Dec. 4 Well, this was an unexpected stop. Helsinki was supposed to be a transit stop and yet the gods of travel have decided that we...

Sept 25 Our flight is a quick hop from Istanbul to Kayseri and then we have a bit of a drive to the town we are staying in, Goreme....

The view from the terrace at our hotel. September 20 We are back in Europe, as we are staying on the European side of Istanbul. From the...

Sept 4 It's actually nice to be up not super early on a travel day. We were able to sleep in a bit before going to the gym and having...

August 30 The Gothenburg bus station is gorgeous!!! I think if US bus stations looked like this, more Americans would be taking the bus....

That's not salt, that is SUGAR!! Water glass for scale. August 25 We have just spent the past few days in Denmark, where people are hit...

Aug. 21 We love, love, love our Copenhagen hotel. We are staying at the Copenhagen Island Hotel. As it's my birthday in a few days,...

August 14 ct’d. After Bletchley, returning the car and flying to Faro is uneventful. That is until we arrive at Immigration. There is a...

Aug 11 Dmitri and Jack get hair cuts today and Mia and I will get hair cuts in a few days. Yay! It’s so nice to have that done a few...

Aug 2, Manchester, Stop 16 Once again, covid has foiled certain plans and itineraries for us. Since Brits have not been able to travel...

July 27 We love Cambridge but it’s time to move on to London. We wake up, have breakfast and head to our train. The train ride is...

New country for the kids!!! July 22 ***Dmitri: After a long wait at the Zadar airport, we catch our dirt-cheap flights on Ryanair to the...

July 17 We have breakfast and say good bye to all the friendly people from the Katarina. It's been a wonderful week and, while we are...

We have a small boat cruise scheduled for a week in Croatia, leaving from Split. I'm combining this all into one post and counting Split...

July 5 Three countries in one day for us today! Technically, five. We start in France and drive to return our rental car through...

So gorgeous that it doesn't look real!!! (This is a combined post since both stops were short. ) July 3 Our last day in Lauterbrunnen and...

June 30 I get up early and go for a walk around town before the rest of the gang wakes up. It’s overcast and crisp and wonderful. The...

June 22 We pick up a rental car in Heraklion and jam all of our bags in the very small trunk, spilling over to the back seat. It’s a...

June 20 We pack up our things and say farewell to our little cave house. We have some time to kill before we take the ferry so we first...

June 16 We wake up early and catch a cab to the airport and check in for our flight. Athens>Heathrow about getting through security with...