• Nice, France

    Mon dieu… Nice, France. Quelle beauté! Our love of France deepens with each day we spend here. We arrived one week ago, planting ourselves for a one-month stay to experience

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  • Our World Cup Experience

    When we arrived in Doha for the World Cup last November, it was with few expectations of what the week would hold. I had intended to blog daily with updates

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  • FIFA World Cup

    Doha Introductions

    We land in Doha on Sunday evening as the sun sets in a dusty orange glow. Transfer to the hotel complex is seamless, and Ansar (Sri Lanka) helps us navigate

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  • MAD-DOH-IST-MLA

    Surprise! Pack your bag and get yourself to the virtual jet. We’re off to the World Cup and more! It has been months… 11 long months… since I last posted.

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  • Night Train to Sa Pa, Vietnam

    March 30th, 2021 You’re in for a treat today. We’ve landed the magic carpet in Sa Pa, Vietnam for a virtual visit to the weekend market. I originally posted this

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  • Rim to River to Rim

    October 10th, 2020 We’re out of bed at 4:30 a.m., dressing in layers and stuffing the last few necessities in our backpacks. Do I really need my headlamp? I’ll take

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  • Doors and Windows of Cuba

    Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you

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  • By Horse Cart Through Bagan

    Re-post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you

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  • Tiger’s Nest, Bhutan

    Repost of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you

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  • A Love Letter to Asia

    Arriving with a scaffold of expectations doesn’t help if you’re setting sail on an ocean of possibilities. I learned that lesson the hard way when I moved abroad the first

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Posts of the Day

Travel

Island Escape

August 25th, 2020 After yesterday’s final excursion in Taiwan, let’s fly the magic carpet to a tropical island escape. Hopefully our landing will be a

Culture

Nice, France

Mon dieu… Nice, France. Quelle beauté! Our love of France deepens with each day we spend here. We arrived one week ago, planting ourselves for

Photography

Nice, France

Mon dieu… Nice, France. Quelle beauté! Our love of France deepens with each day we spend here. We arrived one week ago, planting ourselves for

Road Trip!

Pando

October 16th, 2020 Yesterday after our hike into the slot canyons, we departed at 5:00 p.m. and drove north from Grand Staircase-Escalante on Utah’s Highway

Exotic Destinations