Author Archives: Dana

Six weeks in Cuenca Ecuador and I am still feeling unsettled.  I struggle to find a routine.  I miss my friends and family.  I think there is so much more to learn: the language, the neighborhoods, the traditions, even the … Continue reading →

Today I offer up a little geography lesson because I am betting most people, Americans anyway, don’t know exactly where I am in the world. Map of Ecuador and My Place in Ecuador Map of South America and Ecuador’s Place … Continue reading →

  Once again we’ve landed in the middle of a national festival we don’t understand.  This particular holiday celebrates the defeat of the Spanish in a battle on the volcano, Pinchancha, in 1822. We assumed, wrongly, that the holiday would … Continue reading →

    It’s been just over a week since we arrived and we are still very much in the process of figuring it out.  Figuring it out in a foreign county consist of three essentials: sleeping, eating and getting out.  … Continue reading →

  This post is for those of you who say you envy us.  Sit down on your comfortable American style easy chair, pull your grandchild onto your lap and hear the truth about travel.  It is not easy The truth is, in these early days … Continue reading →

  In my opinion one can either travel or one can write.  When we are moving, exploring, deciphering, learning and meeting people there is very little time to sit and reflect.  Writing is a solitary activity and sitting thinking about … Continue reading →

Almost two weeks now we’ve been in Spain and we have yet to tour the ruins of a Roman villa or the crumbled walls of a Phoenician fort. We are slow travelers.  Our pace of travel is more like a … Continue reading →

A whole new world. A dazzling place I never knew But when I’m way up here, it’s crystal clear That now I’m in a whole new world with you Aladdin – A Whole New World Lyrics A thousand apologies for … Continue reading →

  Mindfulness Weekend Retreat, August 2015 I really only wanted to get away; to leave Steve alone to stress out about the fourth, and easiest yet, “Go Live” weekend.  However, I volunteered to be the “Scribe Walla”.  My duties, light … Continue reading →

After a few months of regular life, I am just back from another wandering through South Africa.  This was an exploratory trip to my favorite – so far – area of South Africa, a stretch of Indian Ocean coastline  about … Continue reading →