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[Zurich, Switzerland, Nov 24, 2023] All of the museums I wanted to visit today opened at 10 am, so I decided to tackle them in the order from farthest away to closest. That meant I was going to start with Museum Rietberg, about 25 minutes away on foot. I planned to use my walk there to sightsee a little. I knew the weather was going to be rainy and on the cooler… Read More
[Charlotte, NC, Oct 12-13, 2023] With our side trip to the Great Smoky Mountains over, it was time to drive back to Charlotte. Lena and I desperately needed coffee, but the only Starbucks shops in town were in the casinos! Cherokee is the Atlantic City of the South – it has 3 casinos, which is a lot for such a small town. Just like in Biloxi, MS, I almost ran into my… Read More
[Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Oct 10, 2023] Once upon a time, the 6 of us lived in LA and ran every Saturday together to train for the LA marathon. Four of us knew each other from business school, and the other 2 were Olivia’s friends that eventually became ours, too. Over the years, a few of us have moved away, so when an opportunity to get together arises, we don’t pass… Read More
[St Louis, MO, Sep 9, 2023] And just like that, the Colorado part of this giant trip was over. After our very busy day finishing up Mesa Verde, driving to Great Sand Dunes and then to Colorado Springs, we spent a much-needed low-key day at my friend May’s. We went to the Garden of the Gods, which I’d been to before and always love coming back to. The next day, Ash and… Read More
[Mesa Verde National Park, Sep 5, 2023] People love to hate Gateway Arch National Park because it’s a man-made structure. But they forget several other parks preserve man-made structures, such as Dry Tortugas and Mesa Verde. For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueblo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde. The park protects what they built, including several spectacular cliff dwellings that are open to… Read More
