Following The Stones

Travel Along

We retired early to save our physical and emotional health. We chose to jump into our Go-Go years with gusto and invite you along our stone pathway. We will bring you authentic information from our lived experiences and hope you find some useful stones for your own life journey.

touching old stones around the world

New this week...

• Happy American Thanksgiving to everyone! Regardless of your location or nationality, we hope you will take a moment to give thanks for something special in your life. We show gratitude every day for the little things in our life on the road.

• Try something new this week on our BLOG post "A Home with a Name". There's an interactive comment section for you.

• Our "Did You Know" Section this week will tell you about gratitude celebrations around the world.

• Last week, in the Would You Rather Quiz, I shared gratitude for my best friend of 44 YEARS! This week, you can share what you're grateful for in the Would You Rather Quiz?

• We are grateful for this journey which you can follow in real time with Google Maps)!

• Last Week's stories, if you missed them, were:

  • 10-Surprising Travel Tools

  • Is Europe expensive?

  • Why Visit Dublin Ireland?

• As always, you can Leave A Stone at the bottom of this page asking us questions about our journey.

A: your continued ability to move and be active in life?

B: beautiful food that nourishes you on this and other days?

C: the amazing people and family in your life?

show gratitude for...

A: a day of play at the ocean

B: a pint and game at the pub

C: a long walk in nature

Last week's Results:
Would you rather take your best friend for...

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Our Live Location

Previously, we outlined a change in our travel plans, and why. We dropped our plan to stay in Alicante, Spain for one month and changed to Malaga, Spain. Then local and national public sentiment in Spain, coupled with a few security incidents in that region caused us to pivot away entirely, for the time being. Further news of large-scale flooding, as has been the case in recent years in that region, also helped confirm our decision as being prudent.

So, our last update stated it was on to Dublin, Ireland after our day layover in Corfu, Greece. We stayed a week in Dublin and will report on that at some point. Hint: Loved It!
We are now in Portugal for a total of 29-days and have over two weeks left here. The Algarve in Autumn is a MUST for any traveler! We have now finalized and solidified the remainder of our trip. It is as follows:

We will depart Portugal November 12th and arrive in Nice, France the same day.
We will stay there until December 10th and then fly to Prague, Czechia for a shorter stay and visits with an old friend.
December 14th we are traveling by train to Budapest, Hungary for a 3 week stay that will take us through Christmas and the New Year.
Jan 4th, we will travel by train once again, to Vienna, Austria for 4 days.
Jan 8th we will fly to England, and will stay a few days in Southampton, a well-known cruise port destination.
On Jan 11th we will embark on the Queen Mary 2, the only remaining Ocean Liner for an 8- day Trans-Atlantic crossing back to the United States.

We decided not to remain abroad for a full year this time for a handful of reasons, not the least of which is checking in with and visiting family. We are 100% going to return to long-term travel once our visits are done and new travel plans are finalized. Destinations? Departure date? Length of travel? Undetermined as of today, and as always, we remain ready to pivot along the way if necessary.

Travel Situation Report -Updated Oct 2025

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Leave a Stone

Throughout history stones have been used for housing, streets, cooking, jewelry, art, and weaponry. When you leave a kind comment on our website, you leave behind a stone for all to see and learn from. Feel free to ask questions, make suggestions, or tell us how much you miss us. Once a kind stone is cast, others can roll your stone along the path by replying to your comment.

Although we are enjoying ourselves completely in this new nomadic lifestyle, we miss our friends and family significantly.

Greg