Category: Travel

June 8, 2018 Lynne 1 comment

Wow!  Has it been three weeks already?  I guess it’s time for our first post from the road.  It’s always hard to say goodbye to family when we set off on a new adventure.  But we waved goodbye with a promise to be home in August for one of our daughters engagement party.   Nick…

January 1, 2018 Lynne 2 comments

What a year we’ve had!   We retired, got rid of (almost) all our stuff, and sold our house.  We spent 5 months in Italy, came home to say goodbye to my Dad, and flew off to Tulum, Mexico for the winter.  From afar, we may look like an adventurous and spontaneous couple.  But the truth…

November 8, 2017 Lynne 4 comments

We arrived in Tulum a month ago after our extended stay in upstate New York visiting family. The past month has been more of a challenge than we ever anticipated. While most of the photos we’ve posted paint a picture of paradise, our initial reality was definitely not paradise. Just like we did in Italy,…

June 30, 2017 Lynne 2 comments

The Vespa is an iconic symbol of “la dolce vita”. Who hasn’t imagined scooting around a charming Italian town on a Vespa? My Vespa fantasy includes a very thin me in a cute designer dress, riding a pink scooter with matching pink helmet, white silk scarf fluttering behind as I scoot along.