Currently Chris and I are in a hotel room in Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey. I thought I could post a bunch of random photos for you guys to enjoy. They cover all sorts of dif­fer­ent things and times during our trip, includ­ing our Sahara trek, Italy, Morocco and Turkey.
We plan on heading into Iran in three [...]

I’m telling the truth when I say I’m leaving Italy with some “pasta babies” located on the thighs, hips, love handles and even one cling­ing around my mid-section. I’m relying on the heat and walking in Morocco to abort all the “pasta babies”.
I first started growing my pasta babies during our month visit in Lanciano [...]

We helped Christine make this video today. We made it so she could send some much needed lovin’ to her boy­friend Mike. Christine is study­ing oen­o­logy (wine!) in the Mediterranean part of Europe, and is cur­rently in Piacenza, Italy, where we are vis­it­ing her. Mike is doing a masters in econ in Toulouse, France, and [...]

Wow! Who knew turning 30 would be such a blast. I just want to say thanks to every­one for the kind wishes (espe­cially Laura for arran­ging so many neat sur­prises). We had another party last night here at Christine’s place in Piacenza. It was a funeral theme, and all of Christine’s inter­na­tional school friends came [...]

I know I can speak for Laura as well when I say that we found it dif­fi­cult to leave Lanciano.
As I write this, we’re speed­ing north in a cozy train com­part­ment toward Piacenza, Italy to see our friend Christine. Laura is napping on the seats across from me, lines of sun­light and shadow moving lazily [...]