Ginger Without Borders

Blog readers may wonder where we have been for the last few days. Saturday was our last day in Brisbane with a wonderful adventure chasing the humpback whales in Moreton Bay. Dawn was tired and said she was going to bed early but it turns out she had something to watch on the TV (more…

Part One: The SIM card. I realize I promised the readers of this blog to talk about the Vodafone SIM card saga in the last blog, but the successful redevelopment story of South Bank Park took more time and words than I expected. Dawn also wondered why I spent all that time on the history…

Although the kind lady at the desk of the Hotel Diana allowed us to check-in early, we still needed to wait a couple of hours before our room would finish being cleaned. Since we had the time, we decided to do our usual and explore the surrounding area. The desk lady gave us the directions…

In the “old days” of travel, you looked at a map and hoped your maps were accurate. Dawn and I wandered off to some interesting places as a result, including the time in Crete when the “road” we chose ended in an olive orchard in a remote valley. But such adventures are what we enjoy…

This is Dad from Australia (We made it here). As the readers of this blog know from Lena, my passion is string band music, particularly bluegrass. Well, last week I was participating in Raleigh’s biggest economic development event of the year, Wide Open Bluegrass. For a week, I was presenting panels on the business of…