semi-random flotsam
(Original and secondary itinerary: Warnemunde for Berlin, Germany)
Kristiansand is not far from Oslo so we sailed slowly overnight. It was gray and overcast in the morning but by the time we got to port it was already sunnier. Windy as anything, but sunny.
Continue reading “April 26: Kristiansand, Norway”Every July, in Whitehouse Station NJ, the NJ Festival of Ballooning takes place.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: New Jersey”My next Yellowstone postcard arrives, and I recognize it immediately…
Why do I recognize it? Because of this…
Continue reading “Virtual (and Real) Yellowstone: Waterfall”Sections of the Great Wall that are underwater and accessible only to experienced divers?
Sounds fascinating!
For the holiday gathering I’m making spanikopita and tzatziki and maybe some souvlaki.
So in the spirit of synchronicity, I’m also doing the Conqueror Marathon to Athens challenge.
Continue reading “Virtual Greece: Marathon to Athens”I don’t know, I was just remembering that time I ordered a book for my niece and they shipped the worlds ugliest Christmas sweater instead.
Continue reading “Revisiting: Peru”Do other people play the license plate game when they do a long drive? We almost always do (I sometimes do it mentally, even just commuting to the next state over).
Continue reading “Seen on the road”After our excursion over to Surry for the planned and delicious lunch at Surry Seafood Company, we drove down to the battlefield at Yorktown.
Continue reading “Yorktown drive”Fortunately the weather forecast was dry for so much outdoor activity. Unfortunately there was going to be one really cold day on our trip.
That was Saturday. We layered up to face the day.
Continue reading “Chilly in Williamsburg”Dude, I need to get away. NOT being able to totally unplug from the office – even for just a few days – it gets to me.
Continue reading “Gone again”
aka gringita 