Greetings ya’ll!
It’s been a while since my last post here.
I’m writing this from the sort of sad generic “international lounge” at Tampa International Airport. We’re heading to London tonight in Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class cabin (my Delta SkyPesos still have some value).
As some of you know, I started a new (now old) job in 2018 that had me traveling very frequently internationally from mid-2018 until March 2020 when the world shut down for COVID.
Along the way, I started losing enthusiasm for this project. Too much travel / activity. Too little time (or desire) for writing.
We did, however, travel to China in late 2019 when seemingly the biggest concern was protests in Hong Kong. I still have a post from the summer of 2019 (a second trip to London) and others from the China trip that are in “draft” mode at this moment. I plan to edit and post them in the coming days as I have time during our current adventure.
I’ll also fill in the gaps in 2020 (nothing other than trips to our house in North Carolina), 2021 (a round trip journey from Florida to New England by car), and 2022 (when we traveled to Canada and around the Great Lakes region, as well as our first overseas trip as a family since the pandemic started). We also managed to visit NYC a couple of times, travel to our place in NC, and also buy a boat (finally!) earlier this year.
This year is a real return to the world. Emerson is now 13! Probably closing in on the 157 count too (I need to do the math). And, so it’s time for another quinquennial adventure around the world — our 3rd time circumnavigating the globe as a family.
Pretty awesome!
To top it off, we plan to head back to South America and Antarctica around Christmas.
Anyway, I’m back… now let’s get going.
So nice to see you’ve returned to posting, Paul. I have wondered about your travels since COVID turned our world upside down. In case you don’t remember me, I was a friend of Dick Simpson, and met you at his birthday party at Vino e Pasta some years ago. I also love travel, so especially appreciate your writing. Glad all is well with you and your family!