What in the world is this site about?

When I was younger, I traveled in Europe extensively, because I lived there and Eurail was fairly cheap.  We got 4 weeks vacation from the start AND 14 months salary a year, so not only were we paid for when we were on vacation, we got extra cash to splurge.  Now, if you think it was all roses and honey in Austria, it wasn't.  When I went from Austria to Canada, my salary tripled and my rent was halved.  Cigarettes (I smoked then) were a quarter of the price and so was gas.  Not sure about ciggies now, but gas is still about the same ratio.

The problem with all my trips is that I didn't write anything down.  Oh, my intentions were good - I even had a little notebook for notes, but some factors intervened - alcohol, girls, and ... yeah, that was about it.  So I made good memories but cannot remember them.

This is my solution to remembering what I do and how I feel AT THE TIME or shortly after the occurrence.  I also post on Instagram/Facebook almost immediately, then transcribe and enhance it over to here.

It may seem that I'm nuts doing all this traveling, but at this stage of my life, I know I only have a few years left (no, I do not have a terminal illness, I'm just old and I see people younger than me dying!)  If I'm lucky, perhaps I'll have 15 to 25 years - who knows, right?  It's possible that when I get older, I may no longer be able to get around like I can do now, so in my mind, this is the time to travel and enjoy life.  By no means am I at the peak of my physical capabilities (hah), but then other than bowling and tennis, I never really got into sports, and the the world is still divided whether bowling is a sport (professional is, just not perhaps amateur.) 

I love traveling, escape rooms, bowling, pinball, comedy shows, theater, technology, Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Plaza Atlanta, and seeing stuff and being places I've never been.  And eating - food - yeah, Nutella is a food group.  So is ice cream - both foods banned in this household right now.  

I have decided to travel as much as possible and this site reflects a lot of this.  I list future destinations below - last year, I traveled a lot (see Past Trips on the navigation).  The site also has Escape Rooms I've done, mainly with my daughter, Rose, but also with others and solo (my least favorite.)  I do try to convince folks to go to escape rooms and I also give advice.  I have an advice page for Escape Rooms.

The site helps me keep organized, because I can plan out my itinerary.  I like maps of my trips and try to put them on the site when I can. 

I'll try to always post a teaser to my latest on this page, with more details on the place's page I'm in, was in that day, a new thought, or an experience.

Your comments are welcome - you can do so through this site on the Contacts link or hook up with me on Instagram or Facebook.  My accounts are private and I have to approve, but as one friend who created a fake account showed me, I seem to grant anybody access - so much for being private!