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Day 890 – Winchester, England – The original capital of England

   Honestly I didn't know anything about Winchester, I didn't even know it existed. We were waiting out our two…

3 years ago

Day 880 – El Puerto de Santa María, Spain – The Sherry Triangle (part 3)

   According to Homer's Odyssey, after the Trojan War, Menestheus escaped through the Straits of Gibraltar to the mouth of…

3 years ago

Day 875 – Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain – The Sherry Triangle (part 2)

   The habitation of the area around the mouth of the Guadalquivir river can be traced back to the semi-mythical…

3 years ago

Day 871 – Jerez de la Frontera – The Sherry Triangle (part 1)

   Jerez de la Frontera is a town of just over 200 thousand best known as the production capitol of…

3 years ago

Day 869 – Cádiz, Spain – One of the oldest cities in western Europe.

   Cádiz is a peninsular port city located in the south of Spain and is one of the oldest continuously…

3 years ago

Day 848 – Seville, Spain – The Best Tapas in Seville

   I travel for food. And I've been around the world in search of the best. Spain might be the…

3 years ago

Day 795 – Chiang Mai, Thailand – The Buddhist Temples of Northern Thailand

   Having grown up in austere protestant American churches conspicuously devoid of ornate or lavish decoration, I never felt particularly…

3 years ago

The Best Khao Soi in Chiang Mai

   I have somewhat of an obsession with the northern Thai specialty, khao soi. It's a typical northern Thai curry…

3 years ago

Day 795 – Chiang Mai, Thailand – Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields

   Northern Thailand. There is something haunting in the mist covered mountains and emerald rice fields surrounding the city. Something…

3 years ago

Day 754 – Istanbul, Turkey – Going native in Kadıköy on the Asian side.

   It is impossible for me to walk through the streets of Istanbul and not ponder chaos theory and particle…

3 years ago

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Where am I now?

Eugene, OR

(We’ve reached the end of our trip.  Time to settle down for a bit and recharge our batteries and our bank accounts.  It’s been a good run.  Eugene had the right kind of vibe we were looking for.  Good people.  A good size.  Affordable.  We’re going to give it a go here.  But we’re open to what comes.)

 

Next up:

Nowhere for the moment

(For the first time in three years we don’t have the next adventure planned out.  That’s going to be a strange reality to adjust to.)