Butterblogger Returns to Land

It’s been a long time, my friends, but Butterblogger has returned at last. I know I haven’t posted since my day at the Genocide Memorial in Rwanda way back in September, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been traveling – it just hasn’t been anything I would consider to be blogworthy. You see I’ve been […]

Two Vacations

People who know me, or at least regularly read the blog, know that I love good food: high quality, rich, flavorful food. Even at home, I want crave-able meals. So when I boarded the plane today it was to go on two vacations, in a sense. The first, of course, is the trip I’m embarking […]

A Delicious Layover

I left Rome this morning, headed to a night in Istanbul, which probably sounds strange, but makes sense in its own way. Turkish Airlines has a deal – of sorts. They like to brag about the number of countries to which they fly, but that has a downside, which is the logistics of a connection […]

Of Course I Ate the Fruit

The airport in Istanbul is one of the newer major airports in the world, and it was designed for growth. It was built to support Turkish Airlines, which boasts that it travels to more countries than any other, and it is enormous. So the connection I booked there was longer than I needed, but I […]

Walking Out

Here’s something about traveling alone that I don’t experience when I travel with friends: I am solely responsible for my own safety. I had a tour of Mendoza arranged for this morning. It was to be a car tour that was designed to show me the sights. I had tried to find other things to […]

I Eat My Way Into Argentina

Cell service when traveling now feels essential. Rather than pay my carrier at homes, I got an e-SIM before this trip that is supposed to work internationally. Sadly, when I connect to the service it does almost nothing, so I had to turn on my US eSIM. If that’s the worst thing that happens this […]