Jul 10 2026
Bittersweet is our departure from Coração d’Ouro. named after a Portuguese Telenovela, meaning Heart of Gold. AirBnb owner Lianne is ready at 8am to take us to Tábua bus station. We almost spent a month with her. Got a great tan going and the daily swimming in the pool was definitely a health kick for …
Jul 16 2026
After what seemed like an almost daily repetition of opening and closing our suitcases, TJ had found an AirBNB in lesser known central Portugal, that would fit our needs to relax and stay in one spot where we could start organizing our move to Europe. Southeast of Porto in the lower foothills of the central …
Jul 24 2026
During our stay in Austria, Han got a message from his oldest brother, asking us to come and take care of things at his home, when he was getting a Heart procedure operation on May 21. Even though the operation in his case was considered non invasive, the anxiety levels nevertheless reigned high, especially since …
May 20 2026
Travel is almost never a perpetual highlight reel. There is a lot of mundane boredom, a lot of grueling effort in between the beautiful moments. Not that I can prove it in any way, but the word travel is said to come from the French word Travail, which simply means work. Every destination, an exhausting …
Jan 30 2026
Thinking we have Time is possibly the biggest mistake we make in life. The decision to retire after 7 season was made and announced a year earlier, but with the reality of season 2025 at the Beaver Island Lodge coming to an end, the naked truth was also that we had to get rid once …
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