On November 1, 2012 we were back for our fifth entire ski season in Vail, CO and our 13th entire ski season skiing somewhere in the world. The snow, when Vail Mountain opened on November 16th, was pretty thin on the ground with only 18 inches of man made snow. By December 12th we were happily skiing on our new snow and really glad to be back at it!
You may remember that after the 2011-12 ski season in May we started our après ski season road trip. Click here to start reading about it; and at the end of each post (really at the end--after the comment box), click "Older Post" to read more. We drove our car (with our bikes) from Vail to San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico, taking a about 6 weeks to do the trip. We had a ball in Mexico and are very glad we disregarded all of the warnings. No one took a second look at us or our fully loaded car. Have a look at all of our Mexican photos by clicking here and by clicking here and by clicking here. On October 1, 2012 we began our one month road trip back to Vail through the national parks of the southwest US. Click here to look at the map with our itinerary on it and and at the end of each post (really at the end--after the comment box), click Older Post to read more about our driving trip.And click here to see the photos of our road trip back to Vail.
You may remember that after the 2011-12 ski season in May we started our après ski season road trip. Click here to start reading about it; and at the end of each post (really at the end--after the comment box), click "Older Post" to read more. We drove our car (with our bikes) from Vail to San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico, taking a about 6 weeks to do the trip. We had a ball in Mexico and are very glad we disregarded all of the warnings. No one took a second look at us or our fully loaded car. Have a look at all of our Mexican photos by clicking here and by clicking here and by clicking here. On October 1, 2012 we began our one month road trip back to Vail through the national parks of the southwest US. Click here to look at the map with our itinerary on it and and at the end of each post (really at the end--after the comment box), click Older Post to read more about our driving trip.And click here to see the photos of our road trip back to Vail.
Audre + Dimitri biking at the iconic rock-Uluru or Ayers Rock, Australia
It all started in 1993 when Audre got a contract for a World Bank project in Indonesia - that was the beginning of our Odyssey or worldwide traveling or vagabond globetrotting... call it what you will (Dimitri likes "global meandering" the best). A year and half later, Dimitri planned a 9-month trip from Jakarta to Istanbul. It was supposed to be just an interlude between contracts. However, six months into that trip, while meditating on top on Mount Sinai, Audre saw the light! A couple of weeks earlier, Dimitri had calculated that we could most probably live on just the appreciation on our mutual funds (without our touching our capital) and had proposed retirement to Audre's initial shock and dismay. So, on Mount Sinai, Audre got the message from above that it is perfectly okay to retire and go traveling throughout the world at 49 (Audre) and 54 (Dimitri). We have been retired and have been global meandering since 1995. See our tab above "About our traveling lifestyle" to read more about how we do what we do.
This blog site was started in 2006 during our 2 1/2 year South American Explorations (click here to begin reading at the beginning of our blogging and keep clicking on "Older Post" at the bottom of each post). Consequently the travelogues about our first 9-month trip from Jakarta to Istanbul, our nine months in Turkey (click here to see the map of our travels through Turkey), our six years in the rest of Europe, our three months in India, our nine months in Singapore, our three months in Phuket, our one year in Australia (although the picture above is of us at Uluru and you can click here to see the summary of our 26,000km Australia Roadtrip in 2004-05), our one year in New Zealand and our three months in Tahiti, will be posted when Audre writes them.
While this blog is still in the process of being created, click here if you want to see all of our photos.
On the left margin is a Table of Contents that lists each place we have lived since 1995. The descriptions of our travels begin with our posts in South America in 2006 (when we started this blog). Before that you will notice most are still "to come." Click here to start reading at the beginning of our travelogues (and keep clicking "Older Post" at the bottom of each post to continue with our travelogues).
If you are foodies, like we are, then have a look at the list of "Restaurant Reviewed by ALEDM Organized by Country and City" also on the left margin. If you click on a city, you will be linked to our blog posting of our restaurant reviews for that city. Enjoy (and send us an e-mail about your experiences)!
And, if you want to do a search for a specific place, topic or a person, use the Search Blog feature that is a box in the upper left hand corner of the screen (from here click "Control - Home" on your keyboard to get to the top of your screen).
At the end of each page of postings, there is a link labeled "Older Post." Clicking on that takes you to the next post in chronological order. Yes, it is counter-intuitive...
In November 2011 we were asked for an interview by Shane who has developed NationalRVParks.com and our interview has now been posted. Click here to read the interview.
While we were in Beijing in the fall of 2010, the China Daily (the largest newspaper in English in China) published an article about our Global Meandering Lifestyle. Our picture is on the front page of the newspaper in the upper right hand corner and the article itself is a full page.
Click here if you read Spanish and want to read an article about us from the El Comercio newspaper in Perú. Even if you can't read Spanish, you might enjoy the photo.
If you are foodies, like we are, then have a look at the list of "Restaurant Reviewed by ALEDM Organized by Country and City" also on the left margin. If you click on a city, you will be linked to our blog posting of our restaurant reviews for that city. Enjoy (and send us an e-mail about your experiences)!
And, if you want to do a search for a specific place, topic or a person, use the Search Blog feature that is a box in the upper left hand corner of the screen (from here click "Control - Home" on your keyboard to get to the top of your screen).
At the end of each page of postings, there is a link labeled "Older Post." Clicking on that takes you to the next post in chronological order. Yes, it is counter-intuitive...
In November 2011 we were asked for an interview by Shane who has developed NationalRVParks.com and our interview has now been posted. Click here to read the interview.
While we were in Beijing in the fall of 2010, the China Daily (the largest newspaper in English in China) published an article about our Global Meandering Lifestyle. Our picture is on the front page of the newspaper in the upper right hand corner and the article itself is a full page.
Click here if you read Spanish and want to read an article about us from the El Comercio newspaper in Perú. Even if you can't read Spanish, you might enjoy the photo.
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