Pelligro – Desprendimientos
From the comfort of my tour bus seat, an ominous warning about desprendimientos 25 kilometers ahead was of no immediate concern. Nevertheless, I did wonder what all the fuss was about. A later trip to Google Translate revealed ominous pictures of roadways covered with landslides of giant boulders, but we were spared. Our tour is taking […]
CADES COVE WITH MADELYN
Our daughter and son-in-law had an out-of-town soccer tournament with their oldest, so we had a chance to host Madelyn this past weekend. Her birthday was two days earlier and we promised her a day of belated celebration. A picnic in the Smokies sounded the best after we floated a number of choices, but the […]
Here I go down that wrong road again
Reflections on driving in Italy “Here I go down that wrong road again Goin’ back where I’ve already been Even though I know where it will end Here I go down that wrong road again” – John Hartford, Wrong Road Again (Don’t miss YouTube below) The sun was setting as […]
Driving Over a Cliff in the Tuscan Hill Town of Montalcino
There, I got your attention. And yes, we kind of drove over a cliff. Details soon, but do you have that dream ever? That terrible frustration dream where you are in an out of control vehicle down an impossibly steep hill (the hill where your car has no power to back up) and headed over a […]
REFLECTING ON LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL
After another very great Gate1 Travel fly-drive deal for Italy, Marcy and I find ourselves back in Montecatini Terme – a town about 25 miles west of Florence. We are very travel-weary but I think we have gotten used to the rhythm of how it feels to do a 30 hour turn-around from Knoxville to Europe. I would […]
Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day and The Ring of Kerry
Waterville is is a small town situated on Ballinskelligs Bay on the Ring of Kerry N70 route. Our bus stopped here for lunch on a (surprise) cloudy, cool and misty day, but this was a colorful, friendly town with lots of photo opportunities. Our first mission was to find a grocery store to replenish our fruit and vegetable […]
