Posts by Mike Mikus

Corsica Bonjour! Ahhh… Our first day in France, was bien, merci.  Anyway, it was the 4th of July.  Instead of fireworks, we visited the small town of Ajaccio, (pronounced “uh · jak · see · ow) on the island of Corsica, France. Ajaccio is the ancestral home of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821).   In addition to being a French political leader, Napoleon is…

Hello, and thanks for comin’ back.  For a little over a week now, we have been visiting Ms. Karen’s favorite, Italy. Here, we found much fun, and uncompromising beauty. Oh yeah, they have a food thing goin’ on up in these parts too. Hmmm… Siracusa On Saturday, we were very excited to finally make it…

Boy, did I have a strange dream last night! Anyway, welcome back. We have spent the last several days in the Balkans, a collection of counties in and around the Adriatic Sea in souther/Central Europe. While we are having a great time, I have to say that our agenda for the last week or two,…

Hail fellows! It all happened a long time ago, in a place far, far away… (for those readers suffering from fantasy aversion disorder, that is to say, it happened this morning in Central Europe) …when the mighty King was joined by the beautiful Queen on a quest to visit the elusive fairytale land of the Predjama…

Hello, and thank you for dropping by.  Today’s adventures took us to the medieval city of Ravenna (pronounced ruh · veh · nuh), the Italian city of mosaics.  Back in the 200-300 AD era, Ravenna was the third most powerful city in Italy. Today, its 150,000 residents were kind enough to share their home with us…

Hello all. Welcome to our travel blog. Today’s adventure has raven us to the famed city of Bologna (pronounced buh·lo·nyuh) the home of 400,000 very well fed residents. I say that because, Bologna is the renown for their cuisine. Also, their churches, museums and gardens, medieval squares, and red-tiled rooftops make this a do-not-miss destination if you happen to…

Dear Diary — Buongiorno! Today we returned to one of our favorite countries, Italy, where we talked a lot with the local residents, and boy are my hands tired. (Sorry, that was a joke about Italians talking with their hands. Never mind…) Specifically, we are in Bari, which was made famous by Robert and Francesca…

Hello, thanks for dropping by.  Today we are in our only stopover in Greece. Since we were rerouted, our other stopovers in Greece were replaced with Africa, so we wanted to make the most of the day.  The two most visited Greek island are Mykonos and Santorini. A lesser known but equally beautiful dream destination…

Ironically, the city of Gibraltar is a very tiny “over seas territory” of Great Britain. Measuring only 2.5 square miles, the entire territory is literally less than half of the size of Heathrow Airport. While throughout history, Morocco and Spain have vied for supremacy in the area, Great Britain has reined supreme, controlling the geographical area for…