Sisyphus Reclining

In the beginning, the idea of taking a year off for a restorative, reflective type of extended trip seemed like a dream, which might never come to fruition. The concept was based upon my original Grand Tour in a much less than grand scale, taken after graduation from college and before being drafted at the end of the Korean War. Then, traveling with a college friend for six months throughout Europe with a B-4 bag and a Gladstone cost two of us $900 each. I can still recall two weeks in Majo...