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February 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/cbbfcda9-b157-45d3-80c0-b7dcbd58a4e9/IMG_8518.JPG Travel Album The color is quite saturated in this photo, but I think it reflects the heat and the atmosphere of Hôi An, Vietnam. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/1cf76abd-4bd7-4053-a107-e5b6cdf2eb5e/FigsMorocco.jpg Travel Album Delicious fresh figs for breakfast in Marrakech, Morocco. July 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/eeb6eb74-7763-4a9a-9861-062f8bad5ada/IMG_7279.jpeg Travel Album My first and only big ship trip -- a transatlantic crossing (not a cruise!) on Cunard's Queen Mary 2, the world's only ocean liner (not a cruise ship!). May 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/d32b6d32-b53a-48be-a307-f07908d9b65c/IMG_6960.jpg Travel Album Gorée Island was a point of no return for an unknown number of enslaved Africans. It is a haunting place. And also disconcertingly beautiful. May 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/aa7056fa-88b4-4993-bff5-b3bb9afe9c45/DSC_0146.JPG Travel Album The shore from a boat on the Saloum River in Senegal. May 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f4a6b596-0292-4c65-b9f0-d14eb5c764d4/IMG_6511.jpg Travel Album Those are statues not people on the old diving platforms in Nice, France. March 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/438efccb-59ec-43fb-b60f-a34de6c7fc06/IMG_5671.JPG Travel Album I'm pretty sure this is from near Telluride, Colorado during a road trip from home in Milwaukee to Utah. June 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4b4695dc-a039-4035-a412-b080cfab5d9f/IMG_3827.jpg Travel Album Kerala, India. March 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/c0303c7c-f6aa-4c1b-ad8c-006858e382c4/DSC_0924.JPG Travel Album Kerala backwaters, India. We spent 2 or 3 nights on a houseboat cruising these waterways. Both interesting and relaxing. March 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/638cf19a-375e-4f89-9c1f-e40654e57019/IMG_2896.JPG Travel Album One of many beautiful doorways in the City Palace in Jaipur, India. February 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/dc8ea7b8-4332-4aea-8f6a-08bfcda90239/IMG_8519.JPG Travel Album I love how my sandals, toes, and the leaves all match in this street shot from Hôi An, Vietnam. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4edf2c25-178c-42d3-82b2-4ac1125b2c14/IMG_20190112_181340.jpg Travel Album Hôi An, Vietnam. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/28799e95-5a6f-4455-99d9-1daf3964cdf9/IMG_8755.JPG Travel Album The Mekong River, southern Vietnam. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b3c8a89e-0b5e-4367-8f1b-cd6da01315c0/IMG_8762.JPG Travel Album The Mekong River, southern Vietnam. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8bb7ba22-edcc-4a12-86c2-cb7c4e08f9db/IMG_20190115_072915-01.jpeg Travel Album The Mekong Riverside Resort & Spa, Đồng Tháp, Vietnam. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/aed08327-c994-4eeb-b3a3-9182c6f114ac/IMG_2068.JPG Travel Album Québec City, Canada late at night during Carnaval. January 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f12328d6-4353-4256-aab1-6ce60dadda79/IMG_20190117_192933-01-01.jpeg Travel Album Looking down a stairwell in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ea0be913-6804-4bb8-b9fe-1695d310459b/F948A250-6215-467E-9ECB-6224FF58B4D3.jpg Travel Album The Milwaukee Art Museum's (closed) Calatrava Wing. January 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/34d33dda-44bc-4159-9615-2a4fa65af0c0/GP010146.JPG Travel Album Clownfish seen while snorkeling off Menjangan Island, Bali, Indonesia. This was a really cool day out, but all the plastic in the water was heartbreaking. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/083228ee-12cd-4332-96ab-5119c74d6399/GP010153.JPG Travel Album A reef, a precipice, and a lot of fish while snorkeling off Menjangan Island, Bali, Indonesia. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/dd90a488-52bf-4522-8fc8-30f7e82585e7/IMG_1534-EDIT.jpg Travel Album A restaurant outside the London Zoo, England. March 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/6348e563-2d70-4b77-bfc9-3799ae066025/IMG_9554-EDIT.jpg Travel Album The Skyline Teahouse in Ruifang, Taiwan. I only spent a few days in Taiwan, mostly in Taipei, and I was utterly charmed. May, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/2ed3cdf8-f8bb-4043-881e-cbc4fa476529/IMG_8406+Copy.JPG Travel Album The Blue Mosque at sunset in Istanbul, Türkiye. August 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/145c24cf-889b-49b1-baa1-9888871e1442/DSC_1388.JPG Travel Album One of only a few of the seriously endangered white rhinoceros in the private Onguma Reserve next to Etosha National Park in Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/56868ec7-0663-49a1-a0fe-a72683803a4d/DSC_1349.JPG