GoNOMAD Earns Global Props
Saturday morning in New England…and I am so glad tobe home. I can’t remember the last time I’ve felt so on top of the world…things are just going right. I have got to make a note of this so that the next time I am in a funk I can […]
Lola Teaches Charlie How to Sell Boots
On the plane I was given a choice of dozens of movies on my seatback screen, and I stumbled onto one in progress that I just loved. It was called “Kinky Boots,” and told the story of a beleaguered shoe factory in Northampton, England facing job cuts due to sagging sales […]
The Long Journey Home Begins
It was hard to sleep because I kept thinking about my six am wake-up call, to begin a very long day of travel all the way back home. I’ve made it and now spend my last minutes at my hotel, the Hotel Weitzer, in Graz, where I’ve slept for six […]
What I Saw as We Glided by
I sat by the train’s big picture windows and watched Austria pass by. In one field, a little pony kicked up its hind legs at a bigger horse when he tried to bite him. Next to the fields were huge bales of hay, all wrapped up in pale white or aqua blue plastic. Neat […]
Bike Trails Abound Because People Want Them
The rain let up today and I finally got out on the mountain bike, for my last day in Kitzbuhel. Kurt arrived at 8:30 with two bikes and we set out from the hotel to Schwarzsee, the small lake nearby. As we rode along the lakeside, ducks too flight, skidding with […]
Rent-a-Bling: It’s the Experience that Counts
The train ride from Kitzbuhel to Graz takes about four and a half hours, so I had plenty fo time to relax. I really looked forward to this time, to write some of my stories, stretch out, and enjoy a nice lunch. I first entered the train too far down, […]
Lagniappes Make the World a Little Better
One of the nicest words I’ve ever heard was shared with me by Kim Foley Mackinnon, with whom I traveled on my first part of this trip to Graz. I told her about how a woman at the cafe who comes in in the afternoons once told me that she felt […]
Watching a Chef Close Up in Kitzbuhel
Tonight I followed the advice of a local, and dined in supreme style at Lois*Stern, a 12-year-old restaurant just outside of the center of Kitzbuhel. It was recommended by Kurt Exenberger when I asked him for his favorite place in town. It’s a cozy little place, serving Asian inspired fish and […]