We are now on our next major leg of our Year of Wander - Australia! It was always our plan to follow the sun a bit on this trip, but at the same time try to optimize for not being in the hottest weather for a given area - so when we were planning our travel in Australia for early Spring, we chose to go north (towards the equator) for the first bit to see Anna’s mom in Magnetic Island and sisters Cal and Rita in the Brisbane area, then traveling south to Hobart to see the rest

Minneapolis Our first stop back in the USA was Minneapolis, as a good friend and colleague of Nick’s was getting married there in October. Our flight from Rome to MSP was uneventful, and we picked up a rental car to use for a week in Minneapolis before the wedding.  Dressed up for the wedding! We rented a cute AirBnB in Lowry Hill / Calhoun Isles neighborhood. The hosts had remodeled a 3 story house with a basement into 4 units, setting them up with amenities well beyond the

Our last two stops in Europe before going back to the USA for a few weeks were in Italy: Tuoro sul Trasimeno for a week, and then Rome...