

Santa Fe Road Trip
Our friends Mike and Jen were planning a visit to Santa Fe and invited us to join them. John thought the two of us should drive to meet...


New York City
John was speaking at the CMT (Chartered Market Technicians) 50th annual conference, and Zoë wanted to attend the event to hear the...


Pioneertown
For the Christmas weekend we headed to the Joshua Tree area. The stark beauty of the landscapes provided calm and awe as we hiked between...


The Netherlands
There was an audio conference in Baarlo, Holland that John wanted to attend. We had not visited Amsterdam for years so decided to spend a...


Berlin 2022
My mother was from Berlin and growing up I knew her parents died during the holocaust but she never talked about it, and amazingly...


Sicily June 2022
Since we first tasted Sicilian wines at Valentino years ago we wanted to visit the island. The intention had been to visit Mount Etna and...


Pompeii 2007
I recently had a discussion with a friend regarding incredible experiences and our visit to Pompeii in 2007 was right up there on my...


Northern Europe - October 2021
John was scheduled to speak in Paris ten days after BAM ended so we had time to travel in between. We hadn't seen Per since Covid and he...


Berlin Audio Meeting - BAM! October 2021
We had not been to an audio meeting in two years so when Michael told us that they were organizing an event in Berlin we were excited to...


Scotland 2021
In May 2020 we had a surprise birthday trip planned for John's 70th birthday. He loves peaty scotch and a visit to the distilleries in...