Empty Nest Expat

Yesterday I read a children's picture book that took me right back to the nine months I spent in Prague, Czech Republic. Peter Sis, ...

A typical Ozark road sign We took a scenic route It wouldn't do to fly back to America without spending more time with my girls th...

The Goddess of Democracy from Tiananmen Square circa 1989 Václav Havel and the Czechs inspired my 'Empty Nest Expat' adventure...

My college friend of 35 years, Robin, called me from her home in Provence, France and said, "when are you coming to visit? Don't yo...

A Force for Good Vaclav Havel Modeled after the American Presidential Libraries, the new Vaclav Havel Library will be a repository for Vacl...

Tap, tap, tap. Is this thing on? I'm not sure. Because I can't physically see my blog.  You'll have to tell me if you can.  I...

Sometimes reading about the evil of the Holocaust it seems so over-the-top that it's all one can do to take in the enormity of all of th...

People of a certain age in the Czech Republic have had the misfortune of experiencing the full blast of the worst of the 20th century.  The ...

Good morning from Sofia, Bulgaria! What a fantastic, comfortable, and easy bus trip that was. There was so much to look at.  It was the firs...

I had used Couchsurfing.org several times as I started my empty nest vagabonding adventure for accommodations, but it was while I was back ...