The first thing you see when you step off the plane at Oaxaca airport is the mountains. Looming and magnificent, from the air they're pretty amazing, but from the ground they're breathtaking... (read more)
After a hurricane, we had to have our sunroom rebuilt because a tree fell on it. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for us, we happened to have Dave the Contractor working on our bathroom at the time... (read more)
A crackpot is defined as "a mentally unbalanced or eccentric person." Not that I have anything against crackpots, I do tend to gravitate to crackpots at social functions... (read more)
The cardboard boxes tied with string kept coming down the conveyer belt of the baggage return. At first, I thought these were a few boxes being shipped to people here in Mexico City... (read more)
Minutes after checking into our hotel in Budapest, we asked the lady at the desk how to get to the center of town. She gave us a map and showed us where to catch the tram at the bottom of the street... (read more)
