Feb 15, 2011

Home this month is a one bedroom apartment a stone’s throw from the Acropolis Museum in Athens. We have a comfy queen size bed, modern bath and combo living room/kitchen/dining room. The main living space opens to a private courtyard adorned with lemon trees. Being February, we were prepared for our secluded lemon grove to be barren and fruitless; and...

Jan 7, 2011

My Apologies!! Somehow the month got away from me… Taken Last Month: Snowy Road in the Country. Rindge, New Hampshire. December 2010. Taken in a Previous January: Boat Reflections in the Harbor. San Francisco, California. January 2009. Kate’s Pick: Beacon Hill in the Blizzard. Boston, Massachusetts. January 2005. Brett’s Pick: Fishing Boat at...

Jan 5, 2011

2 months will be spent exploring the wonders of the ancient cities of Athens and Rome. Our first stop will be Athens with the Parthenon, Temple of Zeus, Acropolis, Plaka and SO MUCH MORE. Brett is already making a list of foods he can’t wait to taste. After exploring for a month, and I’m sure just barely scratching the surface of all there is to see...

Dec 12, 2010

“Don’t cry for me Argentina | The truth is I never left you” Evita Peron (well, what Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote her singing at least) Argentina has been splendid. Sure, there has been some frustrations along the way – but that’s just the way it goes really. As I look back over our trip, though, I am overwhelmed with...

Dec 10, 2010

Patagonia is a land of vast nothingness. No towns, no houses, no people, not even trees for miles and miles. It is a great place to get away – but a horrible place to get lost (I would assume). We used El Calafate as our base for exploration. It’s a smallish sized town with tourism as its main industry and Perito Moreno Glacier (and the other nearby...