OUR JOURNEY

Leipzig to London – April 13, 2026 Snagging a coffee at the Leipzig train station Easter week is finished in Germany and now we move on. Today there are conveyances hired to drag us to and fro: train to Berlin Main Station, train from there to Flughafen (airport), aircraft from Berlin to London, then Underground rail from Heathrow to Russell Square. I begin the day in a stunned, half-catatonic state and never feel the need to generate much more energy than that. After all,

Seattle to Leipzig – April 1-2, 2026 This is the run-up to Easter Week, 2026 and that means we’re pointing our noses toward Leipzig, Germany. We have been going there for 12 years give or take a Covid interruption or two. Our friends there are happy to see us and treat us like family. Easter week is the equivalent of a long Spring Break in Germany, more so if you’re a student or a school official. Katherina, Helene, and Wille all qualify and therefore will be free to caro

Seattle to Iceland – September 29, 2025 We’re off and running again. Or floating. Or driving. Or flying. Or railroading. How about all...

Oslo – April 28 Memories of Karlovy Vary We begin the day in Leipzig, Germany. We aren’t going to sleep there tonight. We need to get to...

Leipzig - April 19 Leipzig Easter Market is well attended Today is moving day. Our last sleep in Dublin is demolished by an alarm klaxon...

Glasgow to Dublin – April 13 A coffee shop in Glasgow We’re waking up in the Hotel Indigo in Glasgow. This is just a one-nighter meant...

Lopez Island to Glasgow THIS is the 2025 version of Running Away From Home. Welcome to it, whatever it is, inclusive of what it turns...

Lopez Island to Leipzig, Germany - October 12-14 The early fall weather on Lopez Island is quite pleasant right now. Cool, dry, sunny, calm. Swallows, vultures, hummingbirds, and other winged visitors have fled, leaving crows, ravens, juncos, and Anna’s Hummingbird to eke out the winter. We will eventually indulge in that tendency when we depart for California, but not just yet. First, we must run away from home again. This time for one week in Germany. It has been si

May 3, 2024 Whitby – London, England (The header says Iceland! We have one more day in London in transition. I have to make a new...

April 16, 2024 Madrid, Spain to Bath, England CK's alarm wakes us up. Sometimes I regain consciousness slowly, confused for a moment,...

April 8, 2024 Travel Day - Leipzig to Barcelona We’re up early to scrub ourselves and pack. The entire day will be dedicated to riding on...

March 27, 5 pm PDT. Lopez Island & Seattle Once upon a time we might have been frustrated and petulant teenagers indulging in an...

Milan – May 20 Milano to Zurich – May 21 Zurich – May 22 Zurich – May 23 Milan – May 20 With our multiple experiences in Venice behind us...

London – May 1 London to Rome - May 2 Rome / Pompeii – May 3 Rome – May 4 Rome – May 5 Roma to Firenze – May 6 Florence - May 7 Florence...

Arrival in Germany Easter in Bautzen More Leipzig - April 12 & 13 Wernigerode, Quedlinburg - April 14 & 15 Quedlinburg – April 16 Germany...

Seattle to Los Angeles to Auckland Auckland & Waiheke Island Hobbiton Movie Set Rotorua, New Zealand To Napier To Wellington To Nelson,...

White Rock & Harrison Hot Springs Corbett Lake White Rock & Harrison Hot Springs June 1, 2022 Our last trout fishing expedition to Canada...

Southern California | March- April Drive South Palm Desert, California Utah Canyons Tour | April Drive North Utah Canyons Drive South...

Victoria & Yellow Point Lodge

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