A Quest For Culture, Cuisine, And Connection.
Around The World On A Motorcycle | The Journey Continues
Latest Posts
The Most Precious Gift You Can GiveApril 29, 2025 - 7:15 am
A Love Letter. A Heist. And a Reckoning in Rome.April 22, 2025 - 4:50 pm
Looking Back, Writing Forward.April 9, 2025 - 4:56 pm
Pickleball: Peace, Paddles, and PerseveranceJanuary 20, 2025 - 12:28 pm
A Rain-Soaked Journey from Monforte de Lemos to León: Discovering the CaminoOctober 21, 2024 - 4:24 am
Welcome To Bulgaria
/0 Comments/in Bulgaria, Europe, Travelogue /by allanIt took just about twenty minutes to venture through the line at the border between Greece and Bulgaria and another ten minutes to clear customs and immigrations with another stamp in my passport. I last was in Bulgaria in September 2016, so this crossing doesn’t add another country to my growing list. What it represents, […]
Bulgaria Bound Despite the Tug of Athens and Greece—Onward To Thessaloniki
/0 Comments/in Europe, Greece, Travelogue /by allanLeaving most anywhere always tugs at my heart and mind; it makes me sad. I know I must move and get on with this adventure, but especially here in Athens, I feel a connection, a sense of belonging. I recognize this, but I must temper my mindset and shrug off the feelings. Last night I […]
Athens Captured: Spirit & Food. Friends & Mood.
/0 Comments/in Europe, Greece, Travelogue /by allanTemperatures are soaring here in Athens. Still, I climb the stairs to my third-floor apartment here in Marina Zeas rather than use the elevator. After just three days in the city, I shower several times a day for relief from the heat and to rinse the sweat. George at Vagianelis BMW tells me my bike […]
The Long Flight & Run To Athens—The 2019 Journey of Adventure & Discovery Begins
/3 Comments/in Europe, Greece, North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanMy little cottage in Leucadia is finally organized, and clear of all the stuff, I’m taking to Greece for my Summer Eastern European Adventure. Before embarking on an extended trip, I get a tad anxious. One the one hand, I want to be sure I have everything I think I’ll need, especially those items that […]
Podcast #34 Tamela Rich | Musings, Connections & Highway Kitsch From North Carolina to Oregon & Beyond
/0 Comments/in North America, Podcasts, Travelogue, USA /by allan#34 Tamela Rich | Musings, Connections & Highway Kitsch From North Carolina to Oregon & Beyond Meet Best-Selling Author of “Living Life Full Throttle” and “Hit The Road: A Woman’s Guide to Solo Motorcycle Touring” Tamela Rich I discovered this podcast with Tamela Rich from 2015 that I lost through the cracks in the floor […]
Live Music: Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano
/0 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanLoved the passionate performance by ex-Blasters guitaris Dave Alvin and legendary blues legend Jimmie Dale Gilmore this evening at the venerable Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. They played nearly half of their recent album including a heart-felt cover of the 1960s anthem “Come On People Now.” Always great to see Dave, one of my […]
Old Friends & Old Cars
/0 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanI made some time to visit a best friend going way back to high school. Although Rob and his wife Julia and I live just twenty minutes from each other, I don’t visit him often enough. I’ll see him now and again at family events as I’m good friends with Julia’s sister Angie and the […]