Travels With Riley

This is our first big road trip with Riley, and we’re quickly learning that traveling with a dog requires a few compromises and the occasional favor from family. Thursday: We left Rehoboth Beach and headed north to Long Beach, Long Island, to watch our future son-in-law, John, play guitar and sing at The Cabana. This […]

Pearl of the Adriatic

After an exhilarating four days of sailing, our next destination in Croatia was Dubrovnik. Funky Tours arranged transportation back to Split where I picked up a van for the three-hour drive to Dubrovnik. I booked a four-bedroom apartment about a half hour outside Dubrovnik but only five minutes from the airport. This was important because […]

Ljubljana or Ljubla-awesome?

Ljubljana, pronounced lyoo-BLEE-ah-nah in English, is the capital of Slovenia, a country of about 2 million people. The city itself has a population of roughly 300,000. Jane and I arrived early Wednesday afternoon and, after checking into the Four Points (a little outside the city center), took a quick Uber ride to Congress Square to join […]

Eat, Beach, Sleep, Repeat

The title of this blog is shamelessly stolen from the beach club where we spent two gloriously lazy days in Koh Lanta, Thailand. For the last week or so, we were professional slugs, committed to soaking up as much sun as possible. In Koh Lanta, we didn’t venture much farther than Lym’s Beach Club. On […]

Three Wonderful Days in Singapore

After a couple of weeks of cold temperatures in Japan and Shanghai, it was a pleasure to land in Singapore on Tuesday night and immediately feel the warmth of 80-degree weather. Winter clothes were finally packed away for the remainder of our travels (or at least until we land in the US). We started Wednesday […]

Trains, Birthday, and Castles

After our experience the previous weekend with unreserved seats on the train from Vienna to Salzburg, we decided to reserve seats for our Innsbruck to Munich ride. It was another weekend trip, and more importantly, it was Jane’s birthday, so we couldn’t risk an inconvenient train ride. Well, that was the plan at least. About […]

Let’s Take a Walk

We spent some time on our feet yesterday. After another delicious breakfast at our hotel, we went directly across the street to Kowloon Park. One of the features of the park is the Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars. There are sculptures of various cartoon figures (out hotel is the building in the center of […]