Despite the face-melting heat yesterday (a heat index of 105-110F), we managed to get in a few sights. Full report when we’re back, but here are a few photos from our first full day. Lady Liberty Ellis Island, Registration Hall Manhattan skyline Ellis Island Washington Square Park The Strand bookstore…miles of books! Continue reading Scenes from NYC
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener I can’t believe it’s been almost 9 months since I last posted here, an entry in which I promised to write about our amazing visit to Istanbul. And I’ve tried, really I have. But each time I sat down and tried … Continue reading Istanbul, in flavors
The past couple of years, I have posted about being thankful. Much of those thoughts were in the context of a trip we had taken, one that gave us a different perspective of what we had to be thankful for. This year is no different. I realize it’s been about 4 months since I last posted here. I could say the hiatus was just about life getting … Continue reading Thankfulness, revisited
As I was waiting for my work shuttle this morning in Kendall Square, I noticed a family asking the driver of the “hop on/hop off” sightseeing trolley for advice on getting to Harvard Square. He pointed them to the subway station across the street, a sensible suggestion as Harvard is a short two-stop ride from Kendall. I watched the family follow his directions, cross the street and … Continue reading Getting there from here: public transport around the world
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. –Alphonse de Lamartine Really, we’ve been planning this trip for nearly three years. Way back in late 2012 we started thinking—as we perpetually do—of where to go next. The previous two trips had been to Nicaragua, that year, and Belize the year before. Both came about sort of … Continue reading Why Istanbul?
If I had a dollar for every time a friend or family member asked us that…well, we’d probably have enough to buy a cup of coffee at Starbucks (those things are pricey!). But seriously, that seems to be the thing we are asked most often. We don’t mind, of course, as we are pretty much always thinking about the next trip, and the one after … Continue reading “Where’s your next trip?”
A new post is long overdue, I realize. Job searches, classes, family visits, new volunteer work, life gets in the way sometimes. Things are settling down, thankfully, and as summer moves on our thoughts turn to our next trip. Soon I’ll post a bit more about our plans, but for now, I’m reminiscing on the fantastic week we spent in Morocco in December of 2009. This photo was taken … Continue reading #TBT: Morocco, 2009
When I was a child, one of my favorite books was a large-format slim hardcover called Frederick, by Leo Lionni. It was about a field mouse who didn’t help the other mice in his group with gathering nuts and grain for the winter, but sat on a rock gathering, essentially, memories…of sunshine and warmth, colors and words. The other mice aren’t pleased with what they perceive as … Continue reading Soaking up the sun in NOLA
As we sit watching a blizzard drop a couple of feet of snow outside–and with an unexpected snow day off from work–there is finally time to finish up writing about our visit to Guatemala in September 2014, ending with the beautiful city of Antigua. See the earlier posts on Flores/Tikal, and Lake Atitlán. When planning this trip around our time at Lake Atitlan, we soon realized it … Continue reading Guatemala, part 3: La Antigua Guatemala
“Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque, but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing.” –Aldous Huxley Our departure from Flores was less eventful than our arrival, with no travel hiccups (well, save the fact that we got to the airport MUCH earlier than necessary, so waited in … Continue reading Guatemala, part 2: Lake Atitlan
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