Am I Really Here?

Not all who wander are lost, but I probably am…

Welcome to my Travelog!

While downloading pictures from my phone today, I couldn’t believe how many folders I have in my 2023 file. My family and I have seen so much already in the short time that we’ve been stationed in Italy, and still we are planning on seeing more. Being so far from home can’t easily relate our travel stories with family and friends, and so I though I’d share them here for everyone who may be interested to read. This blog is, after all, about an Orthodox priest abroad.

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  • Only in Rome is it Possible to Understand Rome.
    I am astonished to be able to say that I’ve been to Rome half a dozen times. With only one exception, however, I’ve never spent the night there. Living in Naples, we are only an hour away by high-speed train and so we’ve made several day trips to the Eternal City, enough that I’m ratherContinue reading “Only in Rome is it Possible to Understand Rome.”
  • So. Much. Art.
    After mom and dad arrived with Keyran, we checked them into their hotel on base and let them rest. We introduced them to Neapolitan pizza from our favorite local restaurant their first night in Italy, but there was little time to adjust before we began the first leg of our Italian Summer Vacation. Our firstContinue reading “So. Much. Art.”
  • A Great Oddity, a City for Beavers*
    When we were preparing for their arrival, Nora and I kept asking my parents what they wanted to do or see while in Europe. We entertained ideas of short trips to other countries—Mom wanted to go to Corfu in Greece—but we all settled on staying within Italy. Less time in transit, more time exploring. WhatContinue reading “A Great Oddity, a City for Beavers*”
  • Family Vacation
    Many of my most cherished childhood memories come from our family vacations. Most every year, for a couple weeks, Mom and Dad would load all four of us into the station wagon with our Coleman pop-up camper in tow and take us on an adventure. Well, for us they were all adventures. Sometimes the tripContinue reading “Family Vacation”
  • It Revs My Engine
    As any boy who grow up in the Midwest, I had friends and family who owned and worked on cars. My uncle Bob owned a garage on the same rural lot as his home, where I spent many of my childhood days in Ohio, and a cousin drove a racing striped Chevy Nova that announcedContinue reading “It Revs My Engine”