Riding Pachyderms in Chiang Mai, Thailand!
We left London, for good, at 9 am on Saturday April 4th. See my post - Leaving London - if you haven't already. A massive cleaning crew descended on our [...]
Leaving London
Recall we came to London 14 months ago because I read a provocative book - The New Global Student. And what an amazing time we've had here! The movers packed [...]
Sledging through the Swiss Alps
Our second winter trip was to Zermatt, Switzerland. My wife wanted to see the Alps up close (she's seen them from a plane, aplenty)....and it was sort of an obvious [...]
We Took the Midnight Train to….Vienna and Salzburg
So from Krakow, Poland we took an 8.5 hour "sleeper" train to Vienna. As you can imagine it was VERY EXCITING for the junior members of our clan. We split [...]
Bundling Up in Krakow, Poland
Poland is a place I've ALWAYS been interested in traveling to. Why? Because I'm half-Polish - depending on where one draws the Poland-Ukrainian border. In fact I have Polish blood [...]
Christmas Markets in Belgium
Ironically, this year we spent our Thanksgiving....at the Christmas Markets in Belgium! Only a 2.5 hour, £90, train ride on the Eurostar from London, we arrived at Brussels on Thanksgiving [...]
Visiting Istanbul
Well we made it. Istanbul was our second really big, much-anticipated trip. We wanted to go somewhere exotic, it was highly recommended by many people including my brother, and after [...]
¡Viaje A Madrid!
A couple of weeks ago, on the spur of the moment, I decided to take the kids to Madrid, Spain. Inez was en route to New York for business, I'd [...]