RING BUMP adventures
Fun stories.
Hard lessons.
Shenanigans.
Ciao! We are Steve and Dawn. We didn’t want to rot in place in retirement so we took a bold step. RING BUMP. We sold everything and moved to Italy. RING BUMP. Our goal was to travel throughout Europe without suffering jet lag. It wasn’t easy. But it WAS worth it. RING BUMP. Then things went south …
We were …
Living in Italy
We are now …
Back and Traveling in the USA
On January 22, 2022 we celebrated our six year anniversary of living in Italy. We had so many adventures! Then the Tyrants took over and started flexing their muscles, bullying people, and lobbing missiles. Naturally, we hightailed it out of there.
Thus begins a new chapter. You’ll be seeing some changes soon. As always, we hope our stories will inspire you to dream big and live a magical life.
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LatestYou never bark alone in Barc-e-lona
You never bark alone in Barc-e-lona Mom and Dad settled in for a nap. They had been gone for a long time. I snuggled with them straight away. Naps are the best! When they woke up they talked about going out for food. *sigh* I...
Germany
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Going to get Rolland
We’d been planning this part of the trip for two years. As with everyone, we were shut down and our 2020 plans were shut down.
Barcelona, On the Lam, Spain
LatestYou never bark alone in Barc-e-lona
You never bark alone in Barc-e-lona Mom and Dad settled in for a nap. They had been gone for a long time. I snuggled with them straight away. Naps are the best! When they woke up they talked about going out for food. *sigh* I...
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LatestYou never bark alone in Barc-e-lona
You never bark alone in Barc-e-lona Mom and Dad settled in for a nap. They had been gone for a long time. I snuggled with them straight away. Naps are the best! When they woke up they talked about going out for food. *sigh* I...
Steve’s Cave Man Cave Corner
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Why a car?
We decided that renting a car and driving ourselves whenever and wherever we pleased was the best choice of transportation for the type of trip we were planning.
Italian Living, Italy
LatestThe Locked Out and Locked Down Blues
The Locked Out and Locked Down Blues It’s been a rough two years, hasn’t it? Here in Italy, they have a tyrant masquerading as a Prime Minister. It just keeps getting worse. Especially as many countries are now opening up. You...
How we did it
RING BUMPing started so many years ago we don’t rightly remember.
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Hello world!
Welcome to our blog. People often asked us to write our stories …
Read MoreYou never bark alone in Barc-e-lona
You never bark alone in Barc-e-lona Mom and Dad settled in for a nap. They had been gone for a long time. I snuggled with them straight away. Naps are the best! When they woke up they talked about going out for food. *sigh* I...
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Freedom is an art
Freedom is an art Barcelona prides itself on its artists and architects. The City has a singular...
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Art, hats and sore backs
Barcelona is magical. Great food. Great wine. Great art.
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Well we’ve never been to Spain but we kinda like the freedom
Being locked down sucks. Being locked out is coercion. “Homey don’t play dat,” as the old saying goes.
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