Travel Album A relaxed male lion surveying his pride in Onguma Nature Reserve, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8d3251fc-029a-43ed-b546-46a677698332/DSC_1406.JPG Travel Album Sleepy, post-meal lion cub in Etosha National Park, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/60582576-c6fa-4075-9935-c48077dedad1/DSC_1414.JPG Travel Album One of 10+ lions resting on a termite mound in Etosha National Park, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/3e7d355c-3062-4ea3-981b-3c201ad697ad/DSC_1577.JPG Travel Album Hippos on the move in the Kavango River in Namibia (it's the Okavango in Botswana). February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/7b549634-c5ad-465c-a220-c948033714d6/DSC_1150.JPG Travel Album Really cool to see a hyena. Also, thanks to "The Lion King" I can't help but think of them as evil. Thanks, Disney! Chobe National Park, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/0018d993-8052-4792-abeb-81aeb7b1b763/DSC_1484.JPG Travel Album A Woodland Kingfisher near Divundu on the Kavango River in Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/1fc14ad1-387d-4d30-a2e2-2a4a4f57c169/DSC_0539.JPG Travel Album A boat at sunset on the Chobe River, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/421ce713-9348-40b8-a6ed-63b7c7eccea6/DSC_0474.JPG Travel Album Elephants on the move in Chobe National Park, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/eab74e62-67ea-4ddf-b0d8-ae2984c484ae/DSC_1049.JPG Travel Album I love giraffes. Chobe National Park, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ead67f78-00d5-4c00-b7cd-810564fbc803/DSC_0236.JPG Travel Album An elephant that is missing part of his trunk. It was fascinating to watch how he'd adapted. Chobe National Park. February, 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e3782289-5768-4258-ac58-284f0b1ecea7/DSC_0323.JPG Travel Album A pile of elephants bathing in a stream in the rain. They were so much fun to watch. Chobe National Park. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/836412b6-3c01-41cd-9b7d-778a806a617b/IMG_4323%281%29.jpg Travel Album The elephants eventually moved on from their bathing. Chobe National Park. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/718b99d4-4859-4318-9309-3ede155ec0f9/DSC_0437.JPG Travel Album A Southern Carmine Bee-eater in Chobe National Park, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/62f6a3ad-5b71-4419-b020-d5938eb88451/DSC_0214.JPG Travel Album We were so lucky to see so many elephants in Chobe National Park in Botswana. A real birthday treat for me! February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8d922984-8312-423d-995c-04bd6ae5a31c/DSC_0202.JPG Travel Album Southern Masked Weaver at Elephant Sands Lodge, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/13c4bd9d-e39a-47ea-b1b6-e405ad64b792/DSC_0072.JPG Travel Album A Woodland Kingfisher near Thamalakane River Lodge, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e4e2665e-8f84-4861-b982-5b5f6e8b51eb/DSC_0117.JPG Travel Album Hippos kind of freak me out. They're not nice animals. Very territorial. And at the risk of anthropomorphizing this one, yikes! On a boat trip on the Chobe River from Jackalberry Chobe Lodge, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/0ea8a4e9-9aa5-4277-9055-c7104c517a7d/DSC_0013.JPG Travel Album It's coming to get us! Chobe River, Botswana. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/40fe2898-5e39-430e-97db-2a35562373eb/DSC_1437.JPG Travel Album Howdy. This is in Namibia or Botswana. We saw SO MANY giraffes. They're fabulous animals. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/324acc42-1aad-456c-9344-d4cdcfb01194/DSC_0609.JPG Travel Album Where the gorgeous white dunes of the Namib Desert meet the Atlantic Ocean, near Walvis Bay, Namibia. Namibia is a truly stunning country. And I say this as someone who generally isn't a fan of the desert. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f5fdd593-eafa-4428-9034-fe81965afc07/DSC_0566.JPG Travel Album Driving through the dunes of the Namib Desert near Walvis Bay, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4e38fdd1-c6d9-4010-b027-3343432b481d/DSC_0499.JPG Travel Album The beautiful red dunes of Deadvlei, part of the inland Namib Desert in Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b830c03a-b721-49f5-bbdf-854ff3452ed6/DSC_1398.JPG Travel Album One of 10+ lions resting on a termite mound in Etosha National Park, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/92201bda-0122-4d76-b1bf-1348480472a4/PXL_20260206_083321363.jpg Travel Album The beautiful white dunes of the Namib Desert near Walvis Bay, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/3e481fe1-4c4b-4f96-983f-4efc8883ae00/DSC_0489.JPG Travel Album The beautiful red inland dunes of the Namib Desert, near Sossusvlei, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/fe6ff905-cf91-4ab8-bb3b-4e78d96674b1/IMG_2624-EDIT.jpg Travel Album The el tunco ("the pig" in Salvadoran slang) rock in El Tunco, El Salvador. January 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/31783eab-6adb-4a91-8c58-9af9901f5d9b/DSC_0076.JPG Travel Album Port Olry, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a6e04645-5355-43c2-ab2e-85ccf37127ce/DSC_0285.JPG Travel Album Jatiluwih rice fields in Bali, Indonesia. