Things change – but the season has taken shape
Much of my planning remains fluid, but I've now got a rough plan for my whole time abroad this spring-summer. I am in touch with…
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2022-04-10
Prückel coffeehouse
Vienna plans – nearly there!
I've been looking at restaurants in my hotel/opera district in Vienna, and am finding some interesting options. One, a Chinese restaurant called Hao Noodle and…
2022-04-10
View of the Danube at night
Planning my Budapest days and eves
I know absolutely nothing about the Hungarian language, and I'm too interested in getting by in Vienna and then getting oriented in Turkiye to spend…
2022-04-07
Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto
Working on a quick trip to Italy
Since Jan 2020, I'd been planning to return to Milan asap for an extended stay (month at least) with friends who'd wanted me to stay…
2022-04-01
Parlez-vous – ?
For the first time since the summer of my eleventh birthday, I'm going to have what I think of as a typical American-abroad experience: I'm…
2022-04-01
Turkiye, April 18 till ?
Starting from Istanbul, and all the rest is yet to be decided. I'd like to spend time in Izmir and see some coastal towns south…
2022-03-22
Supposedly the view from the hotel
Budapest, April 14-18
What a treat this will be - a city I've never been to, long on my list. I'll stay riverside with a view of the…
2022-03-22
Vienna State Opera
Vienna, April 11-14, 2022
A month ago, I wasn't even thinking of Vienna this trip, but when I was checking websites that list classical music events around Europe, I…
2022-03-22
Puerto Morelos: feels like coming home
If you've had good experiences in Mexico, you understand why so many Americans and Canadians come time and again, and so many choose to retire…
2022-03-22
A rare visit to family
My brother and I have had little time together as adults - or really, since he married while I was still in college. He's got…
2022-03-14
on the move again
Where to find me: Updated 6 April
March 24 update: I thought I had my plans settled, but - things change! Was planning largely around friends, so when their schedules changed, so…
2022-03-10
First Road Trip
Leaving Virginia! My home since January 2003, but now I am happily homeless: pro tempore, and choice, not hardship. My first destination is my brother's,…
2022-03-09