Mike and Sandy Living New Experiences

Author: Mike

  • Exploring Cologne

    Mike

    Reading Time: 5 minutesOur first few days in Cologne have been pretty busy and we expected that to be the case.  Tuesday started with the grocery store.  As usual, it’s not a fast process.  The majority of items require translation on our part to make sure we are buying what we think we are buying. … Read more

  • Arrivederci, Italy

    Mike

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    Reading Time: 5 minutesNo foolin’ – this evening finds us in the beautiful town on the Rhine that we English speakers call Cologne.  In German, it is Köln.  But first, a quick rundown of our last couple of days in Milano. Saturday was a day in our home neighborhood of Assago.  We went for a… Read more

  • Milano, Italy

    Mike

    Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’ve made our way to the penultimate stop on the Memento Mori World Tour – Milan, Italy.  Our first three days have included a little sightseeing, normal everyday living stuff around the apartment, and the first of two shows here.  We made our way here by train from Torino – took just… Read more

  • A Few Days in Torino

    Mike

    Reading Time: 5 minutesWe are wrapping up our time in Torino.  We can say that we like Torino, but it’s ok that it’s time to move on.  Torino is the fourth largest city in Italy and while the population is a little short of one million, it does have a smaller feel.  It seems to… Read more

  • Last Days in Bilbao and Hello, Torino

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    Reading Time: 7 minutesOur time in Spain has come to an end and we have made our way to Torino, Italy – next stop on the Depeche tour.  After our day in Bilbao on Tuesday, we decided on a very relaxing day in Getxo.  I wanted to get a postcard in the mail so we… Read more

  • The Guggenheim and Casco Viejo

    Mike

    Reading Time: 4 minutesToday was Starbucks day and our main day for the center of Bilbao.  After bananas and cereal, we took the metro in and spent about an hour at Starbucks, each of us getting our usuals – Sandy, chai tea latte and me, hot chocolate.  We had about an hour before our assigned… Read more

  • We’ll Be Back, Madrid

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s our last night in Madrid and we’ve just had a fantastic time here.  Hopefully once the Depeche tour is over we will slow our pace down a little bit but for now, we are trying to see and do the highlights of these great cities with the compressed time we have. … Read more

  • The Spot It Began, Versailles, and Hello, Madrid

    Mike

    Reading Time: 6 minutesWe’ve arrived in Madrid, Spain and love our first apartment that we officially call home (for a week, anyway).  But I’ll backtrack to catch up on the last few days – starting with the day of the second Depeche show in Paris.  It was a Tuesday and more drizzly weather with temperatures… Read more

  • The Louvre

    Mike

    Reading Time: 5 minutesAlthough today included our first Depeche show in this final leg of the tour, I think this journal entry will border on trip advisor versus our personal journal.  The experience just lends itself to that.  I mean it’s the Louvre, after all. We started the day by taking the metro over to… Read more

  • It’s Movie Day in Paris

    Mike

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWith excitement, we woke up to our first full day of our new life.  Sandy has a longstanding routine of spending time at Starbucks on Friday mornings.  It was Friday, so we went to Starbucks for a chai tea latte and a hot chocolate.  It was shaping up to be another drizzly… Read more