Kimberly OLeary
Christchurch (Ōtautahi): the Resilience of Community
In 2011, the New Zealand city of Christchurch (Ōtautahi) experienced a magnitude 6.3 earthquake, killing 185 people and destroying...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Mar 18
- 7 min
Intercultural Communication can be a Challenge, Even When You Speak the Same Language!
We all know that communication if a two-way street. When you’re in a country where English is not the primary language, you expect to...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Mar 11
- 7 min
Riding the Rails, Kiwi-Style – a great way to see Beautiful New Zealand!
Paul and I have been to New Zealand several times, and we’ve visited some incredible spots in the past. Between 2015 and 2018, we had...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jan 22
- 5 min
A Year of Discovery - the Rocinantes' first anniversary
On January 30, 2022, Rocinantes on the Road published our first article. What a ride it has been. It's been a year since we started our...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jan 8
- 13 min
Home is not a place, it's a feeling - how we select lodging
This seems like a good time to reflect on the housing we chose during our first year of nomadic life. We started these adventures in...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Dec 30, 2022
- 6 min
Because There’s No Plate Like Chrome for the Hollandaise! Christmas in Australia
A lot of people have asked me how we could spend so much time away from home, especially over the holidays. Like everything else about...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
Top 10 Reasons Why We love Melbourne!
We've been back in Melbourne for almost a month and are enjoying every day. We've had some time to reflect on what it is we love so much...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Nov 28, 2022
- 4 min
Melbourne - Home Again
Travel is the gift that keeps on giving. The more you travel, the more at home you feel all over the world. So even though we were...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Nov 6, 2022
- 4 min
Serta Mulia - Honor, Respect, & Gratitude to ms Westerdam's Staff
We are nearing completion of our first long cruise. We have spent the past 35 nights on board the ms Westerdam, a Holland America ship,...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
Cruise photos (Seattle to Sydney via South Sea Islands) - Part 1: Seattle to the Hawaiian Islands
We boarded the Holland American line ship Westerdam in Seattle, Washington, USA on October 2. We left the port of Seattle and headed for...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Oct 24, 2022
- 5 min
3/5 of the way there: impressions 22 nights into our 36-night cruise
We boarded the Holland America ship Westerdam 22 nights ago, on October 2, 2022. Generally, we have been very pleased with this voyage. ...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Sep 19, 2022
- 4 min
More than Beer in a Boot & Cheese Curds! Dining in (& near) Wisconsin Rapids
I have to confess, when we first realized we'd be spending a couple of months in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, we had low expectations for...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Sep 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Benefits to Living a Nomadic Life When Best-Laid Plans Go Awry
When we embarked on our nomadic life, we knew we would be planning six months or so into the future at any given time, and we would have...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
Seattle! July 25-August 17, 2022
The Rocinantes reunited in Seattle, Washington in what was supposed to be a two-month stay. We booked an Airbnb in a very nice...
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jul 18, 2022
- 8 min
Back in Home Base Part 3: Answering the Question, "What Draws You to Travel Mostly Outside the U.S.?
Senior nomads discuss why they prefer to travel outside the United States.
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jul 10, 2022
- 4 min
Back in Home Base: Part 2 - With a Little Help from my Friends (travels with my ukelele)
What it's like to be a good friend, and to catch up when back in home base
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Kimberly OLeary
- Jun 20, 2022
- 4 min
The “Business” of Being Back in Home Base (back in Home Base Part 1)
All the "stuff" we need to do while back in home base....
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Kimberly OLeary
- May 16, 2022
- 3 min
Why are the Finns the Happiest People on Earth? Appliances!!
We came to Helsinki early in May to visit our friend and former exchange student, Irena. I didn’t actually know much about Helsinki or...
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Kimberly OLeary
- May 16, 2022
- 4 min
Helsinki (May 5-May 29, 2022)
picture of Helsinki (and Stockholm and Tallin)
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Kimberly OLeary
- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
Paris–you loved me, I fell in love with travel, & now I see “La Vie en Rose" (travels with my uke)
A return to Paris after 40 years, and why I wanted to travel full-time
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