Category: Family and Friends

Quickly Getting Used to the Cuban Lifestyle

allende beach, matanzas

Last night ended up not being restful. Garbage is picked up in early morning hours  in the neighborhood and the dogs go crazy and it was quite loud.After about an hour, they all finally settled down and so did we. This also reminds me of island life, but not so homey. LOL. Yet the Cuban …

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Catching Up before the Next Discovery Trip to Cuba

Our next discovery trip is to Cuba, booked for early February 2017. Has been high on my bucket list, so I am very excited that Han bought it for us as a Christmas gift. However, I really need to catch up on the blog before our next adventure. This blog is long, so you might …

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Ninety One Days in Europe Come to an End

I wanted the title to read ‘When is the Madness Going to End?‘, but decided that a reference to Ninety One days in Europe would make more sense in the bigger picture. The 5:00am wake up call was not welcome, since we have had very little sleep the past few days, but it was time …

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Florence is Flavorless

So there are about 50 tour people, ages 20’s and 30’s, staying at the hotel which is located conveniently close to the main train station, just a couple of block from the famous ‘Duomo’. As always with groups, we were rudely awakened this morning at 2:30am by slamming doors and screaming and laughing. Yep, it …

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I Left My Knife In Paris

We ate breakfast in our room, since we bought some groceries at our little store. I am enjoying this change of pace, as sometimes I just don’t want to sit in a restaurant. Even though it is not actually on my blog bucket list, I can assure you it has always been in my heart …

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