Geo: 45.442, 10.9955Hello all,Arrived at the city of Romeo and Giulietta and they are definitely celebrated here! Left our appartamento in Milano with more than enough time to get to the train station. We finally met the building manager, no inglese, and found out where/how to recycle our garbage (mandatory), he told us where to find a Tabacchi to buy our metro tickets (no, not there...) and confirmed the route to the closest metro station (we got that right) Very nice guy and it was fun to try out my baby Italiano... The station was very close so didn't have to push our bags too far on the cobblestones, but navigating extremely narrow streets with cars driving past pushing bags is always an adventure! I'm making it sound worse than it was actually, it was really ... read more

Geo: 45.4637, 9.18813This has been such a blessing to be able to go on this trip with Wendy. We are so fortunate and I want everyone to know we do not take that for granted. God is so good to us as a couple, family, and nation. It is also an incredible blessing to have a mostly healthy back again. I had major back surgery in late May, and on faith, we booked this trip. We knew a lot of walking would be involved and I could not even consider such a thing the past couple years. But here I am, walking away. Per FitBit, Friday I had 15000 steps and Saturday I had 25000 steps. Not sure how many miles that is, but I'm sure well over 10 anyway.It is good to see how other ... read more

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Geo: 46.2741, -119.274Well, we're trying to get ready for our Northern Italy Adventure, haven't had a day yet in more than a week to just commit to this process but I guess that's life, right? So we'll keep running until we get on the plane and ready or not we'll be on our way! An interesting situation that I've had to work my controlling self through is the fact that I still do not have a place to stay when I go to language school. At least not as far as I've been told, communication (a bit of a conundrum here...) has been woefully lacking. I have been emailing the school and they have not been emailing me... still owe the final 80%, no address of a place to go to when I arrive. Called last ... read more

Geo: 9.81165, -85.3099It's our last full day here, we're planning on heading out for cinnamon rolls at the local B&B / Cafe right down the road, we'll see how that goes, we're moving pretty slow right now. Heard the howler monkeys this morning and the Brahma cows are back and forth between their foraging in the brush next to us and their walks on the beach. Every so often someone on a 4 wheeler comes along and herds them back our way... We see lots of 4 wheelers on the beach, sometimes people drive their trucks on it, lots of families having fun, yesterday there was an exercise class out there. Some guys have been coming to our little "pond" where the croc lives (it's been determined it is an American Crocodile) and using a clam ... read more