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/dd486c39-21f2-49c9-ac72-ae7d6ecb4aa0/IMG_8290-EDIT.jpg Travel Album Jatiluwih rice fields in Bali, Indonesia. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/3fb73213-4287-452a-80e2-13b35d78aadf/DSC_1262.JPG Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/61b90d11-1377-41af-96fb-f0a5556f7107/DSC_0212.JPG Travel Album A photo of the Sydney Opera House taken from the ferry from Manly to Sydney in Australia. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/51667fc3-09d7-43bc-adb5-55ece9e670f7/IMG_1712-EDIT.jpg Travel Album Cathedral ruins (thanks to an earthquake) in Antigua, Guatemala. April 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5c7ada6f-6c37-42d9-b682-2d391b65d735/DSC_1174.JPG Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/3f834b9a-0b47-4a24-8a5a-b9981dfd04c7/DSC_1128.JPG Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/73705b7e-08bb-40c0-98dd-c242d82ebf91/DSC_0984.JPG Travel Album A man transporting water jugs by boat in Toliara, Madagascar. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/6162847c-1127-4d03-8686-315812d02d7e/DSC_0282.JPG Travel Album A waterfall on Réunion. Reunion is part of France but it is a small island off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The 11 hour flight between Saint-Denis, Réunion and Paris is the longest domestic flight in the world. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4efb22e2-8880-4d3f-b054-43a4889d1fe1/DSC_0308.JPG Travel Album Réunion, France is stunning. In many ways similar to Hawaii. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/7b1f5d9f-487e-4df5-b6ab-0edeef72b71e/DSC_0145.JPG Travel Album I never knew how much I loved chameleons until I saw so many of them in Madagascar. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5623672a-3bb4-4db2-b547-970ef4b91134/DSC_0039.JPG Travel Album A fruit seller in Antigua, Guatemala. April 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e5562e82-39d8-4b7b-80f5-ba08d4506064/IMG_20191122_203749.jpg Travel Album The St. Kilda Pier, outside of Melbourne, Australia. November 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/297ede88-0a6b-499f-8daf-37c60f3d5ded/68DE0DAF-B2BB-4252-ACD2-FFE9A6B59883.jpg Travel Album Akumal, Riviera Maya, Mexico. It's our happy place. We got married there and have been nearly every year since 2006. I think this photo is from November, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/0a782df9-4dc9-4f35-a07c-5850a0886aeb/86F37F77-AF8C-415E-A2BA-FC08EA9A6C2D.jpg Travel Album Mid afternoon, low in the sky sun through the trees of Tibradden Woods, outside of Dublin, Ireland. December 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ca48d34b-c254-4cb2-8de3-f05a1c515f78/DSC_0984%281%29.JPG Travel Album Houseboats on the backwaters of Kerala, India. March 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/df475c4f-9225-40c1-b358-3c2cf62d6857/DSC_0964.JPG Travel Album Houseboat on the backwaters of Kerala, India. March 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a1fe3ee8-aad5-463f-a7b6-b960c29ff4f4/DSC_0698.JPG Travel Album The Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. July 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8c107784-ed87-473f-8abb-15798a1a42bb/DSC_0671.JPG Travel Album Le Jardin Secret (the secret garden) in Marrakech, Morocco. July 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/202f7cf5-9295-4363-8d2a-5858ca99b090/DSC_0497%281%29.JPG Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/35446c0b-6991-439f-90fc-511dd67c55d2/DSC_0513.JPG Travel Album Two hornbills of some kind. Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. February 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ea37c5b6-76e5-4d3e-b1fb-0a0ef26865ff/DSC_0429.JPG Travel Album A hornbill of some kind. Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. February 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/cdf13b46-33ef-4ea9-9f4e-79553eb5334c/DSC_0304.JPG Travel Album Baby giraffes are so cute! Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa. February 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e555bb3b-f39d-46a8-961a-d824c22ef236/DSC_0467-001.JPG Travel Album I'm in the "doorway" of these hoodoos in Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA. June, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/11105c9c-cc2f-43c9-b766-021501f727f7/IMG_0491.jpg Travel Album The Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. July 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/7da77bed-e11e-4263-938e-049a48e1a164/IMG_0290.jpg Travel Album The rooftop of Ryad Dyor in Marrakech, Morocco. We spent some wonderful hours up there listening to the call to prayer, the sounds of the city and enjoying tasty food and wine. July 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/77b641bb-bee3-4af7-b0f8-5db527daba70/IMG_1125.jpg Travel Album The Samuel Beckett Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, not long after a late summer sunset. July 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8d10b0da-7184-4abf-a48b-175b814680ea/IMG_1152.jpg Travel Album Akumal, Mexico. Our happy place. November 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/3347cb29-9f01-4091-839a-31a72e6b5af6/IMG_1478.jpg Travel Album Near Hampstead Heath in London, England. March 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/17f5adc4-b26d-456d-a6a3-c07e1cf05b06/IMG_1944.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e5a0efe8-4f95-45d5-aa67-da28fb66701a/IMG_2338.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/0b42124d-88dc-43a2-a2ea-b37e6d4f9f3f/IMG_2144.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/541d767c-442e-4513-ba7d-615469e593e1/IMG_0779.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/fa885651-7bfd-4613-b967-80903053a10c/IMG_2131.jpg Travel Album The Twelve Apostles along the coast of Port Campbell National Park in Victoria, Australia. November 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/68049fe7-38c8-4ec7-9602-37535f9c9872/IMG_2122%281%29.jpg Travel Album The Twelve Apostles along the coast of Port Campbell National Park in Victoria, Australia. November 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e29d9d6a-0280-4b02-a69b-6056277dee43/IMG_2433.jpg Travel Album Highgate Cemetery in London, England is lovely and atmospheric and great for photos. Also, there are some really cool graves. June 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ea48de06-f6f3-4588-80c2-81a5182fb429/IMG_2430.jpg Travel Album Highgate Cemetery, London. June 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/bc9504da-2d35-451a-8bac-b8d76aaebd00/IMG_2424.jpg Travel Album Highgate Cemetery, London. June 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/30fa4db4-1c17-4e5b-97e3-cd7ad723aa5b/IMG_2624.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a331d959-058d-4cb0-9605-27690c0067ac/IMG_2788_heic.jpg Travel Album It was "rainy season" when we were in Namibia. I think that meant they got maybe .5 inches of rain in a month. It also meant we got rainbows. Near Sossusvlei, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/cbfe7343-6488-4761-921d-9ecb5d60b422/IMG_2830.jpg Travel Album The beautiful red inland dunes of the Namib Desert, near Sossusvlei, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/473ad926-c821-44a0-9d96-e654e7a606e1/IMG_2829.jpg Travel Album The beautiful red inland dunes of the Namib Desert, near Sossusvlei, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/c2ca2088-9c95-4863-939c-c424a83d39b9/IMG_2824.jpg Travel Album The beautiful red inland dunes of the Namib Desert, near Sossusvlei, Namibia. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8675aaa7-7251-4b16-bf8a-c4eed27f8fb7/IMG_3403.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/680d70e0-0ea7-4c17-99a4-492891129315/IMG_3360.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/16c0fdbc-938f-4f02-b7da-7b708682d21e/IMG_3693.jpg Travel Album The lobby of the Click Clack Hotel in Medellín, Colombia. August 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/2ab5d3f3-f76a-4cc0-ae32-72f4e8d55d4c/IMG_3543.jpg Travel Album An unexpectedly marvelous bush dinner in Onguma Game Reserve, Namibia. As the sunset, we marveled at a lightening storm that seemed to surround, but not touch us (and no rain!). February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/82859d7b-430e-42db-8057-fd257a19aad0/IMG_3453.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/1cb77da0-381c-45a5-a374-d24064903685/IMG_4133.jpg Travel Album The Okavango River Delta, Botswana from a tiny helicopter with no doors. My first heli ride and I loved it! February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5c8694af-88d3-48dc-8184-f8b6d3ee849f/IMG_4134.jpg Travel Album While cruising over the Okavanger River Delta in Botswana, we saw so many animals, including a herd of 60+ elephants. It was amazing. The photos don't even remotely do the experience justice. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5d817bba-ceaf-46db-8926-ed0947df99a5/IMG_4164.jpg Travel Album I find the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain a fascinating basilica. While the light from the stunning stained glass windows in the this Antoni Gaudí-designed church is warm and enveloping, I find the church itself cold because the stone is all machine cut. It doesn't have that hand-hewn draw of the old cathedrals of Europe. Still, it's impressive and it was worth paying for a top-notch tour. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8a490268-21dc-4a45-bf50-88f59e06baad/IMG_4168.jpg Travel Album The Basilica of the Sacred Family in Barcelona, Spain. