While we are traveling

Here are a couple of photos from our last trip to enjoy while we are traveling 24 hours to Vietnam. They are both from Ephesus, Turkey, a prosperous Roman city in its day.  Today the ruins are quite impressive.  We felt rushed through the site and would have liked to linger.  Our guide was on a timetable so we ran (or so it seemed) from one photo op to another so we didn't miss our shopping opportunity.  Turkish rugs.  Very beautiful, but very expensive.

Gallo Nero

This is a sign outside a wine store in San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy. The black rooster label is one of the best in the Chianti region we were told. We did find a bottle when we were there and it was good.  

Why show this photo now?  It reflects our holiday over-indulgence...

I have been silent for most of the month, but I am starting up the blog again in anticipation or our next trip.  This one is to Vietnam.  We leave on Dec 31 and have a very long journey to get there.

There is a re-entry period after returning from a trip that lasts from a few days to a few weeks depending on where I have gone and how exotic the location.  A few weeks before a trip there is much to do to get ready--packing, stopping the mail, etc.  Plus the anticipation.   Not only did the re-entry from one trip and the preparation and anticipation for the next overlap and intersect, the holidays added their own demands.  It is all good and all encompassing.