So long Salerno 10 – 14 Nov – The FLIX Bus is a great way to transition from the west coast of Italy to its East and to our new destination – Old Town Bari. A simple stroll from our Salerno downtown apartment and after an engaging chat with aRead More →
Breaking Down! I learned an invaluable lesson in Ranger School – everybody, I mean, everybody breaks down sooner or later. When engaged in a tireless pursuit of anything, in time, you will hit a wall. The question isn’t if it will happen to you; it will. The real question is,Read More →
Time to move on to Salerno Naples was an incredible experience, rich in the exploration of Southern Italian culture, cuisine, and old buildings. But, as we near wearing out our welcome at our guest’s incredible home, it’s time to move further south. The only place we did not visit inRead More →
Visiting Herculaneum 4 Nov ‘19 – Their recast skeletal remains littered the barrel arched, vaulted structures on the beach side of the town of Herculaneum; many embracing loved ones in their final moments before immolation and suffocation. visiting Herculaneum can be a brutal reminder that Ms. Nature is really inRead More →
Hot, hot, and sunny. (Ischia Travel) 24-28 Oct ‘19 – Traveling with the amazing Ursula is simply amazing. As a young lady, she lived in Italy for three years and spent most of her adult life as a tour guide, quite a bit of it traveling through Italy’s attractions. SomewhereRead More →
North of Naples (Archeological sites around of Naples) 22 Oct – We dedicated the last few days satisfying our Roman ruins cravings at various archeological sites around Naples. The other day when walking through town on the way to the castle, we walked along the Marina side and not throughRead More →
Big Lake to La Spezia A trip to another world and time. This posting places some of the missing sequences back into the ‘Belimisio Italia’ Italy Travel blog. Bologna was just too fascinating not to write about right away, so this posting briefly covers the trip from home to ItalyRead More →
Editor’s note – My narrative for our Italy journey is already out of sequence as I’m jumping ahead about a week or so into our travel to Bologna adventures….but, I’ll return to the travels and the week in Cinque Terra and Lucca soon. Hang tight…and enjoy. A few days ofRead More →
All Adventures come to an end A year ago, when we posted our last article to this blog series, we vowed to provide updates on the Nomading adventure and a Nomading Blog Close-Out. Our plan then was to travel to the ‘Lower-48’ for the Winter. It didn’t happen! What didRead More →
Another Cottage project, another Cottage production! – DIY Wood Turned Mallet This time the discipline was woodworking, specifically turning a ‘spindle on a wood lathe. The final result, a turned chisel mallet. This vid captures a novices attempt to turn a chisel mallet on his new lathe. If your intoRead More →
‘To own or not to own’? A review on gun ownership. In an acrimonious environment where aggrieved emotions and pent-up frustrations influence our legislative processes and (un)civil discourse over one of our more basic rights, attached is a self exploration on gun ownership for your examination. This exploration considersRead More →
Afterthoughts We made it home a little worse for the wear. Our RV Nomading proof of concept adventure took us from Feldkirch to Frankfurt by car, from there, by air to Pittsburgh and up the highways to Granger Indiana. After recovering the RV from storage, we forayed across the country,Read More →
Still Nomading Canada Sixteen August 2018 – A little before 0700, sitting in this quiet Whitehorse, Yukon RV park, collecting a few thoughts and additions for this “RV Nomading – A Quiet RV Morning” Blog before the circus begins. Quiet hours end at seven, the show kicks off in aRead More →
Lost in Canada, somewhere Time for a quick ‘catch-up’ so that when I do a brain-dump in the next few days, I’ll not have forgotten everything. This narrative will differ from most in that it’ll just be random bullet notes/impressions from the road! RV Nomading – Lost in Canada TransportingRead More →
A New Adventure – Nomading I’ve decided to start the new RV Nomading Blog in mid-stream, already at a galloping pace. I’ll embed the preamble, introductory information in the text below over the next few days, so I can keep apace of this adventures’ turns of events. Day two ofRead More →
Reversing Directions All good things come to an end, and when planned properly, the end leads to the beginning of new and appealing opportunities. But, before getting to the next ‘good thing,’ we still have to finish the adventure in proper style. Year in Vorarlberg Retrograde! We’re about at theRead More →
Living Well in Vorarlberg It’s been a busy past few weeks and I’ve neglected my blogging – living the good life seems to be preferable to writing about it. But now, I’m pooped. A few minutes of downtown affords the opportunity to catch up with the Blog. The Trifecta ofRead More →
Enjoying Summer’s Heat What do Biking, plumbers, and the World Cup have to do with each other…..not much other than these are the themes of my recent days while Ursula has been cavorting around Europe enjoying the sights with a tour group. She left the cats behind to provide meRead More →
Gone Fishen’ It’s no secret that I enjoy fishing. This is why I enjoyed our afternoon visiting a small lake outside of Feldkirch to learn more about Fishing in Vorarlberg. To my fishing colleagues, equally apparent to my enjoyment of fishing is that I have limited skills and talents whenRead More →
Three countries in three days What do Bergenz, Konstanz, and Lindau have in common? They’re all beautiful historic towns filled with the classic sights and sounds a savory smells of Western Europe. Plus, they’re also very common hopping on/off points to biking around the Bodensee (Lake Constance). The BodenseeRead More →