Ahhh, Venice.  20 years had passed since I had last been there and I remembered it well.  We were looking forward to our visit after our two weeks in Cortona, me because I wanted to see if my memories had held up, and Juliann because she had never been. Braeden, well, he just wanted to … Continue reading Venice: Overcrowded, Expensive…and Incredible →

I saw the film Under the Tuscan Sun a few years after it came out, and I thought it was utterly terrible.  Like, The Last Airbender bad.  The script, the acting (though I was a fan of Diane Lane at the time), the directing, everything.  Awful. Juliann told me that the book was worse, though I can’t … Continue reading Under the Tuscan…Never Mind →

When I was in my twenties I backpacked through Europe for a  month, and Florence was one of the cities in which I spent a little time. [Very little.   When I was 25 I apparently had the energy of a 25-year-old, as I hit over a dozen cities in just 4 weeks, spending on … Continue reading Firenze and the Arrival of Auntie Leslie! →

A couple of years ago, when the planning for “our travels”, as we like to call them, began in earnest, I somehow heard of the delicious lemons that grew on the Amalfi Coast. The image of lemon groves clinging to rocky hillsides tumbling down to the blue Mediterranean stuck in my head and refused to … Continue reading Queen of the Amalfi Coast: Positano →

We didn’t want to leave Thailand.  Ever. But as always, flights were booked and accommodations reserved, so we had to go.  We were comforted, however, by the knowledge that soon we would be back in Europe, and that our next destination, Italy, was going to rock.  And that the wine was going to be spectacular. … Continue reading Rome – A Week Ain’t Enough →

Right after our son was born in 2012, we took a  1-month holiday to Belize to spend some time together as a family before Juliann went back to work.  We chose Caye Caulker as our base, primarily because we wanted to try out a location where development was nonexistent and the pace was slow. Caulker … Continue reading Living and Loving Lanta →

Four weeks into our stay in Phuket we only had one thing left to cross off our “list”:  a visit to Phang Nga Bay, home of the famous “James Bond Island”. Our experience with Phuket Sail Tours in the Phi-Phi Islands was so delightful that we signed on with them again to visit Phang Nga … Continue reading Wrapping Up Our Stay in Phuket →