To reach Cairnbulg from Inverness, first continue through Elgin (with a hard G), cross the River Spey and then take the coast roads through Cullen and […]
Scottish Highlands
The Scottish highlands seem a brooding place of mist covered hills, standing stone circles and gray stone buildings. We flew from Paris to Manchester then […]
Paris – the City of Lights
The city that has inspired so many writers, artists and lovers is really is a very beautiful and walkable city. That is, if you contain […]
The Kids Come for a Visit
On June 13th Amelia, Ryan and Clara arrived and our friend Jerry departed. We had a great time showing the kids our neighborhood, Barcelona and […]
Georgia (On My Mind)
On Thursday evening, 19 April, Yavar and Ellada took us to the train station and we boarded the overnight train from Baku to Tbilisi. The […]
Spring in Istanbul
Istanbul is a city on 2 continents, straddling the Bosporus, a body of water connecting the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Roy and […]
Portugal
It is a tradition in Spain to eat 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. My friend Gisela told me that […]
Holiday in France
We decided to try something different for the holidays this year since we were away from the rest of our family. Roy had signed up […]
In Search of Autumnal Color
Roy wrote about part of this trip in the previous post, but I want to tell you about some of the other places we visited. […]
An Unplanned Stop in Scandinavia
In early September, Teresa and I had definite plans to visit Italy while Amelia and Ryan were in Tuscany. We thought perhaps we would visit […]