Off Again!

Actually, we’ve been ‘off’ since 4 May … that’s when we left Colorado.

Since then, we’ve been in İzmir, Türkiye. Our primary purpose here is to help mom as she continues her struggle with Parkinson’s.

We don’t normally come during the summer months as it gets oppressively hot. This summer thus far has been no exception. We are trying to survive the summer heat that settled over us like an unwanted cloak almost as soon as the calendar turned from May to June. Thanks to the wall A/C unit we had installed at Mui’s sister’s apartment — our base of operations when we are in İzmir — we are surviving. Being outdoors is definitely a challenge … one that we are hoping will change later today.

Mui and I are waiting for a taxi to pick us up momentarily to begin the ‘travel chapter’ of this trip that will see us exploring Switzerland … with a dip into Northern Italy. In other words, we’re off to seek cooler temps as we explore new-to-us places. Considering the recent heatwave in Europe, however … well, we shall see if the ‘cool quest’ bears fruit.

Another ‘travel chapter’ will follow our CH & IT [Switzerland & Italy] roadtrip before we return to İzmir in mid-September. But that’s for a separate FindPenguins adventure, so I won’t get into it here.

For now, I will leave you with a rough map of our planned bases of operation. Will we stick to the plan? I guess we’ll find out eventually!Read more