Brian's Comments

I'm not surprise that one of your friends is Marilee. If you hadn't accepted her, you might not be still alive.
Delighted to recognize that handsome young man, Hugh, as he appeared in numerous of your photos. If we hadn't had the pleasure of meeting your family and you at the picnic, I would have had to guess that he was your son. Tell him that pizza looked good. Was it?

Thanks for the comment, Eleanor. Yes, lots of those pictures are from a trip to Italy with my son in March/April of this year. I haven't gotten around to labeling and commenting on them yet. The pizza was his first in Italy. It was a "Margherita" which is just cheese. It was fine, nothing special, though. The food at the farmhouse visit in Umbria was much better. Hopefully, I'll get around to adding that info to the pictures at some point. Hard to find enough time for this fun stuff!

Thanks for your comment - We liked the uneven floors in the building and our ability to adapt to our new surroundings and better understand what he was trying to do...........

You need to get together w/ my husband, Vann Schaffner - who is also in the cafe. He is a bike enthusiast. Loves to bike in CH, as well as anywhere else he possibly can. He did the Lance Armstrong Ride for the Roses a couple of yrs. ago. We have had several really nice rides in Europe.

Hi Brian,

That is the Jungfrau in the background of my picture from Interlaken.

Hi Brian! So good to hear from you! Are you still going to tai chi classes? If so, you know I've gone astray but do go through the form regularly to keep it in my body memory and circulate that chi! As far as Kandersteg, I know that Dennis uploaded a bunch of photos on the website from our trip but I'll have to go through and find some from Kandersteg. So beautiful! Will definitely return some day. Also would love to visit Austria, which I see is your favorite. So many places to go. At the moment I'm at the Jersey shore - Brigantine - at a friend's condo right on the ocean. Am reading and relaxing and enjoying the vibes. I just sold a house in Media ... was thinking of you and Untours through the whole transaction. Best Wishes to You!!! Hope we can keep in touch. The Cafe is a great idea.
- Arlene

Brian ... glad you're still a tai-chier! I look forward to seeing you at the workshop. I'm going Saturday. See you then; enjoy the rest of the summer. BTW, any trips coming up for you?

Hi Brian, thank you for the friends request. Happy to oblige! By the way, are you the same Brian who sent me that message about the Untours Cafe over on my other blog??

Just watched your new videos and the slide show of the pictures you added, Brian. You really captured the spirit of the moment in so many of them. Loved that Swiss cow photo too - that is a real winner! Photos of Sicily make me want to go there; actually, I've wanted to go for a long time but I always love being enticed further. Sending a friend request; think you've helped me out in the past with trip planning....and it was always much appreciated.

The photos are beautiful. You are so fortunate to be able to tarvel. You do what I can only dream of a chance to do one day.

Hi Brian! Haven't been here in so long. How are you? Still traveling, I see, and are you still going to tai chi classes? I've been trying to keep up at home but didn't do much all winter. Now that the weather is more agreeable I'll be able to get back outside on my patio and tai chi away!

Glad you're still a tai chier. I've just gotten out of the winter no-tai chi slump and remarkably remembered the form pretty well! Whenever I got stuck I just shut off my head and found my body memory knew it all. Amazing. I love it. Unfortunately our investment losses will probably preclude a trip we were hoping to make to Paris this year sometime in celebration of our 20th wedding anniversary ... but, maybe we will be able to pull it off. The real estate market is down, as you know doubt have heard, so we have to take it easy on extras. Did I tell you, though, that we visited friends in Hong Kong and then went with them to their villa in Bali? This was last September. Aside from airfare there was little expense to us as we stayed with them. How about you ... where've you been?