When a tornado struck Rochester, the Franciscan Sisters joined Dr. William Worrall Mayo and his sons, Will and Charlie, in caring for wounded survivors. Mother Alfred Moes envisioned a hospital. “With our faith and hope and energy,” she told Dr. Mayo, “it will succeed.” The Mayos and their colleagues created a new way to practice medicine: teams…

This is one of the foremost expressions of creativity at Mayo Clinic…a dramatic example of the art of giving and the giving of art.  Thirteen chandeliers weighing 6,000 pounds  comprised of 1,375 pieces of blown glass.  Fragile yet commanding…Fluid yet fixed…this work expresses Mayo’s commitment that art plays a vital role in the healing process….

I know all of you have been anxiously awaiting our 3 month adventure in Europe and so have we.  However, we’ve postponed that until next spring for a different kind of adventure and we’ve decided to invite you along.  This morning we packed our bags and headed out on an 1150 mile trip to Rochester,…

William and I have been to Charleston many times so on this quick one day trip we skipped the Waterfront Park and the Magnolia Plantations to visit more out of the way places of interest.  We began our adventures this morning in James Island at McLeod Plantation.  McLeod Plantation was built on the riches of…

One of the first questions that William and I get is  Where do you stay when you travel? We elect to stay with the people and not in large hotels.  We love using Airbnb!  Here we can stay, play, discover, find unique homes, experiences and local guides for our trips. In Trinidad we found a lovely…

For our last day in Cuba we decided to go to the mountains to see  Topes Sendero Vegas Grande or as we called it The Great Valley of Death.  Our taxi driver took us up the short but  very steep road into the mountains and stopped at the top where there was a look out…

We seem to have a knack of finding the best airbnb’s when we travel.  Casa Novoa in Trinidad is the most amazing Casa.  Georling, his wife Yoanis, and their children Daniel and Evenlin are such a friendly family and are pleased to have us share their home.  They are fluent in English, Italian, and of…

Our collective taxi, one that would pick us up and then “collect” others to ride with us, was scheduled to pick us up at 2:00 PM for our transportation to Trinidad.  We had plenty of time to continue to explore Old Havana.  The streets were alive with people so we snapped several pictures to share…

On our third day in Cuba we left our little apartment with the intention of only strolling around the streets.  We find it easiest to find our way around Old Havana by using the Malecon as our reference so we walked down the Malecon to the Old Harbor.  We saw lots of the old wall…

One of the most iconic things in Cuba are the old American cars.  I knew I would see some but I had no idea how many I would see.  They were everywhere.  Actually, they are everyday driving cars.  Most all of them are taxis.   At one time China offered brand new cars to replace…