3/28/98: We moved from our pensione, Student’s and Traveler’s Inn, to the Valiakas home, thanks to their generous invitation. We also visited the National Archeological Museum. 3/28/23: So, other than being young,…
The How (getting from here to there)
When someone asks me “How did you travel around the world?” I dryly, but truthfully, respond: “Mostly lanes, trains and automobiles, but also by ferry boats on the sea, busses with chickens,…
The Where and the When
3/26/98: Still rainy and cold, power out in Athens for several hours, but we manage a stroll through Plaka and Monastraki neighborhoods. Gerry (Ruth’s cousin from Maui) and George Valiakas invited us…
The Who and What
3/25/98: Today, we arrived in Athens, Greece via Frankfurt, Germany. We were picked up in the early morning hours after an overnight flight by Gerry and George Valiakas. Gerry is Ruth’s cousin,…
RTW Trip: Arriving at departure
3/24/98: “We are leaving this time. On our way to the airport in fact. … We are really leaving Chicago, and heading off on our Big Adventure in search of the spirit…
RTW Trip: Looking ahead at looking back
Twenty-five years ago, on March 24, 1998, Ruth and I departed Chicago for a year-long, round-the-world trip to work on a series of short-term projects for relief agencies and missionary organizations around…
What I’m on about…
G. K. Chesterton said: “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” —All Things Considered, “On Running After One’s Hat” “Further Adventures of”…