Ione Hotel

I just started this blog for my travels that will be happening the beginning of the year and will last 6 months to a year. i am leaving Jan. 11th from San Francisco, California and heading to Costa Rica to backpack through Central and South America. i ...

I've been back a month today and I've been going over my pictures. I've tried to group them by interest. There's some great street art and signage in Europe as well as architecture and just plain European charm. I hope you enjoy.

We are home! Finally! Our five week travel is at an end after about 18 hours of travel. We flew from Lima to San Salvador yesterday, then San Salvador to San Francisco. We arrived just after midnight this morning (Oct 1). Last night we stayed at Amy's Aunt & Uncle's house in Concord, and we got back to Sac around lunch time today. We are tired for sure, but super glad to be home.

This is the last post we will make, so there were a ...

This afternoon I started to pack, and - as usual - I have wayyyyy too much stuff that I want to fit in one suitcase. Where am I going to put all my souvenirs and presents on the trip home?! ;] I'm currently envious of how my dad can bring a few pairs of shorts and some t shirts and call it "packed". I guess wanting to be prepared for anything is both a blessing and a curse.

I'm a little anxious about the flight overseas. I ...

... check the place out since I had bought tickets for the upcoming Jason Mraz concert. I had already had my share of tasting for the day, so we didn't try any of the wines, but we did walk around to check out the grounds. The place is beautiful, surrounded by colorful flowers and mature trees, it's a little slice of heaven tucked in a little corner of the world. I couldn't wait for the concert!

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... with moving to Korea are pretty choreful. I had problems every step of the way. My employer, the office of education in Gangwondo, required some standard documents that turned out to be real difficult to acquire. To give a quick rundown, Pepperdine LOST my diploma and only found it at the last second, and the sheriff's office's fingerprinting machine broke down so I ...

... Our good friend Gary suggested taking a more inland route through the Los Angeles basin and man was he right. We missed a major backup on I-5 from a wreck and saw nothing but clear road. We got to Bob and Janet's beautiful home early even and had a leisurely dinner with them before catching some ZZZZ's. We rode 570 miles on our first day.

... restaurant. We have the California State Fair wine guide and see that Ursa has scored a double gold. We are ready to taste! Alas, it is Monday and Ursa is closed.
We scoot down the road a bit and find Jodar with a nice port to try out on our friends back in Groveland. I decide this is a good time to look at that handy El Dorado map with open/closed times. We find Madrona Vineyards to be near where we are and head ...

... some familiar loved photos of hers and others we had not seen before), went out for dinner to a new Italian place they had found, had a drive over to Half Moon Bay for a favorite walk along the bluffs and down to the beach, again incredibly dog friendly - our dogs and Pasqualina had wonderful romps together - had a much appreciated afternoon of downtime, reading, resting, enjoying the backyard - called Aunt Belle for her 101st birthday, and then Sunday after church went up to ...

Se podría decir que hoy fue un día delicioso. Sólo fuimos a dos viñedos, el tiempo y la paciencia de los niños no nos daban para más. El primero muy espectacular, ahí hicimos el tour, está en la cima de la montaña con una cavernas como cavas. Nos explicaron todo el proceso pero poco logramos escuchar por estar con los niños y bebiendo :-) Con el tour te daban 5 copas de ...