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Supernatural Travel Encounters

Posted on September 4, 20162 Comments

El Convento, Old San Juan — The Hotel El Convento in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

My experience with the ghosts of Hotel El Convento

In 2010 while on vacation in Puerto Rico I had an experience that shook me to the core and I’m going to tell you about it. I haven’t shared this story much; I don’t know why it was hard to verbalize. Many of you might think I’m off my rocker, I am hesitant but at the same time feel compelled to tell this story. I don’t know if it was supernatural or maybe my subconscious reconciling the day’s experiences but whatever it was it spooked me and at the same time had me vibrating with excitement.

Learning Italian or Another Language

Posted on September 3, 2016Leave a comment

Why I decided to learn Italian and how to learn another language

Learning another language as I found out requires a lot of determination, some people have a natural affinity for picking up languages but I found out I don’t!

In June of 2007 for our 20^th anniversary Janet and I, along with my cousin and her husband went on a 16-day cruise vacation through Europe. It began with three days in Rome and ended with a few days in Venice. Prior to departing for our cruise I had decided to take a course on the Italian language.

Psychology of Travel

Posted on August 29, 2016Leave a comment

OMG, yesterday was the one-month countdown to our trip and excitement isn’t what we’re feeling right now!

All of a sudden the reality of a year away is sinking in and we’re feeling stressed, a high level of anxiety, we’re short tempered and mix that with a little excitement we’re powder kegs of emotions- not how we thought we’d be feeling. My brain doesn’t focus either. Yesterday I went to the bank to make a deposit, got a receipt and walked away. I got to my truck and just happened to take another look at my wallet, something was missing. Shit, I left my debit card in the machine. I ran back to the ATM and it was still open- ‘would you like to make another transaction?’ Thank god I didn’t drive off, someone could have cleaned out my account.

The Schengen Visa and how long you can travel visa free in Europe

Posted on August 24, 2016Leave a comment

How Long can you travel in Europe or the Schengen zone visa Free?

What is a Schengen Visa? Many people have asked after hearing about our application to remain in Italy for a period beyond the allowed 90 day stay. Most had never heard of Schengen before and commented ‘how would they know’, ‘maybe you are being too diligent at following the rules’, ‘I never heard of that before’ and asked ‘what could happen if you stayed longer’? Well, big brother knows all and you don’t want to mess around, here’s why;

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