Adventuriety
Day one of San Miguel de Allende out of the next thirty-one days, the first thirty-one days of our new adventure and we find out our beautiful casita sits on the precipice of a questionable neighborhood. The neighborhood is called Las Cuevitas which means “little caves” for the caves that people once lived in there. It is a place of extreme poverty and all of...
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Adventuriety
Our days in Mexico City were a bit surreal. I couldn’t help but think about Charles Wallace, the incredibly intuitive child on a dangerous, multi-dimensional quest in the children’s book, A Wrinkle in Time. He profoundly observed to his sister that “This is a traveling time.” It was a traveling time for us, literally, yes, but figuratively for sure. We were in a time of...
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Inspirietry
It always surprises me, the things that inspire me to learn about something. I became slightly obsessed with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo during our time in Mexico City. I am embarrassed to say that I didn’t know one thing about Diego Rivera when we arrived, but I have a friend who told me to see the Diego Murals in Mexico City. Serendipitously, we went...
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Adventuriety
Day three in Mexico City and our second tour. I wanted to see a little bit more of Mexico City and signing us up for another tour was an easy way to do it. Besides, Frida Kahlo’s house was on the tour and I was excited to visit it. Our first scheduled stop was Xochimilco, the last remnants of the Aztec’s intricate canal and farming...
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Adventuriety
I think history is fascinating and complicated. What else could it be? Life is complicated and when you view a whole bunch of complicated lives over a period of time, viola, you have an intricate story called history. For me, understanding a timeline helps tremendously in understanding the history of a location. I am not a very good information pre-loader…I am always too busy planning...
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Adventuriety
We arrived in Mexico City with a rainstorm, which I have learned in the last few days is a common occurrence this time of year. It was a good thing I didn’t know that getting on the plane and that I had consumed a few glasses of wine by the time the pilot informed us of heavy rain over the airport. Like most of Scott’s...
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Adventuriety
Scott says his favorite blogs are when I write about how I am feeling. Okay, Scott, this one’s for you! Grant left for college. It’s been coming for a long time and of course, I am happy for him because he has worked hard and he’s ready to get started on his own life but…it’s been really hard and we all miss him. For me,...
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Recuperiety
So how did it all end? Well, we flew from Tromso to Stockholm for four nights. When I had planned this trip it was Copenhagen and Stockholm on either end of the “Great Arctic Adventure” to recuperate, first from our busy home lives and then from our busy adventure lives. So far, you know how it’s going and I believe there was a collective sigh...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
It’s funny the things that stick in your mind. Maybe because I am both obsessed with and terrified by traveling that I pay attention to certain details. I have a whole photo album in my head of travel related snapshots and not what you might think. All of these “mental pics” are moments that seem completely unrealistic to me, like they could never come true, whether they...
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Adventuriety / Inspirietry
Our Arctic adventure was about to begin and as the saying goes, “nothing good ever comes easy.” People often comment that our family travels are so cool and adventurous and they are, don’t get me wrong, but there are many parts to our experiences and believe me, not all of them are as wonderful and smooth as one might envision, even me. Yes, we like adventure but what three...
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