Alone in the most romantic city in the world
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This was not the trip I signed up for.
Read MoreChronicling our return home from a year in Umbria and the preparations for our around-the-world journey.
Truffle hunting in Virginia? YES.
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How six acres of oak trees in central Virginia converted this truffle hater into a truffle aficionado, thanks to Virginia Truffles.
Read MoreBeginning Again: Painting in the Pyrenees
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How I became a beginner again, surrounded by the excellent food and jaw-dropping beauty of a France few tourists see.
Read MoreParis: The Final Curtain on a Year Abroad
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How France’s City of Light shed clarity on a year in Italy.
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Who said it would be easy?
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We decided we’d swap our year around the world for a more pandemic-compliant year based in Spello and then the virus ground in deeper and the EU said, “thanks but no thanks.”
Read MoreChasing Open Borders
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The book was going to be about how people open the day through breakfast, around the world. Now? It’s all about finding doors thrown open to welcome our family. So welcome to the working title of my next book.
Read MoreCrumpling the Map
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Everybody’s favorite pandemic has screwed us again. Here’s how we might emerge with a year intact, if…different.
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Bothy or Bust!
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Really hope planning the rest of this year abroad is not this challenging.
Read MoreThe Itinerary, Take Two
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What’s that thing God does when you make a plan? Oh, right, maniacal laughter ensues.
Read MoreThe Refusal
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What happened at the French Embassy. Spoiler alert. There were no pastries offered or eaten.
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What's Balkan-ier than the Balkans?
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Will our search for a Balkan destination lead us…out of the Balkans?
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