Oz - as the Aussies called their homeland, was my destination when I left Los Angeles on May 30th. I plan is to spend the next 11 months exploring a bit of Oz, a lot of New Zealand and a totally relaxing month in Indonesia on the island of Bali. First stop after a …
HOME!
When you get the offer to babysit your one-and-only, most precious granddaughter for 10 days while Mom & Dad take advantage of a business/pleasure trip to Australia, there is no better reason than to wave goodbye to Europe and return to sunny and warm southern California! I flew home on February 1, 2016, for the …
WINGING MY WAY HOME – WITH A STOPOVER IN THE UK
It's now February 1st, 2016, eleven months since I left home to go travelin' and it's been amazing! My allotted time in the Schengen countries has run out and anyway, I've been asked to babysit my darling Stella while her mom and dad take a well-deserved break and head to Australia on business/vacation. But I …
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TWO DAYS IN SEVILLA – OLA!
DAY ONE Welcome to Sevilla and the 'sport' of bullfighting! Sevilla is home of one of Spain's last premiere bullrings and why should I mention this first? Because just this past week the wife of 29-year old matador, Victor Barrio, watched as her husband was gored to death in front of her in the ring. …
ESPANA – GRANADA & THE ALHAMBRA
The Alhambra perched on a hilltop with the snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountain as a backdrop American friends, Anita & Dick, who have made a complete relocation and now call Portugal home, invited me to join them and another couple touring Granada and Seville before my time in Europe is up. Of course, I said yes! …
PORCHES & FARO
During December, in the middle of the holiday season, I took two one-day trips to visit the village of Porches, the home of Portuguese pottery, and Faro, where I found an ancient walled city within the largest city in the Algarve. First was a visit to Porches, thanks to friend Dick and Anita and their …
CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS – PORTUGUESE STYLE!
It's often said that the holidays are exhausting. All that visiting with relatives, worrying about what gifts to purchase for whom, traveling between houses, and then there is the preparation and consumption of all that food! This being my first holiday spent in Portugal, I was without any of my family members or friends from home. …
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IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS…
....everywhere I go in Portugal, with colorful lights sparkling and holiday decorations filling the windows of shops and restaurants. The above is a photo of my Christmas 'bough.' It's not a whole tree, just a limb from a pine tree growing in the backyard of the parents of my landlord Jorge's beautiful wife, Maria Joáo. …
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BOM DIA
Welcome to Casa dos Avos - the door is open and I would love for you to come visit! Here is a link to a video of my home and village. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO4lOzz4MlQ This is the start of my 3rd week in The Algarve region of southern Portugal and the sun is once again shining. The …
LONDON REDUX
There is never enough time to see and do everything you can and want to do in London. It's just too big, there is just too much, it's hard to even think where to begin - again. I had 4 days totally free from the time I finished up my housesit in Eastbourne until I …
My Home on the Roam 