New Zealand has been a travel goal for years with good reason - wine, mountains, waterfalls, craft beer... it definitely seemed like our kind of destination. In 2014 we finally managed to book a...
Blog posts from airlines
Indonesian airports love lines and little bits of paper
Our three interactions with the airports in Bali and Lombok were probably the most frustrating of our trip. Arrival in Bali and connection to Lombok After a lovely first class flight and another...
business class to Amsterdam!
Things have been a little slow around here (blog-wise) as not much more progress has been made on the screened porch (remind me to laugh about how long this took in about 2 years). Recently,...
getting to Belgium
Making it to Belgium (as planned at least) seems to be impossible for us. The first time we tried to go, Oct 2009, our flight was delayed out of Raleigh to the point that we completely missed our...
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)