It is always good to get out of one’s comfort zone now and again. Our friend, Jerome, transferred to his Hong Kong office, giving us perfect reason to finally hop on a plane due east, introducing us to a fascinating, colorful, and delicious part of the world.
Social media has always trumpeted itself as a new, better way to connect and communicate. And although I am a firm believer in the power of technology to improve our lives, I have begun to re-evaluate the value of this new tech.
Nearly as much as we love traveling, we love to have guests. Therefore we were so excited to have Abe and Emma visit us in the autumn followed by his parents, Jeff and Anne over the new year.
After visiting Romania numerous times when we lived in eastern Hungary so long ago, I finally managed to visit its capital. And it is a wonder what the passing of time can do.
It’s no secret that I am a Pink Floyd fan and I am very much aware that I have been terribly fortunate to have seen Roger Waters perform multiple times. When Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, was playing the historic Olympia theater in Paris I naturally had to go.
It was a busy summer. But looking back we realized that we had spent little time enjoying Switzerland. So we headed to Lake Lucerne for a weekend between blue-green waters and soaring mountains.
