View Italy Photography View snapshots of Sorrento and friends! View snapshots of the Almalfi Cast The title roughly translates into my Italian Families…that’s right – plural…I have many of them! I have to admit it – I have always been fascinated with all things Italian – the food, the wine, the mafia, and the family […]
Graduation Day!
Photo: My graduation photo from Sorrento Lingue…surrounded by my patient teachers! After spending 4 weeks attempting to learn Italian I have experienced a mixed bag of emotions – happiness, humor, stress, anxiety, stupidity, and elation. There was certainly a stage where I was so frustrated that I wanted to walk out – I never thought […]
Gut Decisions – Montenegro
View Montenegro Photograph View snapshots of Montenegro My best travel moments are the unplanned ones. I spent most of my corporate career planning…budgets, delivery dates, resource needs, tasks on a project plan, and I even planned what I was going to say – my work life revolved around planning. So when my taxi driver in […]
Getting Fresh in Croatia
View Croatia Photography View snapshots of Croatia The first thing that struck me was the smell when the taxi dropped me off at my hostel in Dubrovnik. It wasn’t a fowl smell – quite the contrary – it was a beautiful spring flower smell – completely stunning. I went for a brisk morning run along […]
Back Into Thin Air – Mt. Kinabalu
View Borneo Photography I remember this feeling…the exhilaration, the pain, the lightheadedness, the ache in my body, the nausea, the determination. I’m back in high altitude again. Testing my body and mind again. I’m wondering what it is about this painful experience that continues to draw me in. Whatever it is – I’m here – […]
Muddy Waters – Borneo
View Borneo Photography View Snapshots of Borneo Borneo…maybe you’ve heard of it – but do you even know where it is? I’m sure that if I gave you a globe you’d all have trouble putting your finger on it. What if I told you that it is the worlds 3rd largest island…are you surprised? It […]
One day in Bangkok – A little flesh, A little history
Note: The photos of the bar, Sirocco, in this post are not mine – they are from the bar’s website. I couldn’t take many pictures at night as the flash just doesn’t do it justice. In addition – the sex clubs of course would not allow a camera…so you will have to use your imagination! […]
Why is Australia Called Oz and Other Things I Learned in the Land Down Under
I followed the yellow brick road to OZ…and finally – I learned the answer to the burning questions, “Why is Australia called Oz?”. I was expecting some witty reason – something about Dorthy losing Toto and being raised by kangaroos- but unfortunately – it was quite simple. It’s simply a short way to say Australia. […]
Halloween – Jelloween
Photo: Bill, Ghost (Trent), and Jello…Happy Halloween! It was a long bus day today and a very full bus (I guess everyone wanted to get to Queenstown for Halloween). By now I had a group of ‘new friends’ that I enjoyed hanging out with from the Magic Bus so we all worked together to get […]
On My Way
Departing Penn Station with my packs I’ve done it – there’s no looking back now – I’ve got to roll with whatever comes my way. It was a difficult departure – reminiscent of my previous moves around the US. Every time I would talk to a close friend my eyes would well up in tears. […]
