Thankfully the rain stopped before we headed out to Granada from Seville. (https://chosenfugue.wordpress.com/2022/12/26/ready-for-moor/ ) As with Seville, our stay was outside of the center of town, and again in the trendy area, chosen not due to it’s Silverlake/Bushwick vibe but due to it’s proximity to the Alhambra. On our walk from the train station toContinue reading “Moor, please”
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Ready for Moor
The trip almost did not get off to a flying start. Literally. The attendant at at the Iberia Airlines counter at Logan Airport in Boston gave us a scare when she said we couldn’t fly to Madrid unless we showed proof that we were returning to the US. It was our old friend Schengen https://chosenfugue.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/schengen/Continue reading “Ready for Moor”
Sitting Part 2: Animals, Animals, Animals
Over the last 6 months we have watched 15 dogs, 10 cats, 4 goldfish, 4 llamas and 2 horses. Each with very specific needs and schedules although Nick has successfully shifted everyone’s schedule to his. Unique traits included: We do not know the names of the fish, but can you match the names to theContinue reading “Sitting Part 2: Animals, Animals, Animals”
Sitting Part 1: Location, Location, Location
After leaving Canada Dry ( https://chosenfugue.wordpress.com/2022/08/15/lohw-canada/) we continued our pet trail travels, eager to uncover the uniqueness of each place. The plan was to visit different places living as locals by animal sitting. As very responsible pet sitters, we never felt comfortable leaving the animals in our care for more than a few hours atContinue reading “Sitting Part 1: Location, Location, Location”
L(Oh)w Canada!
We’ve been trying to escape to Canada for a long time but it was like bumping our head against the wall. Now, with restrictions lifted and our vaccination cards full, we slipped in a Canadian vacation between dog sits. With the van gone, https://chosenfugue.wordpress.com/2022/05/15/van-gone/ we had to rent a car which was more head bumping.Continue reading “L(Oh)w Canada!”
The Dog Days of Summer
After shedding our van, apartment, and plans to restart our overseas adventures, https://chosenfugue.wordpress.com/2022/05/15/van-gone/ we decided the least we could do was go visit (bother?) our children and grandchild (she is not bothered). Travel required digging up some housing. Continued pandemic concerns combined with everyone else’s revenge travel made housing options limited. Without the option of ourContinue reading “The Dog Days of Summer”
Van Gone
It took us a while to update as we were busy waiting out winter in Olympia. We returned to Olympia to live out the last 3 months of our 7 month lease of our second-story studio-hovel, AKA the apartment of low back pain, unlike Santiago, there was just no comfortable space. Days were spent stickingContinue reading “Van Gone”
Musical Chairs
We haven’t posted in three months, where does the time go? We had been waiting for…… hmm, not sure what we were waiting for to post. Maybe, for something to happen? Two years plus of waiting, waiting becomes part of the daily routine where today is not much different than yesterday or tomorrow. You forget whoContinue reading “Musical Chairs”
Waits Motel
As medical students, during your surgical rotations, you learn the rules of surgery. They vary in number, and by institution, but the main ones are Since van life is very similar to surgery, we follow some of the same rules with slight modifications; The rules became harder to apply as we moved north and theContinue reading “Waits Motel”
Sight(un)seeing
Boosted by the balmy weather of the South, a Covid jab and fevery night on Chocolate Street, we headed toward the Hudson Valley, a long desired destination. Our hypothetical Hudson Valley trip had been a river cruise but in these Covid times that wasn’t considered . But realistically, that probably would not have happened, sinceContinue reading “Sight(un)seeing”
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