The Extraordinary Ordinary

August is the cruelest month. Our new home in the south of France is as hot as the blazes, but … More

Right now, it’s like this

Right now is a time to be in-between places. Neither here nor there. We’re moving, but our new apartment won’t … More

Paris, as always, again and again

We’re back in Paris for a 5 week hiatus before we set off yondering again. I’ve scandalized my younger self … More

El Palmar, the birthplace of paella

El Palmar is a small town near Valencia. It’s in the Albufera National Park and on the shore of the … More

Truth in travel

I’ve long said I should do truth-in-travel posts. Instead of a beautiful seascape, I’d show the bus stop where the … More

Getting back on the travel horse, plus the Elsa river in Tuscany

We’re back to our semi-nomadic ways and oh, how we’ve missed it! Ok, maybe not the schlepping of the bags … More

Change of plans, or here we go again!

We change our minds. A lot. I don’t know if you’ve noticed. But what are plans other than a reasonably … More

On being unperturbed by lost luggage

This is another rescued snippet from the old Tumblr I’m clearing out. May 2017 We’ve gotten lazy, 7+ months into … More

Head for the hills: in the foothills of the Cévennes

Enamored of our driver’s licenses and motivated by a sense of the clock ticking down on our time here in … More

Learning to settle

Early in our winter travels I said to Mark that I realized that we had everything with us that we … More