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I was just talking with Ron before I sat down to write this post. And he mentioned to me that the blog posts are not as funny on this trip because I don’t have him to make fun of. It’s true – without Ron complicating my plans with his (wrong) directional input or his foolish […]

We stopped in a little village called Panagyurishte en route to Plovdiv and Odysseys Unlimited had arranged for us to spend a few hours at a little inn – learning how to make the Bulgarian staple cheese pie called a Banitsa. It’s basically like a Greek tiropita – layers of bread and a feta-type cheese. […]

We have turned our touring over to Odysseys Unlimited! They’ve got a big 52-seat bus for the 16 of us and it’s a fantastic treat to just drop my bags onto a bench and look out the window as we drive. For those of you still shaking your heads at my 24-day turnaround time between […]

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 […]