Hyposettlingdown syndrome
12 Aug 2015 in The Big Trip Now
Four and a half years of travel and the prospect of going back to a “home” is chilling me down to the bones.
The longer traveling stories I have read or … Continue reading
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Iceland on a painfully tight budget-worth it?
27 Jun 2015 in Iceland, The Big Trip Now
Take the population of Florence or New Orleans, move north, norther, yeah there, and sprinkle them on an island the size of – hmmm -Â a bit more than Portugal … Continue reading
Winter on Toronto Islands
13 Dec 2014 in Canada
I left you in Guatemala and what better follow up post than snow in Canada? Right?!
This is our fourth winter while on the road and we are facing it, some … Continue reading
The Guatemala that finally won me
14 Jul 2014 in Guatemala
I have been waiting to visit Guatemala for awhile now. In the traveling groups I badly try to keep up with, everybody raves about it, it is the favorite spot … Continue reading
Mexico’s magical villages – Pueblos Magicos
22 Jun 2014 in Mexico
Big cities, even in ‘developing’ countries, provide the expected. But as they say, good things come in small packages, and in the case of travel, it often proves to be … Continue reading
Our time in San Cristobal de las Casas has come to an end
16 Jun 2014 in Mexico, The Big Trip Now
After almost 6 weeks, we finally gathered our wits about us and left San Cris behind.
San Cristobal de las Casas is not Cancun or any other flashy place you may … Continue reading
Snails in Mexico look just like…snails
1 Jun 2014 in Mexico
Having a big yard and plentiful rains, daily, regularly, mercilessly keeping things wet and green results in a) surprisingly clean car; b) perpetually wet feet; and c) children knee deep … Continue reading
My 4th birthday on the road – Mexico
21 May 2014 in Mexico
When we started I never would have thought that we would last this long. Never in my deeply and wonderfully disturbed dreams did I see myself taking a picture of … Continue reading
Spanish sabbatical in San Cristobal de las Casas
12 May 2014 in Mexico
Welcome to our home for the next month.
Here is how it all happened – learn how experienced travelers make such important decisions. Or how not to do it.
We arrived in … Continue reading
Finding fun at the tourist madness of Xochimilco
27 Apr 2014 in Mexico
Xochimilco – a quintessential tourist trap, in which a non-mexican will likely get lost in and pay dearly for each and every step around it. It is crowdy, loud and … Continue reading
