Italy – Overwhelming Rome

My hitchhiking issues resolved, we set off from Pisa for Rome.  We aren’t at the edge of […]

Italy – Overwhelming Rome2014-03-24T17:51:10-07:00

Italy – Panic in Torino

It’s a relief to roll into  Turin.   I check into the centrally located youth hostel and […]

Italy – Panic in Torino2014-02-25T17:05:39-08:00

France – Carnival in Nice

February.  The days are cold and there’s snow on the ground.  Talk is of Carnival in Nice […]

France – Carnival in Nice2014-01-19T17:29:10-08:00

France – Homey Holiday

So here we were, wiped out,  standing in the freezing dark at the entrance to Ramstein Air […]

France – Homey Holiday2013-12-18T17:10:50-08:00

France – On My Own

Christmas is approaching.

I’ve found my balance in Grenoble, even moved to my very own first ‘apartment’ – […]

France – On My Own2013-12-04T17:04:36-08:00

Wanderlust and Me

Eight years in a one room  schoolhouse in rural Wisconsin, most of them with no indoor plumbing, […]

Wanderlust and Me2013-08-08T17:45:52-07:00