You are what you eat. So don’t be fast, cheap, easy or fake. – Homer One of the best things about our roving retirement is the food. And not just the amazing cuisine we get to try, but the chance to recreate delicious dishes and add them to our repertoire. In Liverpool Robie and I … More Pork, cheese and ouzo – the new winter classic
The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits. – Dan Buettner Robie and I didn’t set out to age in reverse, on Ikaria it just happened. Ikaria is a blue zone – one of only five in the world – where people regularly live longer than average. … More Where people forget to die
Feel the history beneath your feet. – Anonymous You’re standing in the largest medieval square in Europe, host to one of the Continent’s biggest Christmas markets. After Mongols destroyed the city in the 13th century, a new plaza covering 9½ acres was built at the intersection of ancient trade routes with a central market surrounded … More Where are you now?
It takes a lifetime for someone to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her. – Henry Miller Robie and I didn’t want to go back to Santorini. The place held too many memories. Like cruising around the caldera on a catamaran cruise and riding the rugged cliffs in … More Discovering Greece’s forgotten island
A lock, like most people, will open up with patience and a bit of kindness. – Anonymous Crime was said to be nonexistent on the island. Cars were left unlocked, bicycles unchained and homes open. People set packages down on café tables and walked away for hours. They deserted boats and cars for weeks or … More Willie Dare makes a friend
And here’s how it all started. – Glenn Fry during The Eagles’ “Hell Freezes Over” live concert Robie and I were returning to the scene of the crime. Years earlier, we translated our birth certificates into Greek, made an appointment at the U.S. Embassy in Athens and got permission to marry in a foreign country. … More Athens: A new 5,000-year-old city
Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs. – Tesla The signs were all around. Arriving in Liverpool toward the end of summer, Robie and I were happy to be anywhere it wasn’t scorching hot. So, when strangers stopped us in the park or on a street corner to comment on the beautiful day, we could only agree. … More When signs lead down a new road
Liverpool is full of the kind of people who go out on a Monday and couldn’t care less about Tuesday morning. – George Harrison Reid and I spent ten weeks in the United Kingdom’s fourth largest metropolitan area. And while it isn’t as big as London, Liverpool has a lot to offer – for short … More Top 10 things to do in Liverpool
In the Caribbean the temperature never changes, the sun just goes down. – Kris Marshall It’s that time of year again! With stockings and Christmas ornaments stowed for another year, January is the month we trade visions of sugar plums and dreams for a white Christmas into images of white sand beaches and warm turquoise … More South Caicos: A secret no longer
What is better than to sit at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends. – James Joyce Dublin is a literary town. Bookstores, libraries, literary museums and tour, pubs where famous authors hung out, Dublin has them in spades. The city has contributed four Nobel laureates in literature … More An unlikely story (or what to read, see, eat and drink in Dublin)
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