"As I go back in spirit and recall that noble sea, reposing among the snow-peaks six thousand feet above the ocean, the conviction comes strong upon me again that Como would only seem a bedizened little courtier in that august presence." Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad (1869) As soon as I arrived in the Lakes Region in the northern end of Italy and the south end of the Alps, I had a unquencheable yearning to climb to the top of the snowcapped peaks, as if th...

Lindsay and I ditched the kids with the family and went on an overnight trip to Locarno, which sits on the North side of Lake Maggiore, to celebrate our anniversary. I was excited to get away and spent time with Lindsay, to cross the border into Switzerland, and this was also finally going to be my chance to see, up close, the glacial summets of the high alpine mountain ranges. The latter would have to wait, yet again as the day was hazy most afternoon followed...

It's been awhile folks!! Almost 8 years actually. A lot has happend in that time frame. Lindsay and I were married in Delray Beach the year after we got back from our trip that's posted on this site. We loved Delray so much that we decided to move there and start a family. We now have two lovely daughters, Layla, who is now 4, and Bella, who is 3. Boy how the time flies. Traveling has been intermittent as it tends to be when you start a family and have two...

Linday and I finally broke free from the girls for more than one day and left them in the caring hands of their grandparents for a whole week! We spent four nights in Montreal, followed by a drive to Quebec City and then back to Montreal to fly back home again. Montreal was both a gastronomic delight and interesting culturally enlightened blend that you would expect in other big cities such as New York City. We spent time visiting the Cathedral of Notre Dame, ...

We spent a couple days in Paris before we jumped on a flight back to the US.  We stopped here once before over a month ago on our way from London to Interlaken.  Over a month ago, that seems so weird to say.  When we stopped before we spent the day at the Louvre and the Touleries?  There are a lot of beautiful parks in Paris. This time we went to the Eiffel tower and took a trip to the top.  All in all about two hours of waiting in l...