Bergen, Norway... and meet Veronica in Charleston!

Locals say, "There's Norway, and then there's Bergen" - and we quickly learned why.

Join your GypsyNesters as we tour this rich-with-unusual-history town on Norway's harbor.

AND enter Bryggen - a city within the city... CONTINUE READING >> 

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C'mon Get Happy! Meet Me in Charleston, South Carolina!

Change is an unavoidable part of being a woman "of a certain age." I'm not taking about THE Change - that's another subject altogether.

I actually prefer the word transition. Change seems too vague, too out of our control, and sometimes too overwhelming.

Our transitions are what define us; how we handle life's crazy twists and turns - and how we choose to come out on the other end.

I'll be speaking in Charleston, South Carolina on October 3rd with two fascinating women, Sharon Becker and Jennet Robinson Alterman about grabbing life's changes by the collar, showing them who's boss, and turning our transitions into happiness... See more about this wonderful event >>

(If you want to get to the meat of the matter -- the where, the when, and directions -- click here for the nitty gritty!)

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New dates!

September

21
3:00 PM ET Gemjin Radio - Authors Corner - Listen Live

October

3
Charleston, South Carolina, WAW Women’s Salon, Charleston Harbor Resort, featured speaker "Being Open to New Directions in Life – consciously choosing 'intentional happiness' instead of loss and sadness at life's transitions" with Sharon Becker and Jennet Robinson Alterman

9-11
Nashville, Tennessee, Southern Festival of Books, featured speakers and book signing - Saturday, October 10th, 12:00 pm, Legislative Plaza Room 12 (Corner of 6th and Union) "Ditching the Daily: Chronicles of Simple Living, Finding Joy, and Letting Go" with Scott Dannemiller and Alex Sheshunoff

Book signing 1:30 at the Signing Colonnade

13
Nashville, Tennessee, Discover Nashville with Viator

23 - November 1
Italy, Sicily Bike Tour with VBT

November

6-8
Emerson, NY, Women at Woodstock, featured speaker and workshop, see why Veronica loves Women of Woodstock so much!

Going Gypsy: One Couple's Adventure from Empty Nest to No Nest at All (find out more) Available from Skyhorse Publishing! Order Now - Wherever Books Are Sold! Also available as an audiobook from Audible.com

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Picture This: Tonic Food & Dried Seafood Streets in Hong Kong

Famous for ancient Chinese medicines, traditional herbal remedies, and tonic foods such as $5,000-per-pound bird's nests, Hong Kong's Wing Lok and Ko Shing Streets are bursting with wonderful oddities.

And trust us, that's the tame stuff!

The life expectancy in Hong Kong is among the highest in the world, so who are we to argue?
Click in to see some truly incredible wonders... CONTINUE READING >>

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Remember that big news we've been spouting off about? The news we were afraid to talk about because we couldn't believe it was actually happening?

Well here it is (drumroll please!):

We have a book coming out! Can you imagine how hard this has been for over-sharing me to not say anything?

 But, before we get into the details, I want to tell you the story about the cover... CONTINUE READING >>

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A Day of Reflection in Nagasaki, Japan

Our day of reflection takes through cherry blossom-strewn, peaceful Nagasaki.

Join us as we stroll through The Peace Garden with its towering Prayer Monument,  wonder at the surviving statues of a church at ground zero of the atomic bomb, visit the epicenter and the Atomic Bomb Museum.

We'll take you back to the day when the clocks forever stopped at 11:02... CONTINUE READING >> 

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Fear Conquering & Snow Skiing

Learning to ski at my age had me worrying about things that a younger person might not have.

What if I plummet over a cliff, break my hip, and die from complications a week later? What if I take a blow to the back of my head from one of those chair ride thingies and end up like an amnesia-riddled soap opera character? What if I end up like Sonny Bono and that horrible tree? What if?

But as a committed GypsyNester, it is my duty to step out of my comfort zone and... CONTINUE READING >>

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Up in the Air in Courmayeur, Italy

Where Italy, France and Switzerland converge sits the fairy tale town of Courmayeur. At the top of Italy’s Aosta valley, high in the Alps, literally in the shadow of Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc, the town has become one of Europe’s premier alpine getaways. Whimsical slate roofed structures are set amid the amazing views of the Dente del Gigante (Giant‘s Teeth).

Somehow David convinced Veronica that going on the Funivie Monte Bianco, a cable car that terrifyingly drags you STRAIGHT UP Monte Blanc was a good... CONTINUE READING >>

Savannah Squared

Savannah is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. Or at least we didn't. But the city is gorgeous and the pace slow, so it seemed like a perfect place to take a little bicycle tour.

We did know that Forrest Gump waited for his bus somewhere in... CONTINUE READING >>

Fear Conquering & Snow Skiing

Learning to ski at my age had me worrying about things that a younger person might not have.

What if I plummet over a cliff, break my hip, and die from complications a week later? What if I take a blow to the back of my head from one of those chair ride thingies and end up like an amnesia-riddled soap opera character? What if I end up like Sonny Bono and that horrible tree? What if?

But as a committed GypsyNester, it is my duty to step out of my comfort zone and... CONTINUE READING >>

The San Francisco Treat

Growing up all we knew about San Francisco was that it was really cool. Eric Burden sang about it, Otis Redding sat on its dock of the bay and it required flowers in your hair if you were going there. Sure Tony Bennett left his heart there but Jimi Hendrix left his guitar, on fire! Well... it's true, it's true, it really IS cool.
We rode the subway under the Bay into town (comforting ourselves with the knowledge that the odds of an earthquake rolling through while we were underground were minimal)... read more 

Fear Conquering & Snow Skiing

Learning to ski at my age adds worries that someone of a younger ilk might not have. As the days grew nearer to hitting the slopes, my nights grew longer and filled with apprehensive dreams. What if I plummeted off a cliff, broke my hip and died weeks later from "complications"? What if I took a blow to the back of my head with one of those chairlift thingys and ended up like an amnesia-riddled soap opera person? What if I end up like Sonny Bono and that horrible tree? What if... read more

Up in the Air in Courmayeur, Italy

From GypsyNester.com

Where Italy, France and Switzerland converge sits the fairy tale town of Courmayeur. At the top of the Italy’s Aosta valley, high in the Alps, literally in the shadow of Europe’s highest peak, Mont Blanc, the town has become one of Europe’s premier alpine getaways. Whimsical slate roofed structures are set amid the amazing views of the Dente del Gigante (Giant‘s Teeth) and the sadly receding glaciers.

One of these remarkable stone roofed buildings is the Hotel ... read more