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/be414445-169c-4f81-a61a-16f4fe033d4f/IMG_4338.jpg Travel Album Looking out at the Sagrada Familia from the Garden of the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona, Spain. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/28a6b953-1ce3-4598-9ada-fc2be3471893/IMG_4352.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/7459e8dc-97f1-4d6e-8087-95aef6e85dd7/IMG_2063+%281%29.jpg Travel Album Yummy tacos in Goleta, CA. I love the colors. April 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/9fcc10fb-4993-40f3-8c80-61dbc2e610dc/IMG_4530.jpg Travel Album What's particularly amazing about the Carthage ruins in Tunisia is that there was almost nobody there when we visited. And that's normal. If you want time to yourself to explore Roman ruins, forget Italy. Go to north Africa! September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/374bd78e-20f5-4d92-b7a2-7bad69c85fe4/IMG_4478.jpg Travel Album The remains of the Roman city of Carthage in Tunisia. It was built by the Phoenicians in about 800 BCE. The Romans conquered it around 150 BCE. These are ruins from their time. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b90187b6-7e59-409a-9adf-7eb9ffd620f8/IMG_4540.jpg Travel Album Carthage, Tunisia. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/1864784e-aff0-424f-b59b-63a51276e020/IMG_4586.jpg Travel Album A Roman aqueduct in Carthage, Tunisia. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e05417b9-3505-4737-8fb0-aaf1664134de/IMG_4664.jpg Travel Album Isalo Rock Window in Isalo National Park, Madagascar. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/c60fcb36-04ec-4ba2-80c1-d9257a1f6f77/IMG_4738.jpg Travel Album A fishing boat on the beach on Bazaruto Island in Bazaruto National Park, Mozambique. March 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5e69b0bf-1727-48dc-8cb7-d5f41eeee300/IMG_4600.jpg Travel Album A rainbow in Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls), Zimbabwe. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/36a15312-774f-4e7d-8f1f-1aa4861642f8/IMG_4605.jpg Travel Album Mosi-oa-Tunya, otherwise known as Victoria Falls. Taken from a helicopter in Zimbabwe (though we could be over Zambia - I'm not sure. My second helicopter ride ever, about a week after my first. I love it. And the Falls are majestic. February 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/19920677-1e5a-43e9-a0ec-43711e8c58db/IMG_4816.jpg Travel Album Zebras on the move in Madikwe game reserve in South Africa. February 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/edfc41b2-00fc-4f92-8a59-022ce1faa417/IMG_4779.jpg Travel Album Toliara, Madagascar on the straits of Mozambique. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/436e7062-1a6e-4c5c-b42a-ea59baadfed2/IMG_4848.jpg Travel Album Fishing boats at the port in Bizerte, Tunisia. This port has been important for over 3,000 years. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/78a78dc2-93fd-4e0f-a0c3-6d860086e25e/IMG_5039.jpg Travel Album An unimpressed chameleon, just chillin'. Madagascar. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f9fcc988-45c1-4e5b-8086-9ce6d0a5ead7/IMG_4872.jpg Travel Album Sunset as the call to prayer sounded in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8149eadf-2b36-4d9f-a75e-4a7fed336f48/IMG_4999.jpg Travel Album A lemur (Coquerel's Sifaka, I think) in Madagascar. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f40a055a-2a34-41a6-83b6-7ed44a89b1b2/IMG_8058.jpg Travel Album Mangosteen are delicious. Fun fact: they're not allowed in hotel rooms in many places in Asia because the skin stains sheets and towels. Bali, Indonesia. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/baaebfe7-6043-4cac-859e-6fe7fe510399/IMG_5023.jpg Travel Album I love this shot of the city and sky reflected in the Arno River in Pisa, Italy. March 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/0bab7582-4009-4b81-bba6-b1268b1fd714/IMG_4868.jpg Travel Album I love bougainvillea. Here's a healthy one in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/c3e24f91-1237-4302-9c9e-efa2396c4e4a/IMG_5056.jpg Travel Album "Yes, I'm looking at you and I am not impressed." Madagascar. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b351a636-ce1c-4bcb-a966-80cb5716becc/IMG_7339.JPG Travel Album I think this is a version of banh cuon, but I'm not certain. I do remember that it was absolutely delicious and we devoured it on our first morning in Hanoi, Vietnam, after a long flight from Paris. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/164eb393-ba00-42c7-84a4-52ceb2fbefae/IMG_5051.jpg Travel Album Another amazing chameleon in Madagascar. Such cool critters. Near-ish to Antananarivo, the capitol. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4af9d146-f276-4650-bb67-ab5f739741e6/IMG_4828.jpg Travel Album Bizerte, Tunisia is a charming fishing town on the Mediterranean coast. I highly recommend a visit. It's also not this empty, lol. