Today is Independence Day back in the United States, and for Steve (DOS) and I it was a leisurely day in Santiago, followed by an overnight trip home. As a Hyatt Globalist member, we were entitled to a 4pm checkout…
Fourth of July Week in Santiago
This year the Fourth of July falls on a Wednesday; smack dab in the middle of the week, so it means no work travel for us road warriors. I’m taking and extra 3 days vacation next week, so I have…
Father’s Day Week in Roanoke
Steve (DOS) and I spent Father’s Day weekend/week in Roanoke, Virginia, and as always enjoyed being back home in Virginia where I grew up. It’s always feels like I’m being welcomed home when I see the Blue Ridge Mountains, and…
Travel home from Mendoza
I’m jumping around a bit from the last post where we were mountain and wine touring in Mendoza, Argentina, but we’ve been quite busy since we got back. One of the reasons we like going to South America in ‘our’…
Memorial Day Weekend in Mendoza
Steve (DOS) and I are currently in Mendoza, Argentina for the Memorial Day Weekend thru Wednesday. We left on Friday evening, and will be back on Thursday morning. For the quick long weekend, we made sure we had enough luggage…
Pre-Vacation Work travels to Newark and Houston
Had a busy last couple of week with work travel. After spending Mother’s Day weekend in Virginia visiting my family, I flew from Roanoke to New Jersey for the work week.As Roanoke is a small airport, I flew from Roanoke…
Easter in Roanoke Virginia – He is Risen Indeed!
Steve (DOS) and I went to Roanoke for Easter Week to visit my family. I was glad to see American Airlines (American Eagle) is flying jets once again into Roanoke. I took this Embraer 170 which was a regional jet,…
Finnair and British Airways Business Class flights home from Singapore
In this day of the Jet age, it’s amazing how you can go from one part of the world to another, literally overnight, or with our routing a couple days. After a wonderful and quick trip to Singapore, we reversed…
Welcome to Calgary!
After a busy work week in frigid Wisconsin, I flew up to Calgary, Canada, to meet up with Steve (DOS) and start our 10 day trip around the world to Singapore. DOS got in Thursday afternoon from Sarasota (via Dallas)…
Farewell to Christmas, and Onward Through 2018!
Happy New Year 2018, once again! The year so far has been off to a slow (and COLD) start. After having a wonderful time at the Hyatt by Disney World, we had a few days at home to relax before…