Welcome to the University of California - Berkeley. The most liberal, outspoken, and one of the most difficult-to-get-into universities in the United States. In the above photo of this beautiful campus, you can see the nearby San Francisco Bay with the fog just obscuring the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance. But on a sunny, …
Moving on…..
What do you do when you come to the realization that you aren't where you belong? I relocated to a nice, affordable, independent senior living facility in Santa Barbara (Goleta), CA last April after being on their waiting list for 8 months. To do this, I gave up my home in San Miguel de Allende, did …
Life after Mexico
Moving is NO FUN!. And finding that you only have the choice of one mover in the city where you live, who really didn't do a good job for you once before, can be a dicey choice. But what is a girl to do? You go with who you have and pray! Zoom-a-lo managed to …
Adios and Farewell, San Miguel de Allende!
Painting Kassie Dummett https://www.kassiedummettfineart.com/ As I sit at my computer and contemplate what I want to say about the past 5 years of my life spent mostly in the UNESCO World Heritage city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, I am filled with so many words and thoughts that trying to assemble them in some …
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Spring brings fresh flowers….and
....a big change to my life. Let me begin in early March when the weather was still wet and chilly and buds were just thinking of peaking their heads up through the soil. I flew to Atlanta for a week's visit with my traveling buddy Joyce Herring (from now on to be known as Joyce …
Istanbul, Türkiye – Part Three
I had just a few days left in Istanbul and still so much to see and do! I love walking tours. There are wonderful, interesting, fact and history-filled, and FREE! You need only tip your guide based on how well he or she did their job. I have found free walking tours in every big …
ISTANBUL, TÜRKIYE – Part Two
I ended Part One of my Istanbul post with a bit of history of the HAGIA SOPHIA. The inside is just as beautiful as the outside - as a matter of fact, it's literally jaw-dropping! After removing your shoes (how hundreds of people find where they left their shoes at the entrance when they are …
ISTANBUL, TÜRKIYE – Part One
A view from the water shows the combination of Istanbul's old and new architecture and lifestyles. From Wikipedia: Formerly known as Constantinople, Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey (now renamed and spelled Türkiye but still pronounced Turkey.) It is the country's economic, cultural and historic center. The city straddles the Bosporus Strait and lies …
ATHENS REDEOUX
On May 6th, 2015 I arrived at the Athens airport on my first stop as a world traveler/senior nomad. I had been awake for over 24-hours and was filled with excitement and dread as to what was going to happen as I had had my passport stolen on the train from the airport into the …
Ringing in a New Year in Tuscany
Can you see, when you click on the photo and enlarge it, that small brownish structure at the end of the road sitting on the top of the hill? That's Porere Casalciccia, the B&B where I have been house/pet sitting since mid-December. From the photo, you can see the lovely rolling hills of Tuscany - …
My Home on the Roam 