Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
Although born in England and brought by his parents to Canada at the age of 14, Alex’s first time crossing the Ocean back to Europe wasn’t to his homeland, but to mine. Continue reading “Bulgaria – Alex’s first impression”
Bureaucracy exists in each and every country. In some, one can talk to people and sometimes run into a helpful person. Continue reading “In Covid times Kafka is still laughing”
Alex and I have been traveling regularly to Bulgaria, my homeland, since 2004. It was on our 2020 summer itinerary again (there are a few trains yet to be taken), but a tiny invisible virus had other ideas. Continue reading “Bulgaria with Alex”
There are so many things that are not in one’s sight when younger and even less when one is running on the survival treadmill. Retirement is one of them. Continue reading “Kafka is laughing in his grave”
Charles De Gaulle was the airport from which we would have flown back to Toronto on May 5th this year. We love Paris. Continue reading “Last stop – Paris”
Once upon a time there were countries and people living under communism. Travel then wasn’t freely allowed. Continue reading “Sojourn in Prague, fall 1990”
This story is a small part of a much bigger one. At this time however, we will not shed light on all the incredible and unbelievable adventures of the protagonists. Continue reading “A day’s drive through Germany, summer 1993”
Florence! The home of Renaissance art and architecture, and the capital of Tuscany. With famous gourmet cuisine, this medieval city on the banks of Arno River captivated our hearts with its charming narrow cobbled streets, fresco-decorated churches and basilicas, marble statues and vibrant night life. Continue reading “Florence & Pisa, Italy 2016”
After overcrowded Venice it was refreshing to spent a week in charming Padua. It was much cheaper there, and we could do day trips to other cities nearby. Continue reading “Padua, Verona & Ferrara, Italy 2016”
April 23. Still 2020?
I don’t know about you, but for me time seems to have stopped. A day feels like a year. What did I do this morning? Or yesterday? Was there a yesterday actually? Continue reading “Covid-19: When flagged as high-risk”
As with most of our trips at the time, this was a spontaneous decision. Air Canada Rouge had just opened a new destination to Venice and the price was really good. Continue reading “Venice, May 2016”
We’ll have another post on Venice and our activities there in the spring of 2016. We visited about a year before anti-tourist protests would begin, Continue reading “Venice as we saw it then”
Happy Birthday Anne!
We’ll start this storyline with our visit to Milan and Mutti in 2016. Continue reading “Anne, Milan & Mutti, Italy”
Jan 26
Marrakesh was our final stop on this tour and this is our final tour post: it’s only two and a half months behind us, but it feels so far in the past now. Continue reading “Marrakesh”
Why virtual itinerary?
We still have a few posts from Morocco coming, but in the meanwhile we are starting a new storyline – Virtual itinerary.
All the stories in this storyline are real. Continue reading “Why virtual itinerary?”
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