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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...
Kimberly OLeary
Dec 11, 20221 min read
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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...
Kimberly OLeary
Nov 28, 20224 min read
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Now that We're Back "On the Road Again", Where do we go from here?
In some ways, the past 4-5 months have felt like a holding pattern. We launched our nomadic life in January, bouncing around Europe...
Kimberly OLeary
Nov 13, 20224 min read
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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,...
Kimberly OLeary
Nov 6, 20224 min read
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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...
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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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. ...
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 24, 20225 min read
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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...
Kimberly OLeary
Sep 19, 20224 min read
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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...
Kimberly OLeary
Sep 12, 20224 min read
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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...
Kimberly OLeary
Aug 29, 20223 min read
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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.
Kimberly OLeary
Jul 18, 20228 min read
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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
Kimberly OLeary
Jul 10, 20224 min read
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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....
Kimberly OLeary
Jun 20, 20224 min read
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Four Springtimes in 1 Year - Primavera, Spring, Printemps, Kevät (travels with my uke)
Travel creates opportunities to experience Spring 4 places, and Finnish folk song about Spring....
Kimberly OLeary
May 25, 20222 min read
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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...
Kimberly OLeary
May 16, 20223 min read
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Helsinki (May 5-May 29, 2022)
picture of Helsinki (and Stockholm and Tallin)
Kimberly OLeary
May 16, 20224 min read
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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
Kimberly OLeary
May 9, 20223 min read
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In Foggy London Town the Sun was Shining Everywhere (learning to love London) [Travels with my Uke]
In the 1937 movie, "Damsel in Distress", Fred Astaire's character sings, "A Foggy Day (in London Town)" to describe his initial feelings...
Kimberly OLeary
Apr 25, 20225 min read
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There But for Fortune: nomadic travel during times of crisis (Travels with my Ukelele)
When you’re traveling overseas during a time of world crisis, it feels different: You feel the privileges of your life very keenly You...
Kimberly OLeary
Apr 18, 20224 min read
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“Uma Casa Portuguesa” – saying “Thank you” to people we met in Portugal (Travels with my Ukelele)
Kim sings Fado on the ukelele
Kimberly OLeary
Mar 28, 20224 min read
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Rotten Liquor- Solving a Family Musical Mystery (Travels with my Ukelele)
Family singing and a song written by a gay nightclub singer in the 1930s

Kim
Mar 14, 20223 min read
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