Stories and itineraries from my and my wife’s adventures away from home.
Trip to Paris
Day 1 Normally when we travel we wake before dawn and take an early flight. We are also normally on vacation from the word “go.” But this trip was different. This time, I smuggled my ...
Trip to London
Before the trip Janet and I have always been big planners for our vacations. Even before kids, we would have every day carefully packed with activities. We want to ensure that if we never visit ...
Trip to Switzerland
Day 1 & 2 Clara has visited fans all across the nation. She’s graced the northeast. She brought smiles to the northwest. She enhanced the Magic Kingdom down south. But finally, on May 18, Clara ...
Trip to New England
Just 4 months into her life as The Cutest Baby in the World, Clara came with us on a road trip through New England. She happily traveled with us to Newport, Rhode Island; Bar Harbor, ...
Trip to New York
Day 0 We took our trip to New York over July 4th weekend. Since I had accumulated a bunch of Amtrak reward points from one of my projects at work, we decided to use them ...
Trip to Japan
Trip to Japan, Day 1 We woke up at ~1:30am to start our adventure to Japan (why did we even sleep?) After getting ready, we caught an Uber to the airport, making it by ~3:00am. ...
Trip to Italy
Day 1 After a brief layover in Munich, Janet and I began our Italian adventure in Venice. We walked a few minutes from the airport to the boat terminals, since the original (and interesting) part of Venice ...
Trip to New Zealand
Day 1 After my aunt and uncle picked up Janet and I from the airport, our first stop in New Zealand was a public park called One Tree Hill. I knew that sheep heavily outnumber ...
Israel’s ancient edge
The Shephelah The Shephelah (pronounced like “Shfelah”, see this example) is the low-hills region in the Holy Land between the coastal plains and the high hills. This area long stood as a bit of a border region, and it ...
Five best excavation sites in Israel
Excavation sites often get buried by all the religious and cultural things to see in Jerusalem, but you don’t have to be an archaeologist to fall in love with piles of old rocks. Here are my ...
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