small feathered ones calling to friends and neighbors. Evan has yet to assert his three...
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Feb 28, 2023
Waking Up
It’s just our third day, but we’re getting acclimated. Slowly, we’ve extended our walks in length and scope. This morning Pa and I...
Feb 27, 2023
Dutch Man Sings Bocelli In Nepal
Back home, Thijs Hannen is a chief archivist for the government, first in the Netherlands to introduce digitalized archiving. In his...
Feb 26, 2023
Swagat
Even before we left, I’d convinced Pa we should visit Nepal for an extended time. He knew little of the country other than of the...
Feb 25, 2023
The Other Dubai
You live your entire life in a country and will never know all of it, even a fraction. Far less so when you travel, visiting a city for...
Feb 24, 2023
It’s A Long Way Up
Pa and I spent yesterday afternoon visiting “The Other Dubai.” Walking the neighborhood, taking photos, having a wonderful Arabian lunch...
Feb 23, 2023
The Mall
Many come to Dubai just for the beaches, and shop at “The Mall,” the world’s largest. I didn’t bring a suit and neither Pa nor I are...
Feb 22, 2023
At What Cost?
It’s 6:30 Arabia Standard Time (AST) and the sun has just set. Sayed, my seat mate, has dozed off after a stressful business week in...
Feb 21, 2023
Η Ακρόπολη
The Acropolis. It’s always there. Looking down on the city as if from Mt. Olympus. The crown jewel. We’d saved it for the last day. But...
Feb 20, 2023
Sgt. Pepper
We had an agenda, and knew the way, but happened upon a park. And being sunny as it was, were in no hurry, and lingered. After a while we...
Feb 18, 2023
Not Enough Time
I can’t speak for Pa, but I knew it would be this way. A year ago, two years ago, when I was dreaming, thinking, beginning to plan, even...
Feb 18, 2023
And What If We Hadn’t Stayed?
And when we woke, we were grateful we’d stayed, if for no other reason than the sunrise, and the monolith rising up from the still...
Feb 17, 2023
A Room With A View
Quite unexpectedly, we ended the day at the Pramataris in Monemvasia. It’s not that we hadn’t hope to visit the tiny town on the sea. ...
Feb 15, 2023
Travel Day
I’ve long wanted to visit the Peloponnesus and now have the opportunity. Pa, student of history that he is, shares my enthusiasm. Homer...
Feb 15, 2023
Don't you hear the whistle blowin'
I have seven grandchildren, each loved for who they are and how they see their world. Oliver, just turned 3, loves all things that move,...
Feb 14, 2023
The Land Of Homer
Upon landing we could feel it. Though there were trucks and cars before us, and modern buildings beyond, this was the Land of Homer, the...
Feb 13, 2023
Captain’s Log
Captain’s Log: Stardate 2023.02.12.9:55. Second day aboard the MV Grimaldi. The City of Brindisi. A little rough around the edges,...
Feb 12, 2023
A Funny Thing Happened . . .
As promised, we set aside the morning for a visit to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale. It would be an easy walk, twenty minutes on a...
Feb 11, 2023
Città Fantasma
Giuseppe stopped by to see how we were doing. A very nice surprise. We talked about his business and plans for the future. “This is a...
Feb 10, 2023
The Difference Of A Day
We weren’t too keen on Taranto that first night, for reasons previously shared. But in the morning we thought we’d better give it a...
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