December 21, 2014 – January 5, 2015 This year I received some pretty amazing gifts for Christmas – two of my sisters made the long journey across the States and the Atlantic to travel Europe with me for two weeks. It was … Continue reading
December 5-7, 2014 Lisbon is a hop, skip, and a jump away from Madrid. An ideal weekend getaway when you need a change of scenery. When I visited recently the weather was gorgeous, the people friendly, and the hills steep. Aside … Continue reading
September 24-27, 2014. For some reason, whenever I return to Germany I get this amazing sense of happiness, it gives me that feeling of going home, like I’m going to be hugging my family when I arrive. Albeit, I have never actually … Continue reading
September 20-28, 2014. Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent, Belgium. I’ve fallen in love with yet another country. Or maybe I’m just a believer in the uniqueness that each beholds. It’s been said Belgium is the most boring country in Europe and … Continue reading
April 24, 2014 – May 8, 2014 Bittersweet: Leaving Vietnam. My last iced Vietnamese coffee as I sat in the Hanoi Airport. The ways I love Vietnam are many! It’s a country I was looking forward to visiting for sometime, … Continue reading
April 17-24, 2014 “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson I arrived in Cambodia after four fun-filled and water-soaked days of Songkran in Chiang Mai, Thailand. What an experience! When … Continue reading
March 26 – April 10, 2014 It is a country not to be missed – not for its beauty, but for its ache. When the buffaloes fight it is the grass that suffers. I came across this Laotian proverb on Little … Continue reading
March 9-19, 2014 “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” – Clifton Fadiman A quick introduction to the island off of the coast of … Continue reading
Where do I begin? I planned to have have multiple posts between my first week of teaching and my last, yet here we are! When I accepted my position as a teacher in Thailand for five months it sounded like … Continue reading
“It is very strange that the years teach us patience – that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.” – Elizabeth Taylor Moments of 2013, as they flashed by like the wise said they would. NYE in … Continue reading
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