How Learning Chinese Motivated My Study Abroad Year in Austria – Part I
The summer of my sixteenth birthday, the Berlin Wall fell. Okay, not fell. It was taken down stone by bloody stone. Families and friends who'd been separated for far too…
The summer of my sixteenth birthday, the Berlin Wall fell. Okay, not fell. It was taken down stone by bloody stone. Families and friends who'd been separated for far too…
Our little "lion" climbed Mt. Atalaya in Santa Fe, NM today. Back to her Tibetan roots she kept wanting to climb straight up the mountain rather than follow the switchback…
I'm a bit old-fashioned, a traditionalist, if you will. Perhaps it was the time spent with grandparents. People who made decorations, gifts, containers and such with what they had. Homemade…
Wow. August 30th was my last post? There's quite a bit of catching up to do then isn't there? Ok. Here are the highlights: Scotland was magical! Matt played a…
On Wednesday, we leave for Scotland. Matt's playing a wedding at Edinburgh Castle; it's a wow factor when people ask where we're going next on the tour. But, though our excitement…
Independence Day has a double meaning for us this weekend. It is also our declaration of independence to leave behind our stick house for one in perpetual motion. The opportunity…
After nearly twenty hours of hard driving, we made it to Georgia. Late check-in: 3a.m. That eleven hours I mentioned in a previous post? It flew out the window in…
We are on the road! Today's destination: Georgia. We said goodbye to Texas. After Houston traffic and Louisiana thundershowers, we're ready for a smoother drive for the next eleven hours…
In three days, we leave for five months on the road.