Friday, September 6 The ferry to Stromboli was smooth and uneventful but once we landed, we had to move quickly to check into the hotel, rent a headlamp, buy food, and check in for our sunset hike. We were about to see an erupting volcano! It was hot but thankfully we mostly walked in the […]
Tuesday, September 3 While on the 1.5 hour sunset ferry from Malta to Sicily, the phrase “the sun has set not long ago” poped into mind, my brain filled in “now everybody goes down below” so I asked myself “what was that from?” I Googled to find it’s from Sandra Boynton’s “The going to bed
Saturday, August 31 Stepping into the evening heat of Malta, we dropped our bags quickly at our 400 year-old hotel to source our evening meal. We witnessed the golden hour on Fort St. Angelo on the far side of the harbor and found delicious food before we passed out. Sunday, September 1 Valletta is an
Companies in Romania sometimes use “Rom” as a prefix to their name e.g. Rompetrol, Romarm, Romtech. Companies in Moldova sometimes use “Mold” as a prefix e.g. Moldsoft, Moldacom, Moldcell. As an English speaker, Mold-anything is disconcerting. Sunday, July 7 The five+ hour bus ride from Reni to Chisinau was hot and progressively crowded. I wasn’t
