This is my first 'real' house/petsit. Much different than my Copenhagen sit where I knew the owners and Rick was at home part of the time, where here I don't know the family. We connected through one of the 3 housesitting websites where I am registered - TrustedHousesitters, MindMyHouse, and HousesittersUK. My flight from Copenhagen took …
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Denmark is the home of many castles and smørrebrøds (open faced sandwiches which normally contain herring, thinly-sliced cheeses and boiled potatoes); sunny days filled with lots of intermittent rain showers; the Tivoli Gardens and the little, Little Mermaid; very tall, very good-looking, very blond locals (who are very friendly); a great many great museums, extremely clean streets, and real cool …
...amongst the tall corn stalks and green soy beans of southern Minnesota when my youngest son took for his bride the fabulous Melissa. I met the new Mrs. Scott on a MegaBus ride between Madison, WI and Chicago in October 2014. She was headed to Chicago for a weekend break from studying for her Doctorate …
The past 2 weeks have been filled with new people, new places, old friends and hot, HOT weather. I left St. Ost, France on June 24th and flew to Basel, Switzerland. From the airport I hopped the shuttle bus into town and to the train station (Hello Basel!) and caught a train to Frankfurt, Germany. …
Taking a break in an 18th Century bathtub - as deep as my shoulders and plenty long enough! Solid steel and original copper fixture - why can't they make tubs like these any more? And look at those claw feet! I just spent the past 3 1/2 days relaxing in a quintessential …
It's been an interesting 12 days since arriving in Spain. I think I shared with you the mix-up at the Lisbon airport and the 9-hour wait, midnight arrival, an exhausted start to the Spanish part of my trip. Well, you'll be happy to know that everything worked out perfectly. …
Portugal is a country of explorers. Their history is so intertwined with ours. Where would the United States be without Christopher Columbus or Balboa or Magellan? King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sent these brave men off in wooden ships to find and explore the New World. And though they thought they were going to China, …
I just had the very great privilege of spending the past 12 days as a guest on a 110 year old river barge that is docked on the Canal due Midi outside the village of Capestang in southern France. It was one of the most relaxing times I have had - ever! To fall asleep …
On the day of my birthday, I chose to purchase a 9-hour guided walking tour of the City of Venice, which as everyone knows is made of up 188 islands and 432 bridges. I am sure I walked every single island and crossed each and every bridge! Of …
A time to sit and reflect on what I've seen and learned after an extremely hectic couple of days seems like a good thing. First, I'm spending my first night in Venice, Italy. It's 9 pm on Sunday evening here. Really I'm in Spinea, a little suburb 20 minutes from Venice proper in …
My Home on the Roam 