Europe Detour

After waking in our Airbnb to expressos and twinkies, we went walking the town and port of Civitavecchia. We found a great little bay where there were a few people swimming and the water looked too inviting to pass up. But, with no swimsuits, we had to improvise. Fortunately, I was not wearing my bright […]

Obviously the pandemic has made traveling even more of a challenge than usual. Adding to that, Italy now requires a “negative” PCR test prior to entry into the country. Fortunately, Copenhagen had numerous testing centers around the city and we found a convenient one within walking distance to our Airbnb and with our results in […]

Having been wearing our medical masks for a l-o-n-g time, it was immediately apparent that outside the Copenhagen (CPH) airport, No one was wearing a mask. We soon learned that CPH had dropped all Covid related compliance measures back in June!?! This was mainly in response to the 76% vaccination rate and rapidly dropping infection […]

Copenhagen Terri and I have decided to embark on a new excursion to Europe. The covid pandemic has greatly complicated international travel and our plans seem to be constantly in a state of flux but with flexibility and sense of humor, I think that we are going to make it. First stop: Amsterdam! Well, that […]

Lucca is one of those very fun discoveries that you sometimes make while traveling. Lucca is an old town that is surrounded by a huge wall that has a wide riding/walking trail on the top. Our Airbnb included two bikes to use and we made good use of them. The interior “old Town” is your […]

Cinque Terre consists of five villages on the northwest cost of Italy. All are either on the ocean or overlook it from the cliffs above. Our destination for 3 nights was the town of Corniglia, the middle village of the five. The drive from Siena was beautiful and easy until we reached the seaport town […]

(I am behind in this blog and starting to group places together😒) Our last day in Santorini started out great; a late check-out, buffet breakfast at the hotel followed by a swim in the ocean and some last minute beach-glass hunting. Then the travel gods decided that the Rice’s had had enough easy transitions. I […]

We took the slow ferry ⛴ from Paros to Naxos and it was a very pleasant 40 minute ride as the slow ferries seem like cruise ships. After picking up our rental car in the harbor, we stopped for lunch before heading to our apartment. We texted our host and he said that he was […]

We took the ” fast ferry” to Mykonos, it’s very comfortable and a fast ride but they are invariably late. Upon arriving in Mykonos harbor we found our rental car 🚗 waiting for us, the driver had a sign with our preprinted name on it – pretty classy for a $20/day rental car. The driver […]

Our first surprise was the prop plane to Athens from Dubrovnik. I forget that the countries of Europe are smaller and closer together than many of our states. Still, I was pretty sure that Dubrovnik to Athens was a fair distance. Although the plane was fairly noisy, It was actually quite nice inside and we […]