Author Archives: JGB

Berlin or Bust – Day 2

So, here I sit at the end of Day 3, which involved nothing more than eating, hanging out with girl friends, and experiencing a German spa day, which, while definitely interesting, challenging, and very, very different from my normal comfort zone, isn’t something I want to discuss much on this blog, since, well, my parentsContinueContinue reading “Berlin or Bust – Day 2”

Berlin or Bust – Day 1

So, I last left you at 2:30am as I departed Reykjavik for Berlin. Nothing much to report on that leg of the trip except we left about 90 minutes late and I spent the flight surrounded by a snoring, man-spreading seat mate and three international hipsters in the row behind me who Would. Not. Stop.ContinueContinue reading “Berlin or Bust – Day 1”

24 hours in Iceland

Greetings, all. I am back doing my favorite kind of blogging – while traveling! I do these posts mostly for me, so I can recall, despite the forces of jet-lag and fading memory, the moments, people, and places that make traveling so much fun. So if they aren’t my best prose, well, you’ll just have toContinueContinue reading “24 hours in Iceland”

All the feelings at Christmas-time

On a whim, tonight I bought a rope of silver garland to add to my tabletop Christmas tree. The sparkles are exactly what I’d hoped for. I’m having a Christmas-time flashback of lying on the floor with my head under our family tree – a real one, unlike my current one – blurring my eyesContinueContinue reading “All the feelings at Christmas-time”