Miss Chris

Our first flight was at 7am to Chicago so we got to the airport by 4:30am. As “Trusted Travelers” we sailed thru security. Of course, I’ve found that having no liquids or foods other than crackers, biscotti, muffins, is a major factor in getting thru easily. If we take a check bag, which we each get a free check bag, then everything questionable goes there. Bekki joined us at the airport, as she only came up with Emilio. Her departure gate was right next to ours, so she saw us off. Flights were long but Chicago was a nice break. We did not eat in Chicago though because we knew we’d get food soon on the flight, at least I was hoping I would. Gluten Free is always iffy, at least it was during Covid. Now, ... read more

After a mid-morning train ride, we arrived in Verona where we had 3 nights of Opera. We found our Airbnb and settled in. Our apartment was a 1 bedroom, 1 bath with a kitchen, living room and dining room. There was a balcony outside of the living room that had a table and 2 chairs. This was on what we call the 2nd story here but level 1 in Europe. The apartment was within walking distance, maybe 10 min, to the Arena. Along the way we passed many little outdoor restaurants and lots of gelato stands. The operas are held at the Verona Arena built in 30AD. The opera starts at dark, ending sometimes after midnight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verona_Arena We have found that the people who are seen, sit in the bottom front section. Women are usually in ... read more

I’ve tried to blog since July but have gotten further and further behind. The muse just hasn’t been there. I’ll maybe get back to our grandkids trip and house hunting after we are back from this trip. But for now, we are in Italy, running amok! This trip started when we decided to attend the opera for Dale’s birthday. I then found operas for the day before and the day after his birthday that were going to be wonderful, so there the trip goes. I also wanted photos from Palatine Hill, something I didn’t get to last year, so added in Rome, but it is a good place to fly in and out of anyway. We started out, like most trips, with airplane flights. We decided to travel lighter this trip, with our 2 international size, ... read more

A friend, who knows who it was by now, said that I needed to blog as the events in our lives are changing. Well, here I am, sitting in our Jag while Dale drives down Highway 101. We just had a wonderful little getaway and I am enjoying the last of our, wind in the hair, moments. So, to back up a couple of months, we were attempting to get ready to go to Canada for an extended period of time. Unfortunately, we’d had problems with intruders and we knew that the hot summer was fast approaching. Additionally, we’d been talking for years about moving to Canada. We made the decision to sell the house and move on. We contacted the realtor we’d worked with and she told us what we needed to do to get ... read more

So now it was time to go back to Salisbury, the reason for this trip, Winter Solstice! We got to Salisbury on Monday afternoon and went back to the Chapter House where we had reservations. We were tired and knew that the following 2 days would be busy, like super busy, so we just had soup brought up to our room and blobbed. Tuesday, the 21st was actually solstice, but it occurred late morning so the morning sunrise would not be celebrated until Wed a.m. This was a change as, originally, I’d found that it would be celebrated on the 21st. We were going to spend the night of the 21st anyway so the only way it changed anything was to make the 22nd very busy. I had reserved a walking tour for us to walk ... read more