WELCOME
WELCOME In the future, please join Tony as he chronicles the fun and shares the love that he and his lovely wife Naomi experience on their globe trotting excursions.
Continue reading →EUROPE 2025 STORY PART 1
EUROPE 2025 STORY PART 1 Dubrovnik, a Croatian word, I believe, meaning NO ELEVATORS, ONLY LOTS OF STAIRS. Cori, an Italian word, I once again believe, meaning TINY CORKSCREW STREETS WITH NO ELEVATORS, ONLY LOTS OF STAIRS. Frankfurt, a town … Continue reading →
EUROPE 2025 STORY PART 2
EUROPE 2025 STORY PART 2 After dealing with stairs, and no elevators in Dubrovnik, Croatia, we figured that visiting our friends, Ronnie Jayne, and Tom Camarella, in Cori, Italy, which is just outside of Rome, would naturally have elevators where … Continue reading →
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 1
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 1 Spaghetti and rice, bacon and eggs on fried noodles, Chinese coffee, covering thousands of miles while thousands of feet above the earth, covering many miles on foot, and exploring the ocean bottom, are all … Continue reading →
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 2
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 2 After a four-hour flight from Manila, we found ourselves in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, shortly after midnight. Our education regarding the rules of the locals began immediately upon disembarking from our plane. The … Continue reading →
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 3
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 3 After a bit of an emotional breakfast, we bade farewell to our hosts and hostesses of the Agusta Eco Lodge … Continue reading →
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 4
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 4 Riding through the neuro-ward of Jakarta traffic, we arrived at our final stop in Indonesia, the Raffles Hotel. This hotel earns its stripes every minute of every day for service, quality of food, and … Continue reading →
SEPTEMBER 2024 FIJI STORY
SEPTEMBER 2024 FIJI STORY Capsicum. What a great word. It’s not one that one usually uses as a greeting. No. One must build up to this one. As a matter of fact, it’s quite prominent on Fijian menus. Yes. We … Continue reading →
DECEMBER, 2023 L.A./HAWAII STORY
DECEMBER, 2023 L.A./HAWAII STORY As poets, prognosticators, and other experts whose vocation begins with a “p” say, “Christmas comes but once a year.” While this is true, December also comes but once a year, which is when we, Naomi and … Continue reading →
AUGUST 2022 WYOMING/MONTANA STORY
AUGUST 2022 WYOMING/MONTANA STORY We landed at Billings Montana International Airport right on schedule, 2135 (9:35 PM), retrieved our luggage without incident, and then strolled over to the car rental desk, which seemed abandoned. After making a few fake coughing … Continue reading →