What We Saw When We Got Our Second Wind

Upon arrival in Milan, we took a taxi to the hotel and checked in. We had arrived early and our room wasn’t yet ready, so we dropped off the bags and headed out the door. G asked, gazing longingly at the cushy seats in the lobby, “shouldn’t we sit down and figure out what we […]

At the End of the Road

This island (ie Hawai’i, or “The Big Island”) has 10 of the world’s 15 climatic zones. We are staying in the rainforest zone, hence the frogs. And ya know what? There really is plenty of rain – torrential rains woke us early in the morning. The nice thing about this island is it isn’t as […]

Nope, No Photos from Kehena

Everything is just so beautiful here. Even the flowers have flowers. The B&B where we are staying is Ohia House. It is in the middle of the rainforest near Pahoa, on the northwest shore of the big island. The setting is very private and the grounds are lovely. Cindy, one of the proprietors, is an […]

Of Yankee Pot Roast and Other Memories

The breaking light of morning over the balcony found me waking and ready for a quick day on O’Ahu. We broke the fast at the hotel buffet and were off to Pearl Harbor. Strangely enough the GPS didn’t know where the monument is, but it got us to the city and signs led the rest […]

Wonderful!

Yes, my friends, Butterblogger made it to Hawaii! I got off of the plane, only a little late, and D was waiting for me. We walked through the terminal (which is partially open air) and out the door to get the rental car, and the experience was something akin to waking from a torturous coma. […]

Alitalia Proves Themselves Once More

This is the last of the time-lapse posts. I’m doing this in March, but the trip was in December. ******* Early in the morning we were up and on our way to the airport. The Rome airport was easily navigated and we rested briefly in the lounge before boarding. On board, I had the obligatory […]