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Twenty Five Thousand Beach Umbrellas

Today we travel a hundred or so kilometres south east to the town of Rimini on Italy’s Adriatic Coast, and our crowded train suggests half of Italy’s decided to go there today too, April 7, 2014

Rentable apartments seemed to be in short supply when we booked so we’re staying at a beachfront hotel. There wasn’t any shortage of those … seemingly hundreds to chose from. We emerge onto our top floor terrace to see … well that would be an endless sea of beach umbrellas and sunlounges packed onto an also seemingly endless stretch of sand, with scarcely a gap between them for as far as we can see in both directions. If this isn’t home to the world’s largest beach umbrella/sunlounge population I’d like to know what is. They say you can see the Great Barrier Reef from outer space. I don’t remember reading anywhere that you can see the Great Rimini Sunlounge and Beach Umbrella Aggolmeration from up there as well, but I’m sure that’s only because some things are so obvious that no one bothers to write about them.

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Romania, April 2, 2014

If you are considering a trip to Europe, a place that will surprisingly enhance your travel experiences, Romania is the place. I visited my Baltimore Ravens/Annapolis buddy, Dirty Pat and Mrs. Pat when they were in Bucharest doing a yearlong sabbatical in 2019. I spent an enjoyable week there. MSN Explore says: Bucharest is often overlooked as a tourist destination. It's one of the largest cities in the European Union and is growing in popularity with travelers seeking out unique experiences and a destination that's still relatively low in traffic. Bucharest was once nicknamed "Little Paris," and the area has been inhabited for over 2,000 years. It's far removed from the highland mountains that characterize the center of the nation, providing a different kind of experience compared to the rest of Romania.