Adventures after Retirement

1/21/18 Today we woke up in Lawrence, Kansas to a world encased in ice.  You literally could strap on ice skates and use those to travel the sidewalks and streets.  The cars were covered with it, all the foliage on the trees, bushes and grass as well.  It was in the 20’s and just brutally… Continue reading Kansas to Missouri

2/20/18 Well, we are at the end of our first day on the road for this trip. We woke in Boulder to about 6 inches of snow and a temperature of 6 degrees! Any thoughts of reaching warmer climes today were quickly dispelled when we got through Eastern Colorado and entered Kansas with a temperature… Continue reading Toto, I think we’re back in Kansas!

It’s time for another adventure!  This time we are staying closer to home, at least in the same country anyway.  We are leaving next Tuesday 2/20/18 for a leisurely drive from Colorado to Gainesville, Florida where my daughter is living.  She has been at UF for a three year residency in Veterinary Medical Oncology and… Continue reading Southeastern US Road Trip

This was the last full day of our fabulous trip.  Tomorrow morning we leave for home.  It was a nostalgic day for Jack, visiting old friends and places from the past.  We left early for the central station to take the train to Utrecht. Our plan was to see the city where Jack used to… Continue reading Utrecht and Amersfoort 10/14/17

Today started off cloudy and cool with a threat of rain, typical Amsterdam weather for this time of year, so we packed up the umbrellas and put on the raincoats and went to do some exploring. Picture of the Eye museum by our apartment. Beautiful wildflowers planted nearby.  You can see the grey start to… Continue reading Amsterdam 10/13/17

Today we went to the museum and did some shopping and strolling around.  We were very lucky with a picture perfect day for this time of year in Amsterdam.  Fairly clear skies with sun off and on and high 50’s, low 60’s.  Perfect walking around weather, in my opinion. We decided to take the tram… Continue reading Amsterdam 10/12/17

Well, we made it to our last city on this fantastic trip, Amsterdam.  We are here for four nights and 5 days.  We left Rome this morning about 7:45 and the wheels on our luggage got a tremendous workout on the multi-block walk over basalt paving stones to the taxi stand.  It is not a… Continue reading Amsterdam 10/11/17

Today was our last day in Rome, we will be leaving in the morning for our few days in Amsterdam and then back home.  It’s been an amazing trip and I hope some readers have enjoyed traveling along with us. We had another slow morning and took some time just to figure out what we… Continue reading Rome 10/10/17

Today we had a lovely lazy start to the day and got down to our little coffee shop at 10:30 or so.  I had to take this picture of the little street in back of our building on the way.  I can almost touch the walls on either side and it’s an actual street! Oh,… Continue reading ROME 10/9/17

We had set aside today to visit an exhibition of Raphael frescoes at a museum in Rome housed in an old palace called the Villa Farnesina.  It is located in the area of town where we are staying, the Trastevere.  It is a Renaissance palace that was started in 1506 and completed in 1510.  The… Continue reading Rome 10/8/17