April 13, 2020
A fairly smooth transition from Lisbon to my next stop, Seville Spain and all seemed to be going well .. then it all came to a screeching halt, as the Spanish government issued a countrywide lock down. More about that...
March 18, 2020
Now what’s that saying from boxer Mike Tyson, ‘Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the face’ or something like that, well that’s how I felt when the Spanish Government suddenly issued a nationwide shutdown while I was...
March 11, 2020
My first impression of Lisbon is that its very hilly, as you can see from the photo below … (which quickly lead me to my next discovery, I am not as in-shape as I thought I was) Luckily there are...
February 2, 2020
With the advent of my full-on retirement at the end of February, March ushers in a new style of travel. I will be heading to Lisbon, Portugal, a country I have never visited before and then into Spain, via Seville,...
December 8, 2019
If you know anything about Bourbon, you’ll almost certainly have heard of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which covers a multitude of distilleries mainly based around the Louisville/Lexington area of Kentucky. There are companies that run tours lasting up to 8...
August 5, 2019
Despite living in Germany for four years I’d never been to Cologne and decide to take a slight detour (on my way to Berlin) to stop off for a couple of days or so and visit two things that the...
Architecture / From the road / Travel
May 6, 2019
I’ve spent a lot of time in London, I even lived there for 8 years, but until a recent trip ‘home’ I’d never visited Tower Bridge and so on a whim I decided to do the ‘touristy thing’. I knew...
I’d been to Ireland once before, many years back I spent a week working in Dublin and even back then it was a very ‘European’ city with the Temple Bar area being the main attraction for music and drinking. I...
September 8, 2018
‘Alaska – The Last Frontier (according to the legend on the license plate of the 49th and largest state admitted to the union), was where the cruise ship was bound, via what is known as the ‘Inside Passage’. Boarding in...
August 31, 2018
A few years ago I was lucky enough to be able to spend a day in Rome, Italy and spent the majority of the time touring the Vatican City, but always wanted to see the multitude of ancient buildings, monuments...
Las Fallas 2024
Return to Spain, Barcelona and La Sagrada Familia (March 2022)
Finally, Las Fallas!
Niagara Falls and State Park
Camper Van build-out part 2.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Cleveland, OH
Franklin Park Conservatory – Columbus, OH
A1A Road – Jacksonville to Key West (Van-build first run)
Time to get back to travel again. Camper van build out – part 1.
The best laid plans … escape from Spain, processing in Chicago