The Lord is the strength of my life. Psalm 27:1 This was on a card that fell out of a book at the library today. It was a calendar on one side dated 2001. I guess no one had checked out this book for some time. I stood in the aisle mesmorized as 2001 is [...]
My feeble mind just can’t process everything any more. The jet lag or emotions or school, something kicked my back side yesterday. I could not move! Alex said today she is really tired, too and we will all be ready for the weekend. They both are doing great, much better than I could have hoped for [...]
MiMi was waiting at the airport in STL as we drug our luggage for the last time last night. We hit Atlanta with a snag, having an orange in the backpack we forget about. It is now midnight our clock and this Beagle keeps sniffing me. I had dumped the rest of my lotion in my [...]
8 a.m. we are all repacked (for the ump-teenth time) and really ready to roll. Unbelievable. It is over. Everybody pulling a bag, we headed for Marco Polo Airport about 1 ½ by slow water boat or 30 minutes and many Euro by speed boat…our flight was at 10:50 so we opted for the safe, stress free [...]
Mark and I wake early as the plan is to venture Venice without tourists. We head to St. Mark’s Square enjoying only locals and pigeons. It is a peaceful to stroll as the crowds are fierce by the middle of the day with cruise ships and American, Asian, Canadian, European and every other country’s holiday [...]
We wake early to hit the Italian highway from Padova to destination Venice. By the way, you do not drive in Venice as canals do not make good roads!! A little nervous as the GPS does not recognize our hotel address, we take our last driving day with stride…I mean stress. I will be sooooooo happy when we [...]
It is pouring down rain but we still head to Verona hoping for a break in the weather. We grab the rain gear and splash in the puddles to the most famous arena where incredible opera is sung each night. They are moving the sets in and out with a large crane and sheer manpower [...]
“How can you even sleep here?” I ask Mark, excited to start his special day. He is not as excited…hmnn? Well, it is HIS day but I am heading for a Cafe and church. He decides I am right and all follow. Well, so far my planning has been pretty good I remind the sleepy faces. We [...]
Today we must travel a long way so we put the kids in the car with a Dramamine each and a puke bag. I slept with Allx as she had a pretty rough night with an upset stomach. She had not puked since April in the hospital and I must admit that I was a [...]
I sit by the pool with coffee (I travel with a milk foamer to make my own cappachino) early each morning to drink in the fresh French country air and brilliant blue skies. We usually take a day off between traveling letting the kids sleep in and play cards. Of course, after about 30 minutes [...]