Copenhagen and Norway: our last trip before moving back to Seattle
Once we decided to move back to Seattle on June 30, thereby avoiding having to pay Italian tax (less than 183 days in Italy = not a tax resident), we planned a marathon of travel, trying to get to as many places on our list as possible:  Spain, Greece, Berl...

Thessaloniki to Crete: a month in Greece
A month in Greece is like a refresher course in fifth grade world history and mythology (I kept channeling Sister Joan talking about Athena, Zeus et. al., of course in a PG-13 fashion, no mention of Leda and the swan for example).  It was a great trip, but ...

Early spring in Barcelona and Andalusia
Almost exactly a year after our trip to Morocco which ended in a week in Madrid and Toledo, we returned to Spain for three weeks, this time starting in Barcelona, then flying to Seville and seeing some of the highlights of Andalusia. It was barely enough ti...

Visiting Rome and Tivoli

Latest and last blog about our travels, back to Seattle June 30!

new post on our trip to Greece.

new blog on our trip to Spain

new post on our week in Berlin

Blues, Rome, Tivoli, Villa Adrianna , and Ostia Antica for a 70th birthday extravaganza
in museum at Ostia Antica Those who know Tom will not be surprised that he picked visiting archaeological sites and listening to music for his birthday celebration.  While D.C. was digging itself out of a blizzard, we were enjoying bright sunshine in Rome a...