tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541846551315802129.post8158322326195165432..comments2023-05-02T09:04:53.315-04:00Comments on Early Retirement the Middle Way : Welcome to Amsterdam!MWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13421430633168170078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541846551315802129.post-3561617719012197842012-06-12T13:25:42.461-04:002012-06-12T13:25:42.461-04:00@ Sailing;
I prefer 2x in 9 years...
D is so lai...@ Sailing;<br /><br />I prefer 2x in 9 years...<br /><br />D is so laid back I actually enjoy it when he challenges me regardless of outcome -- He looks like Michael Fassbender when he gets worked up...not a bad thing...<br /><br />Wow, some wonderful time on the water coming up. Congrats on the fifth wheel. I've always felt it is a great way to see our continent. Which model did you go with?<br /><br />Snow was off and on this past season. The base was reasonable. There would be longer periods of no new snow and then we'd get dumped, 14 - 20+ cm a day for days on end. D skied a lot (6 weeks) last season and I would say he got fresh snow half the time. <br /><br />I too chuckle at our concept of 'antique' and what we get to buy in our 'antique stores'. Then you go to a place like Turkey where you can actually buy things we would expect to see in a museum is mind blowing. <br /><br />There is an export law limiting how old a item can be taken out of the country but just to see some truly historical items for sale is enough for me. <br /><br />Did you end up choosing that part of the world for your big anniversary trip after all?MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421430633168170078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541846551315802129.post-60139107164483365622012-06-12T08:34:37.172-04:002012-06-12T08:34:37.172-04:00MW:
After posting I realized I hadn't comment...MW:<br /><br />After posting I realized I hadn't commented on you being 'great wanderers'<br /><br />I think that's one of the best ways to travel... no set plans. <br /><br />One of our best trips involved flying into Glascow arriving at 5:00 am. We sat at a coffee shop in the terminal and waited for the first car rental place to open at 6... rented a car, bought a road map and headed out for 2 weeks. <br /><br />Other than the flight no reservations for anything. We had a few places in mind to see but took the wrong exit out of the round-a-bouts and discovered something completely different... one of our more memorable relaxed trips. <br /><br />Maybe why my kids got me a t-shirt a number of years ago on a family vacation that reads 'I consider on time to be when I get there'I'd rather be sailingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541846551315802129.post-36914281775669378062012-06-12T08:19:48.198-04:002012-06-12T08:19:48.198-04:00MW:
2x in last 9 years or 2x in the last year? So...MW:<br /><br />2x in last 9 years or 2x in the last year? Sounds better when you spread it over 9 doesn't it? LOL.<br /><br />Trust it's not a sign of a trend beginning...<br /><br />Lot's of sailing in the works this year; Chicago - Mackinac Island race in July (Mackinac Island, I highly recommend you & D visit by the way - no vehicular traffic on the island)<br /><br />Georgian Bay Regatta (week long regatta from Midland to Colpoys Bay - Wiarton) and of course 3-4 weeks (or more) cruising in the North Channel. <br /><br />DW and I just picked up a 5th wheel so that will figure prominently in our future travels (mainly fall and spring).<br /><br />BTW... did you get much snow during your ski holiday. I was in Whistler in March... the night before we went skiing they had 56 cm of fresh powder on top... what an incredible skiing day going through all that light snow... can you say 'leg burn'<br /><br />Enjoying your photos and tour. I love the architecture on the older buildings.<br /><br />I can remember being in a bar in Antwerp and someone mentioned the building we were in was over 500 years old... and this to a guy fresh in from a country where if something is 50 - 75 yrs old we consider it to be 'antique'I'd rather be sailingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541846551315802129.post-22919383776958035312012-06-11T07:54:01.756-04:002012-06-11T07:54:01.756-04:00Hi Lizzie!
We just got some subtle sideways glanc...Hi Lizzie!<br /><br />We just got some subtle sideways glances...<br /><br />@ Sailing;<br /><br />Outside of this little outburst,(rare, 2nd time in 9 yr, 1st time was last yr in Rome, again over directions) we too are great wanderers. I would say at least 80% of our time in a new place is spent just following our noses. <br /><br />In this instance, I needed to get us to the apartment to meet the owner and pick up keys. I allowed us 1 hr to walk what should have taken 45 min. <br /><br />We were at 1 hr at that junction with about 15 min of walking to go. Luckily the owner ended up running late as well. <br /><br />Belgium, or specifically Brugges has been on D's list since he saw the movie 'In Bruges'. We have been talking about it for this fall instead of Nice. <br /><br />The bits and pieces you've revealed about your life keep getting more and more interesting! Will you be sailing to the North Channel this summer?<br /><br />To answer your question, it was Overtoom. I'm 2 for 2.MWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421430633168170078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541846551315802129.post-15525384067031637182012-06-09T10:22:31.315-04:002012-06-09T10:22:31.315-04:00Hey... you're on vacation. You're supposed...Hey... you're on vacation. You're supposed to be relaxed. So you make a left instead of a right; so what! At worst you make a wrong turn and have to turn back; at best (and this has happened to us) you end up stumbling onto an amazing new scene/site/destination you never knew existed and would never have discovered had you made the 'right' turn in the first place.<br /><br /> What is that old saying "If you don't get lost at least once on vacation, then it's not a vacation" or something to that effect.<br /><br /> Not that it's important but who was right - you or D?<br /><br />BTW are you visiting Belgium? I lived there for a couple of years (many years ago) and loved the country. Brugges (Venice of the North is nice), Antwerp, Ghent to name a few...so much history. <br /><br />Enjoying the armchair tour as we follow you and D around.I'd rather be sailingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2541846551315802129.post-78872438345185390812012-06-09T04:26:49.773-04:002012-06-09T04:26:49.773-04:00ha ha, and the Dutch are so cool that they took no...ha ha, and the Dutch are so cool that they took no notice of you having your 'discussion'? Of course.Lizzie @ her homeworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257339462096688164noreply@blogger.com