Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
“Coffee?” The woman stood in front of a food table staffed by volunteers. While a volunteer filled her cup, the woman said, “My village—” she motioned an explosion with her hands. “Gone.” She accepted the paper cup and disappeared back into the crowd. A grandmother waited in her van with three of her grandchildren. The…
Multicolored confetti in the gutters tipped us off that Saturday would be no ordinary day in Lucerne, Switzerland. Soon we saw an entire troop of people in elaborate costumes, pushing a buggy, walking determinedly. Eloise would not allow me to chase them and ask what they were doing. We soon figured it out by following…
A cozy, snowy morning gave way to clear skies when we finally rolled out of the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort. When we heard there’s a good chance we may leave months before our PRD, we decided we’d better tag a couple extra counties onto our ski trip. Today’s itinerary had us leaving Germany, driving though…
Hopefully not the last post about anything ever. We woke up this morning to Chris’ work computer singing like crazy as Russia invaded Ukraine. Everyone around us at breakfast was scrambling to see whether leave was cancelled and who needed to go back to work across the continent. Chris thankfully did not need to head…
I did not want to ski today. It was sleeting outside. Everything hurt. Yesterday was no fun. I couldn’t even see the mountain tops. Each limb weighed 1.3 thousand pounds. “You said you wanted to ski a bunch!” Chris was frustrated with me. “Yeah, but that was before I was not enjoying it as much…
Lest my enthusiasm confuse you, let me be clear: we are not strong skiers. We skied one time only in Japan and it was a blizzard and we couldn’t see anything. Skiing here in nice weather with the mountains in sight was a revelation to me. Yet I freely admit to being a fair weather…
Eloise convinced us all to forgo the oatmeal I brought for breakfast in the room and indulge in the hotel’s breakfast buffet. Isaac picked a seat. “Hi Isaac!” Isaac’s friend Eli, who moved away last summer, was seated at the next table. As they chatted, the mountains outside the windows disappeared behind lowering clouds and…
