If all goes according to plan, by the time you read this, we will have just completed our annual sibling sabbatical—SIBSAB—in Amsterdam! I have previously written on these get-aways that … Continue Reading SIBSAB IX – Amsterdam!
It is really thanks to my teaching a professional development course that I have been able to take so many international trips. When I look back over the journeys aboard … Continue Reading International Travel
Since my fondest memories growing up were from our summer family vacations, I wanted to make sure our own kids had happy vacation memories as well. And obviously, Montreat was … Continue Reading Family Vacations
Based on this vacation photo of me from when I was two, I guess you could say I have been going to Montreat for well over 55 years. And this … Continue Reading Montreat – An Extra Special Place!
Having experienced the beauty of Hawaii firsthand, I often told people it was the one place everyone should go to in their lifetime since it was absolutely paradise on Earth. … Continue Reading Keukenhof!
My travel year started out early in January with a business trip to New Jersey for an industry committee meeting. I arrived the day before the meeting accompanied by one … Continue Reading Travel 2014
This past weekend, my brother and I got together just the two of us for what has become our annual get together—Bro Go—this year in Disney World! Last year for … Continue Reading Bro Go 2014
Normally I would wait until year-end to write a post about the best books I read in a given calendar year. But having finished reading my third book about beer … Continue Reading Beer Books
I previously posted that this recent trip to San Francisco was my 20th visit and while I often like to return to places I have been before, it is nice … Continue Reading Cable Car Museum
I am happy to say that when you read this post, I will be back in the city by the bay—for the 20th time. The reason I have been there … Continue Reading ♫ I Left my Heart in San Francisco ♫
Having been driven by my desire to do too much in one day, we decided to take a much more relaxed approach to our sight-seeing. And after our nearly 30,000 … Continue Reading A Small Taste of Paris – Day 2 and 3
My wife and I recently enjoyed our first visit to Paris, a short three-day excursion that provided us just a small taste of Paris. We arrived Wednesday evening by train … Continue Reading A Small Taste of Paris – Day 1
On the day I finish teaching, we will have travelled by high-speed train to Paris! While our two oldest children have both been to Paris, this will be our first … Continue Reading Paris!
As you read this post, my wife and I will be exploring Amsterdam, a city I have traveled to for a total of 26 times. This trip to the land … Continue Reading Amsterdam – XXVI
It was just the next year in 2008 when I would have the quintessential Dragon experience. That was the year our youngest son turned 21 and I suggested to my … Continue Reading NC Road Trip: Tail of the Dragon – Quintessential Experience
Having just had a small taste of what it was like driving the Tail of the Dragon in 2005, I knew I needed more. So when my wife and I … Continue Reading NC Road Trip: Tail of the Dragon – Two More Runs