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ef57a955-a7a8-47d6-8a64-8a39959cf494/IMG_4821.jpg Travel Album Bizerte, Tunisia. September 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e8b554db-2c10-4a12-b635-47cb66e9cb96/IMG_5502.jpg Travel Album La Réunion, France. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/0623e58c-d359-4461-a9f0-6e4f9f7df4cd/IMG_5401.jpg Travel Album Some of the many stunning waterfalls in the island of Réunion, France. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5f23f86f-0150-427e-8e97-a3ef46f2ff4c/IMG_5630.jpg Travel Album Snorkeling near Saint-Gilles les Bains, in Réunion, France. La Réunion is a small island off the coast of Madagasacar that is fully part of France. November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/bb19de3e-f9b0-40fd-9930-ed16b26c6757/IMG_5804.jpg Travel Album Violet ice cream in Tourettes-sur-Loup, France. April 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/0df7ed54-69c1-41fb-8e97-5084cb0530a1/fuchsia.jpg Travel Album I love fuchsia. I also always struggle to spell it. Ireland has beautiful fuchsia, but these are from Vienna, Austria. September 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a533c68f-e079-4e7c-8280-ef146f563e04/IMG_5776.jpg Travel Album El Tunco, El Salvador. January 2025 or 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/07d2a162-a933-4589-a0c0-3c9f1d0ea498/IMG_6294.jpg Travel Album Going under the Bastille in a canal boat in Paris, France. This was an absolutely fabulous boat ride. April 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/999ab89f-8bdf-42da-b830-c33ea4a96df4/IMG_6204.jpg Travel Album The Pont de la Tournelle over the River Seine and Notre Dame being reconstructed in the background in Paris, France. April 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/59e8170f-f01f-4884-a7c0-290f5bb8f551/IMG_6779.jpg Travel Album Part of a huge Chihuly installation at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in Adelaide, Australia. March 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/9c1a5a24-d9f4-4c40-9ec2-53f359050f60/IMG_6413.jpg Travel Album The Grand Mosque of Paris, France. April 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b9fd0934-9e83-486a-a54e-483873e0f424/IMG_7272.jpg Travel Album The K Club in Kildare, Ireland. April 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/17c7a9cd-d7a9-420e-8b71-6816257caafe/IMG_6845.jpg Travel Album A shipwreck in the Port Adelaide River while kayaking outside Adelaide, Australia. March 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/d34a6f71-c7a1-40df-bc25-a02d5ebfc584/IMG_6436.jpg Travel Album Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia. March 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f0cd6f92-b8b4-46fd-b29f-a596c34fafe9/IMG_6433.jpg Travel Album Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Australia. March 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/449c063c-2cf8-476b-9c01-6015b6b040a2/IMG_7260.jpg Travel Album Skyline Ferris Wheel in St. Kilda near Melbourne, Australia. March 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4b6dbd3c-9c45-42e0-bb04-edb22dd0a128/IMG_7275.jpg Travel Album A beautiful spring afternoon at the K Club in Kildare, Ireland. April 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/17385993-4436-48d5-88e7-dc7690ea4219/88DACFBD-2DDA-4171-80CD-28BA76DC0550.jpg Travel Album Covid Christmas crème brûlée at home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. My only Christmas not in Dublin since 2003. December 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/872d9bae-ced7-494a-aa0e-a53ede81357a/IMG_8076.jpg Travel Album Daily offerings made by our wonderful housekeeper, Dayu, at our rented house in northern Bali, Indonesia. Balinese Hinduism is distinct from other forms of Hinduism. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a16886ff-b490-42c9-be31-6c57d4eca1d2/IMG_8046.jpg Travel Album The Basilica Cistern is one of the coolest human-made places I've ever been. The light show definitely helps! Istanbul, Türkiye. August 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/451fb7b1-b0bf-46d9-a2be-b12095c8b317/IMG_8061.jpg Travel Album The Basilica Cistern is one of the coolest human-made places I've ever been. The light show definitely helps! Istanbul, Türkiye. August 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/48deddd1-3563-4562-abef-0c8d13809d33/IMG_8247.jpg Travel Album Jatiluwih, Bali, Indonesia. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f2495989-fa21-4eac-bfb3-0d30f0207710/IMG_8333.jpg Travel Album The amazingly green rice paddies of Jatiluwih, a UNESCO world heritage site in Bali, Indonesia. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a29f62f5-2d38-4784-93e0-1eed0b3c6fd4/IMG_8171.jpg Travel Album Look out at rice paddies in central Bali, Indonesia. