Today we took a Fraulein Maria Bike Tour that was really fun but, in my opinion the singing was a little excessive. Forgive me, for I haven’t told you that the bike tour was a Sound of Music edition. Our tour was with a guide named Ian and he really really really likes the Sound Read More …
Praha is beautiful, and, at night, the city glows with light. Our apartment is about 100 meters from this big river and a famous bridge, called the Charles Bridge. In the river, there are some little islands. There is one on the other side of the bridge from our apartment. It is called Kampa Island. Read More …
What remains a favorite book in our world provides us with these guiding words: Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you Read More …
All of that slaving away “edumacating” the Snoop might leave one (okay, all three) of us in need of a little break. As J’s priorities on this journey encompass blue water, white sand and beer of every imaginable shade, the Snoop and I are making the supreme sacrifice of our precious “school” time to keep Read More …
To celebrate double digits, the Snoop decided he HAD to do something truly memorable:
We walked around Sitka this morning and then we watched a dance presentation from the Tlingit people. They did dances that told stories, kind of like the hula, but with long red and black robes instead of grass skirts. There was a story about the Raven. He is a trickster. Then, we hopped on a Read More …
We went to the Ulu knife store. The ulu is a very rare knife made only in Alaska, well… only the good ones. The not good ones are made in China, but they still say Alaska on them. I also got to have a scoop of Glacial Silt ice cream. There wasn’t really silt in Read More …
When I was the Snoop’s age, I made 5 New Year’s resolutions: 1. Read at least one book every week. 2. Visit all 50 of the United States of America by the time I turned 50. 3. See 100 countries by then. 4. Learn how to make lanyards. 5. Stop passing notes during Math. I Read More …
At the request of those who missed my dad’s “scattering,” I wanted to post a couple of photos from the back side of Aspen Mountain. This is where the “Aspenblow” party happens on the last Saturday of July every year. As my Dad was one of the hosts of the party, and he always enjoyed Read More …
I was so happy to get off of the train, I didn’t even care that it was raining. We stayed in this great hotel called the Hotel du Vin. The smoked salmon on the breakfast menu is the very best I’ve ever had. Edinburgh is a pretty city. The Castle was very interesting. It has Read More …
