What Do You Mean, The Drivers Are Scary? I Didn’t Notice.

I was up bright and early this morning, finishing last nights post, and in general getting ready. I tried to be bright and chipper for G, but I really don’t think it worked. While I am not much of a morning person, she is really really not a morning person. Perhaps she will be more […]

Yup, Another Ancient Room. With Niches!

I slept like the dead, but still managed to get up in time to make our 730 train from Milan. We had some homework to do in the train station there, however. G had a revelation and decided that perhaps she had overpacked a touch. Therefore she moved everything that she really really needed into […]

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 […]

Some People Don’t Understand Their Phones

We boarded the plane at JFK and then waited. And waited. And waited. The full cause of the delay remains unclear, but the weather at least contributed a little. We finally pulled away from the jetway and I heard a phone ring. It was the woman behind me, who answered the call and started a […]

Eleven

Yes, dear readers, Butterblogger is off, again, to Italy. This is his 11th trip, and this time he is going with his old friend, G. At the moment we are at JFK airport watching the many planes taxiing for our amusement. We both really like the livery of Egypt Air. To recap my prior trips […]

Away But Not Forgotten

Butterblogger is back, my friends. The blog has long languished while your dear scribe has spent the last 5.5 months without using a single day of vacation. No whining from this end (perhaps a little), however, because balance must return to the universe, and likewise your blogger guide to the world has arisen again, with […]