Trying to Look Local

Conference day, so not much to blog about. Oh – except V is here. She did her fellowship with us and it is great to spend some time with her. She is awesome! I spent all day in lecture, and I have to admit that it is sometimes difficult to go to meetings halfway around […]

Yay! I’m in Hoboken!

I made it. My convoluted itinerary worked out, and I finally made it. I flew from Flint to Atlanta to Frankfurt and finally Rome. Why? Well, I got a deal. The good people of Delta got me to Frankfurt on time, where my transfer went off without a hitch and the very efficient people of […]

Autumn, 2016: Butterblogger Returns

You knew it had to happen sometime, and that time is upon us. Our days in Greece are the stuff of memory now, and the future lies ahead. In the interim, another summer has come and passed us by. The cool breezy days of Michigan spring lingered late this year, eventually yielding to days and nights […]

Wandering and Reflecting in Greece

This trip is drawing, at last, to its close, and we are due for a day of leisure. We started the morning with some basic preparations for the voyage ahead. Our experience with British Airways was disappointing, to say the least, so we aren’t particularly enthusiastic about the flights home. When we booked this trip, […]

Some Themes Keep Repeating Themselves

Yesterday was exhausting, with all the climbing up and down. This is a vacation, after all, so we really should slow down. And we did so today. When we finally got our things together this morning, we headed to the metro station where … we found the doors locked. Yes, the doors were locked. There […]

My Climb in Athens

Well, we made it. We had to get up at an ungodly hour this morning, but we caught the 625 am flight out of Chania to Athens. The only hiccough arose when we arrived at the new hotel and our room (prepaid for early arrival) wasn’t ready. Instead we ate breakfast in the lobby and […]