Travels

2024

san diego – january
sarasota – february
madrid – march + may
valencia – march + april
mallorca – april
croatia – may
long island – july
faroe islands – august
london – september
puglia – september
matera – october
rome – october
mosel valley – october

2023

san diego – january
orlando + disney world – february
richmond – april
northern italy – april
nc mountains – may
long island – july
wisconsin – august
chicago – august
oak island – september
brooklyn – september
bordeaux + rugby world cup – september
castilla y león – september
seychelles – november
willamette valley – december

2022

florida – february
nc mountains – april
washington dc – april
valencia – may
hilton head – may
pacific northwest – june
long island – july
florida – september
poland – september
nc mountains – november
euro christmas markets (london, ghent, bruges, lille) – december

2021

— COVID-19 vaccine! —
florida – april
outer banks – may
long island – july
nc mountains – august
willamette valley + oregon coast – september
new hampshire + maine – october
chicago – december

2020

london – january
grand cayman – february
— COVID-19 —
long island – july
chicago – september
nc mountains – october

2019

san diego – january
dallas – february
portugal – march
namibia – may
cape town – may
long island – july
japan – october
seoul – october
patagonia – november
willamette valley + portland – december

2018

london – january
dublin – january
rome – march
naples – march
scotland – april
london – may
nc mountains – may
long island – july
london – july
alsace – july
luxembourg – july
portland – september
asheville – october
southern spain – november
florida – december

2017

malaysia – january
london – february
bologna – march
florence – march
rome – march
scotland – april
chicago – may
calgary + banff – september
minneapolis – september
paris – october
pacific nw – october
shanghai – november

2016

vietnam – february
oman – april
abu dhabi – april
boston – may
london – may
iceland – may
portland – august
northern spain – september
asheville – october
new zealand – november

2015

san diego – january
hong kong – february
new Zealand, south island – march
new zealand, north island – march
sydney – march
scotland – april
london – may
‘s-hertogenbosch – august
amsterdam – august
utrecht – august
yellowstone np – september
seattle – october
istanbul – october
beijing – november

2014

san diego – january
toulouse – february
london – february
sonoma co – february
milan – march
parma – march
granada / malaga – april
bali / lombok – may
copenhagen – july
malmo – july
los angeles – august
long island – august
albuquerque / santa fe – october
toulouse / bordeaux – october
london – october
vienna – december
taipei – december
belgium – december

2013

hong kong – january
melbourne – january
brisbane – january
singapore – january
sonoma, ca – february
curacao – march
new york  – april
nashville – april
budapest – april
montreal – may
edinburgh – may
berlin / toulouse – july
cologne – august
canary islands – august
berlin / potsdam – september
portland, or – september
tampa – september
austin – october
vienna – november
prague – november

2012

san diego – january
barcelona – january
london – february
chile – march
denver – march
israel – april
long beach, ca – july
british columbia – august
tallinn – september
helsinki – september
chicago – october
asheville – october
belgium – november

2011

san diego – january
st.lucia – february
sonoma – february
chicago– march
washington dc – march
madrid – april
bruges, brussels, antwerp – april
st louis – may

long island – july
chicago – july
amsterdam – august
kauai – september
chicago – september
anchorage – september
tahoe – october
phuket, chiang mai, bangkok – december
hong kong – december

2010

san diego – january
puerto rico – february
bruges – march
brussels – march

barbados – april
dominica – april
cancun – june
yosemite national park – september
blowing rock nc – october
seattle – october
salzburg – november
munich – november
chicago – december

2009

st martin – february
potsdam/berlin – march
napa valley / san francisco – april
seattle – june
peru – september
asheville – september
bratislava, slovakia – november
vienna, austria – november

2008

zürich, switzerland – february
san diego – february

san francisco – may
colorado – may
paris, france – june

barcelona, spain – june
upstate ny – june
portland – october
ireland – november

2007

london – january
miami beach – march
shanandoah valley, virginia – may
southwest national parks – may
nova scotia – june
montana/glacier national park – august
curaçao – october
niagara falls/finger lakes wineries – december

2006

southern california – march
washington dc – april
tempe – may
kansas city – june
sweet briar, va – june
jacksonville – july
south africa – december

2005

waterfall weekend along blue ridge parkway – may
cold spring harbor – may
portsmouth, norfolk, virginia beach – june
tucson – june
seattle – july
madison – august
blacksburg – august
snowbird, utah – october
virginia wine and waterfall weekend – october

2004

chapel hill, nc – february
waterfall hiking – february
south africa – march
washington DC – april
waterfall weekend in highlands, nc – may
penn state road trip – june
los angeles – august
orient beach state park – august
fayetteville, nc – september
hanging rock state park – september
philadelphia – october

2003

black rock mountain state park – february
florida – march
cancun – may
savannah – june
seattle – august
chicago museum campus – september
vogel s.p. & waterfalls – october
russell-brasstown scenic byway – october
south carolina camping & waterfalls – november
orlando – november
new york city at christmastime – december

2002

florida – march
new orleans – april
helsinki – june
kangaroo conservation center – august
montana – august
watson mill bridge state park – september
florida – october 2002
tallulah gorge state park – november
asheville – november
charleston – november

2001

florida – march
hawaii – our honeymoon, september

fashionable in Paris

cheers from Cap La island in Bai Tu Long Bay!

heart rock @ Cable Bay
Eric @ Oxbow Bend
traveling with Hello Kitty
Eric in a doorway
Eric with the snow
me in front of the Twelve Apostles
Eric with his favorite red mountain
Sirocco
posing in front of Miscanti Lagoon
up close and personal
Leandra and Riesling
us at dinner @ Shiri Bistro

Our Itinerary

2025 Trips

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina (Feb)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)

2024 Trips

San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Long Island, NY (July)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Puglia, Italy (Sept)
Matera, Italy (Oct)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Mosel Valley, Germany (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
London, UK (Dec)
Manchester, UK (Dec)