Dear All,We told the Divine Ms. O that we have been guessing what she will do next to which photo. She came up with this. Don sure looks happy. And it's not far from the truth. And no, we didn't guess this one.

Dear All,Don and I climbed up the church tower to get an overall view of Sibiu. The inside of the tower looked like something from a movie set; it would never be allowed in the States - wonderfully risky. You can see some

Dear all,After the opening, Ron and Darlene took everyone out for drinks and a fairly large group out for dinner.   We had plates of different sausages, cheeses, some great vegetables and salads, and one Romanian delicacy, which only a few of the Romanians

Dear all,It is a miracle that The Missing Peace happened at all in Sibiu. A couple weeks before we were scheduled to go on our trip, we got an email from Darlene Markovich, one of the organizers of the exhibition, that the director

The Divine Ms. O just came out with the new, improved version. We have often projected ourselves into those wagons as we drive by. It rains a lot here, and many of the roads are beyond bumpy. The poor horses and drivers of

Hi friends and family,For those of you who are asking, we will be getting to the opening soon, probably in the next installment. It is a long and pretty amazing story.Brasov, where we just left (in our emails), Sighisoara, where we are going

Hi friends and family,These exotic names in the title are all locations in Romania. We have had 2 additional "taxi" drivers in Romania, both were on the very dull side, both were named Igor; you know the type. The first one we ended

Oh, I knew I shouldn't have eaten those pancakes on top of the schnitzel, the goulasch and the stuffed cabbage. And why did I drink all that palincka? Burp.(Photo credit: Ms. Deborah O)Love,Erap.s. Can you read the letters on the umbrellas? They say

Good-bye, Budapest.Went to one of the owner's favorite cafes for breakfast: 2 cappucini and 2 very tasty cheese croissants. Total bill: less than $5.We got into a cab and were whisked to the Ferigheny Airport. Luckily, no traffic. The traffic can be brutal

Dear friends and family,For those who were not sure, that was not Don practicing for a new vocation upon a move to Venice; that last photo was produced through the amazing Photoshop skills of our friend, the mysterious Ms. Deborah O.We agree with

Dear friends and family,We thought we were incognito, but our friend, Deborah O., unbeknownst to us, managed to get this shot of Don playing gondolier.Love,Era and Aldo (what the Italians call him)

Dear friends and family,Venice is fairly unchanged in the last 10 years (we have been back at least one time since) and we don't really remember too well what it was like 30 years ago, except that it was shabbier and more smelly.