On My Thai Bookshelf
Our stay in Thailand began with a week in Bangkok, then a week on the island of Koh Samui, and now a month in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. The only real book collection I’ve encountered at any of the places we’ve stayed was at the house on Koh Samui, but the owner of that house is German, and so were all of her books.
So This Is Christmas
This isn’t the first time I’ve spent Christmas outside the US, but it still took me a little bit off guard this year.
Visiting the USA
Maybe we just weren’t gone long enough? Maybe we just heard too many warnings. But our first time back to the US after 6 months of nomadic travel was… not strange at all.
Let’s Go to the Post Office in Thailand
The only remotely tricky part of sending postcards from Thailand was the drive to the post office, everything else was a breeze.
Bangkok, Thailand: First Time Visitor
I don’t know what I expected but… other places we’ve visited in Asia, China, India, Japan…those visits did not prepare us for Bangkok.
Baño, WC, Tuvalet, Aseo?
Even after you figure out how to ask for the bathroom, you never know what you may find inside!
Around the World in 180 Days
I have to start this off by recognizing the incredible, absolutely incredible amount of privilege we have been graced with in being able to have experienced this adventure. Yes we made significant sacrifices in order to make this happen, but being healthy enough, wealthy enough and fortunate enough to possess a passport that was welcomed by the places that we visited are all paramount to having made this possible. Not to mention the incredible facebook communities that helped us to learn and plan this journey of a life time.
Transatlantic Cruise on the Celebrity Apex
Ok, I was kind of dreading it. I know people who *love* them. Nothing about them has ever been appealing to me. Thousands of people in a floating hotel which also has a shopping mall, and a Casino inside! It just sounds like a nightmare.
Favorites of Seville
We spent a little over three weeks in Seville, Spain between September and October. We didn’t do a lot of research and really had nothing planned except to relax after having walked the Camino de Santiago. We didn’t know what we’d be up for after such a potentially challenging trip so we kept our plans loose