We arrived in Chang Mai, Thailand this evening and checked into our hotel. For those on PST we are 14 hours behind you. It's been a year since I sent a blog post so this is a test. I sent a link to a YouTube video of some Kidd Island Bay time lapsed sunrises and … Continue reading Thailand 2018 →

Heading back to the USA. It would be great to fly friends and family to Europe to say hi, hugs and kisses...and then back to travel for five more weeks. But work, responsibilities and bills are calling.  We tried three more business lounges. This time at the Roma Fiumicini Leonardo da Vinci Airport.  BREAKFAST VIP … Continue reading Monday, August 14. Rome-USA.  →

Brianne says goodbye to our last BnB in Europe from our balcony.  https://youtu.be/SdNlXWNkNRE I found the following video which I had forgot to post. It's our cabdriver and Naxos, Greece. He really kept his eye on the road! https://youtu.be/JnZ1WGLmpKc Herculaneum On the way from Positano to Rome, we stopped at the Herculaneum excavation site. It … Continue reading Sunday, August 13. Herculaneum.  →

Last day on vacation. Tomorrow we travel back to Rome, spend the night and then fly out Monday. We are planning to visit Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii on the way back to Rome.  Check out this time lapse of the sunset on our last night in Positano from our patio.  https://youtu.be/3ryx9JdVDZc Here is a video … Continue reading Saturday, August 12. Positano, Italy →

I'm combining a couple days because, although the view from our Airbnb lodgings are breathtaking, the wifi is dodgy.  My breadstick won't light. 

Cortona is beautiful. fun and everything we imagined Tuscany to be. We love ending the day in the town square or on the town steps watching people, getting an iced drink and enjoying the cooler weather.  Later we meander down the avenue and get a gelato. We're getting kind of picky though. Brianne likes Snoopy … Continue reading Wednesday, August 9. Cortona.  →

Arrived in Cortona, Italy. Beautiful walled city on top of a hill. Brianne booked us in a great hotel with guest room stone walls hundreds of years old.  This is the town the author of the book, made into a movie, Under The Tuscan Sun, moved to with her husband. She and her husband moved … Continue reading Tuesday, August 8. Cortona, Italy.  →

Wow!  Fun day with Laura! We had a full day regional food tour scheduled with Laura. She showed up at our hotel to pick us up and said let's go. Brianne asked her where everyone was and she said this is it, just you, Tim and me.  Our own personal tour guide for the next … Continue reading Monday, August 7. Parma, Italy. Food Tour.  →