When we told the kids we were going to spend a couple of weeks in Italy, Ashley immediately asked if we would see the Tower of Pisa. Since it was on the way to Cinque Terre we stopped for one night in Pisa and while we completely underappreciated the city, we enjoyed the tower. The Leaning Tower of Pisa or Tower of Pisa is the...
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Rome is a multidimensional city that has a lot to offer to all kinds of travelers. We had a great visit, but didn’t even begin to get to know this gorgeous, history rich metropolis. It always surprises me which memories become the standouts from a place and the thing that is surprising is the best memories are the unexpected moments, not the things on the list....
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I did find that Vatican City tour I was looking for in a Dark Rome Tour which was a “Highlights of Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica.” I really wanted to see the Sistine Chapel but after reading a little bit about Vatican City and that whole circus I was having major anxiety about doing it on our own. I wasn’t worried...
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We took a six hour bike tour of Appian Way in Rome on Sunday. Rome is a smorgasbord of sights and sounds and things to do and it becomes overwhelming after a while of navigating and learning about stuff on your own so I decided we needed a tour of some sort. I was actually looking for a tour of Vatican City when I stumbled...
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Rome is the first big city that I have ever seen Scott enjoy as a whole. The kids have had a good time too and I love it, but I get enthusiastic about most anything. It does not feel like a city of over 2.6 million people. We have spent the last three days of our total five Rome days enjoying a good mix of...
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We spent a little over four weeks at home. The kids loved being home. The only downside for them was that their friends were busy with school and sports, but they were still able to have a little social life and they had each other and the comfort and freedom of home and high speed internet and Netflix to keep them happy and busy. They...
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We said good-bye to our guide Ayoub today. We had spent the last five days and countless miles and hours in the jeep together. He had taken care of us and taught us so much about the Tanzanian animals and people. Ayoub would drop us off at the nearby little tiny airport and we would board a little tiny airplane and fly to the Serengeti. For...
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I may be beating a dead horse here, but forgive me as this is still in the time frame of my forty-eight hour mind warp. We left Lake Eyasi and drove back through the town of Karatu and to our next lodge, Gibb’s Farm, which is a short 5km outside of the town. There is a lot to see driving from lodge to lodge even if the Safari...
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After our morning with the Hadzabe we stopped to visit a family of the Datoga Tribe. The Datoga tribe has a much larger population than the Hadzabe and place great importance on cattle in their culture. A man becomes a Datoga chief when he marries his first wife. The first wife then chooses the second and the husband must buy her with cattle. The second wife choose...
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We got up very early this morning with the help of my now favotie alarm clock, although I would set my phone’s alarm and be up and ready to go by the time coffee arrived so that I could sit for a few minutes and enjoy the decadence of it all. My night had not been restful. It sounded like the wind was going to...
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