

Finland
Our trip to Finland began with an overnight ferry weaving through the Stockholm archipelago to Helsinki. The views were spectacular,...


Sweden, May 2018
We started our Sweden visit in Stockholm which is an archipelago of 30,000 islands. There are classic buildings and wonderful vistas of...


Oslo, Norway May 2018
John was speaking in Oslo and Stockholm, so we made a Scandinavian trip of it, including a wonderful tour of Sweden and Finland with our...


New York City April 2018
I spent a few days in NYC and the city was vibrant. What caught my eye most this trip was the skyscrapers from different perspectives. I...


Japan, November 2017
John gave presentations in Tokyo and Osaka and we spent a week visiting with friends and exploring new regions. During our April visit we...


Italy October 2017
John was invited to speak at a conference in Milan so we made a vacation of it. We flew into Rome but bypassed the city entirely, renting...


San Francisco August 2017
John was teaching a class in San Francisco over the weekend so we went a few days early to visit the city. We walked around and did the...


Camping in the Sierra Mountains
Summer was evaporating and we had not yet communed with nature so we went camping in the Eastern Sierra Mountains for a few days. There...


Manhattan Beach July 2017
During the summer we tend not to travel except for camping in the Sierra Mountains. Living at the ocean is like being on vacation. The...


Kyushu Japan May 2017
It started with plans to attend the Japanese Triode Meeting being held in Kyushu, the southern-most Japanese island. Then John was...