October 8, 2016 Lynne No comments exist

A small first step can be the greatest distance you ever travel. Our first step is our house in Umbria….we have a house in Giove, in the province of Terni, about an hour North of Rome.   Technically, it’s not our house, but we’ve signed a 6 1/2 month lease starting in February through the…

August 20, 2016 Lynne No comments exist

We are both done working in four months, and we have NO IDEA where we are going.   Nick is currently winding down his business and my last day of work will be in mid-December. That’s just four short months away! We plan to stick around for our big fat American, Italian, Greek, corn-free, gluten-free, kosher…

August 11, 2016 Lynne 1 comment

People are surprised when we tell them that we plan to get rid of all of our worldly possessions and travel.  But they are incredulous when we tell them that we plan to take our Australian Cattle Dog, Bella. Even many dog-lovers are taken aback at our plan to attempt long-term travel with an active 45…

July 30, 2016 Lynne No comments exist

We landed hard. It was April of 2007 and Nick and I had returned from warm, sunny, magnificent Italy to a typical upstate NY spring snow-squall. We actually sat in our living room and cried the day after we returned. The contrast between Italy and home was so drastic. It’s not that we didn’t like…

July 17, 2016 Lynne No comments exist

Nick and I met in February of 2007 and knew from the start that we were going to spend the rest of our lives together.  Both divorced, with a combined 5 children ranging in age from 15 to 23, I was the Yin to his Yang.  Although we had only known each other for weeks,…