I’m not getting any smarter as I age. Today was the day we were supposed to take a big bus tour with 50 people to go see Siracusa. I was smart enough to know that a group that size would not be any fun and so I talked Ron into booking a private tour. I […]
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Visual non sequitur, or how is Grace enjoying Oxford
Many of you have been wondering how Grace is faring in Oxford and, providentially, Grace sent me this little summary. I am pasting it in full but, just for fun for you all, I am inserting some random pics from our first few hours wandering Taormina. I cannot tell you a single thing about it, […]
Airport Ron goes to Sicily
I am a lucky girl in the sense that I get to travel with two people instead of one. Most of the time, I am accompanied by Ron, staid and happy, even if directionally-challenged. But set foot into an airport and Airport Ron arrives. It is hard for me to like him. I never know […]
The weight of it all
We’ve just finished up our last full day in Budapest. We set out this morning to see the massive Market Hall. I got in trouble right away by crossing over the wrong street and then back over yet again to a (different) wrong street before I got things under control and started the daily march. […]