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May 27, 2023May 27, 2023

The Yellow Brick Roads – of Sofia

As I’m sure you all remember, when we arrived for our most recent tour – southern Italy – I had managed to poke myself in the eye en route, resulting in a massive ruptured blood vessel in my eye. So instead of being able to introduce my best possible self, I instead looked like I […]

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May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

Assessing relative strengths of travel partners on the way to Bulgaria

We made a quick stop in London on our way to Sofia. I thought it might be a way to break up the long travel but I really failed to understand how vast Heathrow airport really is. The walking distance from our airport hotel to our gate this morning was 1.3 miles, even though the […]

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May 21, 2023May 21, 2023

Romania and Bulgaria – a return to my roots

I’m packed and ready to head back out! Who knew that a 25-day turnaround time between trips to Europe was workable??? And I was not fired by my law practice partner for this indefensible vacationing decision – so thank you to my esteemed colleague! I do find that planning and executing a monthlong trip – […]

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April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

Happy King’s Day, Amsterdam!

Those of you who know Ron know that he is a man of few words. Generally. But, for some reason on this trip, Ron has adopted the persona of a local TV news station weatherman. Every day – heck, numerous times every day – he recites the weather to me. The high temps, the lows, […]

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