Today is October 7th, and that, my friends, is also Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day. I bet you didn’t know that. A few years ago, I would have been right there with you. The first time I stumbled on the words ‘Trigeminal Neuralgia’ I had to sound them out. And as I kept reading, my heart… Read More The Travel I Don’t Blog
A couple of weeks back, I got the wonderful news, that I had been nominated for the Blogger Recognition award. I’m flattered, thankful, and really appreciate that another blogger likes this blog enough to nominate me. Thank you, so much, to Katy of The Tightwad Tourist for my nomination! Blogging is a weird thing to… Read More Travel Bloggers You Should Read
So, I pick up the bread, and I smell. As soon as I smell the french bread, I close my eyes and I am in my grandmother’s kitchen, with the rolls that my grandfather used to pick up in the mornings.… Read More Heidelberg: The Bread that Took Me Home
Nothing that happened today was what I had planned. Well, aside from the fact that we did actually make it to Heidelberg, and we did, in fact, eat dinner. And, I’m happy. I’m enjoying the chaos and mish-mash of languages, and just the feel of being in a festive foreign city.… Read More Heidelberg: Deciding to Enjoy When Travel Goes Bad
Much of the travel happening in our family recently has been the husband traveling for work. Sadly, I have only been able to hitch a ride along once, since life and school and lessons and all still have to go on here at home. This does, however, lead to some of the most amazing emails and… Read More Sometimes You Shouldn’t Translate the Menu
The main fears I have have nothing to do with traveling alone. How about “How to Guilt Friends into Driving Carpool” and “Defending That Calendar Spot with Blood and Verbal Abuse 101.” Where are these postings people??… Read More Get Real Guide to Momcation Planning
The plane suddenly drops, leaving my stomach three to five feet above my head, then lifts just as suddenly, and then the right wing lowers a bit and we all seem to slide down to the right before it bumps back up again. It’s going to be one of those flights.… Read More Turbulent Musings
I am considering a ‘Momcation’ but… there’s a lot of guilt and questions that go along with trying that. The Me Before Husband and Kids Many, many moons ago, before I met my husband, I moved to a city in another state based on a phone discussion with one friend I had who had moved… Read More Momcation: Considering Solo Travel… As a Mom
“Everything out of your pockets! If you leave something in there, you’re going to get a little extra TLC from the TSA. And if you are going to make us do that, we would prefer you buy us dinner first!” Kudos to him for making everyone’s least favorite part a little easier. First time I’ve… Read More When TSA Makes You Laugh – In a Good Way
Ah yes, the Tuk Tuk ride. The day we had a reasonable concern part of our party had been whisked off to parts unknown, never to be seen again. That was an exciting time. I’m telling you, we made memories on this trip! We had had our yummy lunch at <<Shoshanna Restaurant>>. We had politely… Read More The Great Disappearing Tuk Tuk