Adventure BB

Reflecting on our recent brief sojourn in Rome and Tuscany, Bonnie and I sat down to discuss the approach we’d take to writing a blog post about it. We’re feeling a need to change it...

Hosting family and friends is an interesting mix of excitement and responsibility. You want them to fall in love with your hometown the way you did – but you know how much there...

When Ed and I are walking through a new city, he’s always the navigator. I’ve stopped even pulling out my phone. I just wait quietly while he figures out where we’re going. It’s a small...

I guess we’ve become seasoned travelers since our first visit to Istanbul in 2012. The magic and energy of this great city straddling two continents still throbs. But there was a qualitative...

You’re going where? Uzbekistan? Where’s that? Why? The thrill of the unknown gripped me as I arrived in Uzbekistan with the kind of anticipation that comes from venturing somewhere...

The Cave Stepping into the depths of the enormous cavern of rock, dampness and earth filling my nostrils, I was startled by the roar of rushing water. The stream, flowing directly...