A Wonderful Weekend In Vienna

We flew into Vienna from Paris on a Saturday morning, early enough to feel like we would have a full day ahead of us. Once we arrived, we agreed that this is the only way to go. For a major city, it isn’t a large airport and we were on the curb with our bags […]

Washington, DC, Annapolis and Baltimore in July 2015

Heat and humidity are harder to manage when you live in Southern California the majority of the time. From the moment the plane lands and the door opens, that first blast of warm, wet air is tough to overcome but that didn’t mean we needed to head back West. Instead, we headed for water and […]

Taking a “man day” in Thailand

We came up with a plan to give the ladies and men their own day to spend as they choose. The ladies went first and chose spa treatments and general relaxation, and the guys went next, choosing climbing and riding quads offroad. While they enjoyed their day, they couldn’t stay away for long and by […]

Taking an organized tour to Koh Phi Phi

We take pride in going our own way and choosing when and where. Which is why it was out of the ordinary for us to sign up for an organized speedboat tour to Koh Phi Phi. We left early from the Sheraton in small vans but soon met up with the larger crowd at the […]

Our first full day in Krabi Beach, Thailand

I want to sleep beneath Peaceful skies in my lover’s bed With a wide open country in my eyes And these romantic dreams in my head – Bruce Springsteen, No Surrender We were surprised to be wide awake at 4am, and it wasn’t our little girl’s fault. We were very excited to be in Krabi […]

Arriving at Krabi Beach, Thailand

Hold on to me as we go, as we roll down this unfamiliar road – Phillip Phillips, “Home” For most people, the vacation destination is just that, someplace to arrive and begin relaxing or having an adventure. For us, the destination is just a stopover on our continuous adventure, and getting to Krabi Beach, Thailand […]

Just one day to spend in Seoul, South Korea

South Korea is where Jeanne took her first breath and the country that wasn’t kind to its orphans back in 1978. We had a chance to travel through Seoul on our way to Thailand and we decided that it was time for Jeanne to return to her country of birth for the first time since […]

A rainy day in Cambridge, UK, in June 2014

Wanting to get out of London for a day, we booked train tickets from London Liverpool Street to Cambridge for our last full day in the UK. Sunday morning was an easy time to get across London from our hotel on Piccadilly Lane in Mayfair and we were in our comfortable first class seats in […]

Ilê d’Yeu, France in June 2014

In what has to be the greatest stretch of weather for western France in memory, we enjoyed four gorgeous days on the Ilê d’Yeu, a small island off the coast of Vendée, accessible from the port of Fromentine at the causeway for Ilê de Noirmoutier. Our trip started with an hour drive south along the […]

Valentine’s Day in Maui, Hawai’i

Way back when we were youngsters, an amazing five years ago, we were married on a beach in Maui by Reverend Dennis DeRego. If you know us, it isn’t the first time…in fact, it was the fourth time Dennis married us, the last time being on his boat near (a little too near, as naked […]