For the Christmas week this year we met up with the Norman-Banerjee family in Lisbon, Portugal. Last year we met them at roughly the same...

Sally’s fall break fell the week of Halloween in 2022. We planned to visit a whopping 3 adjacent countries, none of which we’d ever been...

The third weekend of October David, Sally, and I shared in a first visit to Vienna, Austria. The trip was planned surrounding a concert...

We got to go to Portugal with Sarah and Daniel Franco for a long weekend. Daniel is Portuguese, his family moved to the U.S. when he was...

First, some delightful random things that happened this month that I want to remember. Sally and I took all the lavender that our...

Last weekend David had signed up for the Tour de Beara - a 120-km bike event around the Ring of Beara, starting and ending down in...

This summer we spent 5 weeks back in North America visiting many of our favorite places and people. Overall it was a terrific adventure...

In late July/early August 2022 we spent 5 days/4 nights on the Salmon River in Idaho rafting with our friends the Norman-Banerjee family,...

We wanted to make sure Susanne got to enjoy some other parts of Europe so we headed off to Provence for a weekend. We flew in and out of...

This past weekend we ventured to County Clare, sort of the middle of the west coast of Ireland. None of us have been here before, save...

After our first St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, which we celebrated in style with face-painting, a trip to the parade (packed, difficult to...

The last week or two have been packed full of delightful Irish experiences - some high-brow and cultural, some kid-friendly, and some...

This year we were lucky to spend mid-term break (which lines up with Presidents’ Day/“ski week” in the U.S.) in the Dolomites, Italy....

Last weekend we rented a car and took a day trip to Kilkenny City, which turns out to be one of Ireland’s “most popular tourists cities”...

There was a lot of apprehension building up to this trip…COVID omicron numbers were soaring, lockdowns were going back into effect...

As an early birthday surprise weekend, David planned a trip to southern France (Nov 19-21). He picked this area because: 1) direct Ryan...

We got back from our fall break trip to southwest Ireland and had gorgeous weather in Dublin. Sally and I did an afternoon hike at...

I’m long overdue on mentioned our day trip to the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland way back in September. Several fun...

The final part of fall break was checking out County Kerry. The first day we drove the Ring of Kerry clockwise from Kenmare. A storm was...

Part two of our fall break trip was to County Cork. The first day we checked out Charles Fort, a huge, massive star-shaped fort from the...