Adventure, food, and daily life from around the world.

Five places to travel with the current value of the US dollar…Seven days and counting…

The countdown has begun. We leave Cleveland one week from today. Yesterday, I packed one bag, and over the next several days,...

$25 flights on Amazon?…Don’t be fooled…

  Often, we see headlines about "deals" and assume that the offering is, in fact, viable and worth pursuing. But, like many...

New rules for renting a holiday/vacation home in Italy…

This hill in Boveglio, Italy, near our 300-year-old stone holiday home, was much steeper in person than it appears in this photo....

A simple mixup resulted in a day-long annoyance…What to do?…

After over three months since we arrived in Cleveland, I am truly at a loss for topics to write about. As a...

We’re back!…Repost of a story 10 years ago…Lava coming…

Here is a clarification of the name of the Big Island of Hawaii: The Big Island is the nickname for the island of...

No post today…We’ll be back tomorrow…