Do you know the way to San Jose? While poking around in gift shops on Tuesday we found a postcard of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California which both Meg and Steve had heard about so we opted to drive down early Wednesday morning. It’s a fascinating 160 room mansion built over 38 years without a master plan. Construction was carried on 24 hours a day 7 days a week! The place and the story behind it are fascinating. We toured 140 of the rooms and much of the behind the scenes including the basement! Finished up with lunch and a quiet afternoon at home. In the evening we ventured into Redwood City for dinner at Citrine and tiramisu at La Tartine.
Aboard the Norwegian Jewel we’ve made stops in Cozumel, Mexico and Georgetown, Grand Cayman to explore beyond our previous experiences here. Soon we’ll be making our way to ports we’ve not yet explored in the Southern Caribbean.
What a treat to pause for a BBQ lunch with the locals at Pearl Country Store and Barbecue on US-441 in Micanopy, Florida. It’s a taste of the Florida we remeber from our youth.
By deliberate choice we were in Medina for all the winter holiday festivities from Candlelight Walk in the days before Thanksgiving through A Christmas Carol and A Celtic Christmas as well as an Alex Bevan Concert and a historic house tour all the way through Medina’s 31st Ice Festival but perhaps the highlight was the town hosting hundreds of folks whose homes and lives were devasted by Hurricane Helene at the A Promise of Christmas Event the middle of January. It’s an honor to be a part of this amazing community!
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