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Kimberly OLeary
Dec 11, 20221 min read
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, 20224 min read
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 13, 20224 min read
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...
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Kimberly OLeary
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Cruise photos part 2 - Samoa to Sydney, AU
These are the last of the photos from the cruise. I posted a photo album Seattle to Hawaii. I've also posted a lot of the Pacific...
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Kimberly OLeary
Nov 5, 20224 min read
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 30, 20223 min read
Surprising meals in port - Sushi Omakase in Honolulu, Curry in Figi, Vietnamese fare in Nouméa
During our 36-night cruise across the Pacific Ocean, we have stopped in several ports. We've had our fair share of typical port fare -...
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Kimberly OLeary
Jun 20, 20224 min read
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 25, 20222 min read
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....
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Kimberly OLeary
May 16, 20223 min read
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 9, 20223 min read
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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Kimberly OLeary
Apr 25, 20225 min read
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...
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Kimberly OLeary
Apr 18, 20224 min read
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...
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Kim
Mar 14, 20223 min read
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
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Kim
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Travels with My Ukelele
When I was 10 years old, my Aunt Doll bought me an ukelele. I taught myself some basic chords out of a book and learned some songs, and...
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Kim
Jan 29, 20222 min read
Preparing for a Nomadic Life
Top 5 Reasons It's More Complicated than I Thought by Kim More than a decade ago, Paul said to me, “I think we should consider living...
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