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/c55270a2-50e1-4f95-bde2-1e1d43cca164/IMG_8384.jpg Travel Album Me and my sweetie at Gitgit waterfall in northern Bali, Indonesia. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a4350d92-1b0b-4f1d-83dc-f8a341da2de0/IMG_6887.jpg Travel Album Boats at the Pointe des Almadies in Dakar, Senegal. This is the western most point of the mainland of Africa. May 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/234efad5-f270-4583-926c-21679c688724/IMG_8814.jpg Travel Album The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum (yes, "tooth") in Singapore. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/7c8d0ed0-1c1c-42ce-b176-bb3c49a8391d/IMG_8622.jpg Travel Album Schöbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. I didn't love Vienna when I first visited in the late 90s, but I enjoyed my second trip. It's a city that where it doesn't take long to understand just how rich and powerful the Hapsburgs were. August 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/37954272-7a7d-43de-8b9e-0738b4107a5b/IMG_9539.jpg Travel Album Enjoying a softserve in Jiufen, Taiwan. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/56803a56-419c-4895-a757-5d8e722df710/IMG_8292.jpg Travel Album Burgazada island in the Sea of Marmara just outside of Istanbul, Türkiye. Photo taken from a boat before the day went off the rails (it wasn't us). Ask me about it if we meet in person. Oof. August 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/36010a30-60cb-42f3-afc7-bf12dfcc32ea/IMG_9744.jpg Travel Album Jogyesa, Seoul. I did a great tour of the city by e-bike. My first (and only) time on an e-bike. Seoul is a great city for them. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/20cfa549-95bc-4af5-a2d6-add1e505ad49/IMG_9523.jpg Travel Album The Skyline Teahouse in Jiufen, Taiwan. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8975c6e1-5ea2-4abd-b303-a4462710ba61/IMG_9156.jpg Travel Album I love the colors of this. I wish I could remember what it is! It's from an extremely tasty food tour in Singapore. It's hard to go wrong food-wise in this tiny city-state, though. It's known for its food. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/dc476662-16e8-4f45-8b64-55f5bbb2a603/IMG_8976.jpg Travel Album The supertree grove at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/143e27d8-1c83-4c33-bc6f-3bd73f8764eb/IMG_9044.jpg Travel Album The supertree grove at the Garden's By the Bay in Singapore lit up at night. They put on a really cool nightly light and music show. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/d9085d3d-1278-409d-bfb0-7799d3f7cd9b/IMG_6586.jpg Travel Album Not my best photo, but I love the beautiful tiles all over the place in Cascais, Portugal, and thought this doorway was representative of the charming town. April, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/6862bca9-f6ae-490a-b9f0-14ebd48f1f2f/IMG_9558.jpg Travel Album I think this is Xiahai Chenghuang Temple in Jiufen, Taiwan. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/63a2cc84-f650-4463-a99e-0f111937b650/IMG_1686.jpg Travel Album Trajineras, the special kind of boat used to navigate the waters of Xochimilco, outside of Mexico City. November, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/7cb691e3-84d3-4357-a0e8-cf1486184844/IMG_7606.jpg Travel Album Champagne Beach, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (a small South Pacific island country). Anyone who knows me knows I had to go for the name alone, but the beauty and solitude is the real draw. There were no other people at what has been called one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. April, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/70f4f34f-1bd0-436f-b347-6e874d81a6f3/IMG_2047.jpg Travel Album A snowy evening in Québec City. January 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5834cd30-03dd-4a7c-ad05-aea02ef8cd95/IMG_7703_2.jpg Travel Album The Chamonix train station, France. February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4a7ecc47-16d1-48aa-9796-083d45b15a83/DSC_0450.jpg Travel Album Miyajima (officially Itsukushima) Island, not far from Hiroshima is a cool spot. There are lots of very unafraid deer that wander the island (like Nara, Japan). In high tide, you need a boat to get to this torii gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b69f16ec-03b6-4ccb-9cf6-4f82ae79c7ba/DSC_0465.jpg Travel Album Hiroshima, Japan is a haunting place. