Ilha Preta – Ilha do Pico

We get up at 4:30am on Wednesday, June 4th, to leave the hotel by 5 to catch a POD back to the airport. The receptionist is on her game this morning and charges us for the ride over, £8 each… but I figure since this is our fourth trip by POD, which should have cost…

THE START OF EUROADVEN 2025

I started a new adventure on Saturday when I left Memphis International for a month-long excursion across the pond. After a quick layover in Atlanta, I was headed to Heathrow onboard a packed Delta flight… at least that’s what they kept saying, but my fellow row mate and I were lucky with no one seated…

Saying goodbye to an old friend

Today I said goodbye to an old friend. A very old friend. We hadn’t really been that close for the past couple of decades, but recently, we had started to see each other again; to renew our old friendship. So, it was somewhat of a surprise when I learned of their demise but it probably…