Our travel in 2014 2014 was the year that we went from casual travel users to wild-eyed travel addicts. And, following in the footsteps of the late Amy Winehouse we won't go to rehab. We say "no, no, no" (but we do hope for a happier outcome). So, without further reference to dead rock stars here's our 2014 travel year in review: Doha What we liked: The … [Read more...]
Is it time travel if you don’t know if you traveled in the time?
Huh? OK, that was an obtuse question for most people but for Blonde, it's a real question. Last Sunday Blonde spent 11 hours in the emergency department of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Why? Was she sick at her stomach? Did she have a high temperature? Had she broken her leg? Gone in to see if she actually has Tourette's? Ruptured her appendix? Was she having … [Read more...]
Places we’ve loved: Nafplion, Greece
Nafplion has many charms but one them is not its name which can be spelled as Nafplion, Nafplio, Navplion, Nauplia, Anapli, or Ναύπλιο (the easiest for Americans to pronounce and spell). The Greeks could probably make a big dent in all of that debt if they could sell their excess town names to some underdeveloped country that is going to otherwise going to have to come up … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry (a collection curated by a blonde who barely passed Geometry)
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Weekly photo challenge: Big
Weekly Photo Challenge – Theme “Growth”
The dangers in Greece may not be the ones you expect
Blonde and Brunette were on the first full day of a weeklong sailing vacation with Beyond Yachting out of Lefkada, Greece with two friends; Deb and Husband-of-Deb (HOD) . Thanks to some reckless Italians who had destroyed the 43' boat we'd reserved, we were upgraded to a 50' Beneteau. Our multi-talented skipper, Pavo, was hilarious, smart, an excellent musician and the all … [Read more...]