What makes a home, a home? This is a question and concept that we often ponder. When you stay in one place, live in one country, and maybe travel occasionally, this is probably not a topic that comes up very…
Culture Shock ~ America (Chicago)
One thinks of cultural shock as being something one experiences upon arrival in an exotic, foreign land. For us, having lived outside the U.S. for the past seven years, adjusting to life in America has resulted in an unexpected level of…
Exploring Wicker Park ~ our new neighborhood
We are curious about the history of our immediate neighborhood ~ Wicker Park, just as we would be in any new place we live, no matter where or what country. Turns out that the history of Wicker Park goes back…
Since you asked… Tips for adventurous empty nesters
We both contemplated a nomadic lifestyle for many years before we actually started our journey. One factor is that we both have had the experience, early on in our lives, of changing countries and living in different countries. (Peta from…
AARP interviews us for an article on empty nesters and adventure.
We get asked a lot of questions from friends and from those we meet along our travels, about our life as empty nesters on the road…. We were surprised to find out that the national organization of AARP (American Association…
Baby elephant NAMAL needs a new leg!
https://life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/baby-elephant-namal-lost-his-leg-to-a-land-mine–2 We have started a fund raiser to help a baby elephant! You might wonder why…..? I met Namal the baby elephant when we were in Sri Lanka in October 2014, with the expressed purpose of seeing elephants in the…
Studio 352 ~ May exhibit ~ Stray dogs of Nicaragua.
After living in our loft for less than a week, we opened the front door of our studio and gallery to the public. This exhibition of the “Stray Dogs of Nicaragua” marks an important chapter in our lives. We lived…
Hitting the ground running… in Chicago
So it was not quite a straight line between the time when we decided, while we were living in Spain, that we were bound for Chicago. We stretched out our return into with 6 flights (from Spain to Portugal, to…