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/a0364803-319c-4e08-8039-1fd397bf2d85/IMG_4146.JPG Travel Album I think this is at the Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. February/ March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/336696cf-03b7-4ff1-bb75-ea1aad11fceb/DSC_0543.jpg Travel Album Another view of Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. Sometimes I see these shots and think I'm looking at a standard screensaver! February/ March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/656d6217-2f00-42d9-9950-fccb42e9baca/IMG_3646+%281%29.jpg Travel Album Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. I spent a wonderful month in Kyoto. February/ March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/02715aec-603a-4c11-8f77-45a91b017c6d/IMG_4793.jpg Travel Album A delicious lunch in Toliara, Madagascar. I think the fish had just come out of the sea. Yum! November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e1960290-8cea-4561-b8ce-59b1cf273024/IMG_4110.jpg Travel Album The Merchants Arch Pub in Dublin, Ireland. I've been many times, but I think this photo is from April 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ec75d5ba-0ec5-437f-baf8-1d00c71162ed/6596A0ED-4E70-478C-BBDD-FBD1A2DFEAA9.jpg Travel Album My home, Milwaukee. Out for a summer evening sail. August 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f72f448b-49f4-45df-9b67-a1c8cb1635d5/IMG_20200213_191600.jpg Travel Album Sunset in Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa. February 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b1fd8534-0a66-4f42-bb10-fa93a1bbb5a4/IMG_8781-01-01.jpeg Travel Album We stopped here for taro ice cream on a 2 day cycling trip along the Mekong River in Vietnam. I think I had 2 ice creams! January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/334577cd-1efa-4888-95a8-eb7183bc6424/IMG_4383.jpg Travel Album Tokara Restaurant and Wine Estate near Stellenbosch, South Africa. February 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ccfcb623-e886-42f0-bb61-03e253d1b1a5/IMG_3725+%281%29.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/eec45646-42b2-4af0-aa13-a81a750d078f/IMG_0355+%281%29.jpg Travel Album Aubergine at The Winding Stair Restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. December 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4baa4961-222a-42cb-8511-8a08188191c8/IMG_3697+%282%29.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/aadd38c1-b68a-4af7-b585-c7bf3b72b595/IMG_2035.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/c111017c-bc1e-4557-93df-76b9d7de2323/IMG_1113+%281%29.jpg Travel Album A sculpture along the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. July 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/e3bd946f-a71e-4c86-bca8-f306c73f081c/IMG_1041.jpg Travel Album Ireland has fabulous hydrangea. I have no idea when this was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/4d4efb91-46fe-4685-b2a2-04d71012183c/IMG_8652.JPG Travel Album Getting ready to board a ferry on the Mekong River in southern Vietnam. We were doing a biking trip along the mighty waterway. January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/376c5aa2-da8d-48fb-a302-c1c9810a38c3/IMG_7653.JPG Travel Album We enjoyed our 2 night sailing on The Dragon Legend in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Quite a change from my first visit in October 1998! January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/aceeda86-d0fe-40e2-9316-33309ed13742/IMG_3853+%281%29+%281%29.jpg Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/54ba09e6-3549-490e-bfaa-d406d92090fb/IMG_6258.JPG Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/faadbf9f-1b67-4d0c-8651-4f64dd6951e7/IMG_5907+%282%29.JPG Travel Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/b078fa20-2b15-46b6-88c7-9c0d3dcf8bd1/IMG_3509.JPG Travel Album Sakura (cherry blossoms) in Osaka, Japan. March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/81975691-c6f6-48c3-af6d-5ff614e81010/VandAcroissant.jpg Travel Album A croissant and a fizzy lemonade and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. I like the colors. The café is beautiful. March 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/8d00ae9e-f6bc-4147-a3c0-a3c915515746/PriestsVatican.jpg Travel Album These are two priests (though likely of a higher rank) in a relatively private hallway of The Vatican. My husband participated in a scientific meeting hosted by the Vatican Observatory and as a result, his group (including me!) were invited for a private audience with Pope Francis. While we waited for him, we got to see parts of the Vatican most people aren't allowed to enter. It was incredibly cool. June 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/ff10d36a-3944-43ab-91d6-3c2ee3f014cb/vaticanchapel.jpg Travel Album One of the chapels we explored while waiting for Pope Francis for a private audience at The Vatican. This is all mosaic. June 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/5e316206-9752-44fa-8c14-76436615f325/grindingwheeleltunco.jpg Travel Album The communal maize grinding wheel in El Tunco, El Salvador. I love the light and the fact that this is a simple capturing of everyday life. January 2026. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69dfac369d716846a2198e9b/f9965243-4de8-4b0b-9394-8e0e11fcf965/VioletIcecreamFrance.jpg Travel Album Violet ice cream in Tourettes-sur-Loup, France. April 2026.