Before leaving Seoul for Daegu in the south east, a small visit to one market. You’ll find anything you might think about and what you will not think about also. According to the locals, everything is always good for your health…. from Ginseng …
Ginseng….
to any kind of fish
Any swimming thing you like
After that, I tried [...]
There are SEVERAL times each day that I think to myself, “I’ll have to remember to write that in my blog”, but when I actually sit down to do it, forget a great majority of it!
Yesterday was a fairly good day. The kids were a little wild but enjoyable. I taught handwriting in the morning, [...]
Originally, I had planned to spend the night in Brisbane with a sister of one of the girls that rides Karen’s horses. We were going to hit the town in our best party dresses (at least my best one that I had brought), maybe club-hop a bit, and go on a river cruise the next [...]
Small problem….
As you can see, I encountered a “small” problem in the hotel. I could not resist taking a picture of it. The young generation of koreans is not small as one could think they are. In fact they told me the japanese are smaller than them. In the Seoul underground I could see one [...]
Railay… what a magical place. This was the Thailand I had imaged in my head: beautiful beaches, long tail boats, and limestone cliffs jutting out of the sea. The long tail boat travel was again a little hairy but we kept good faith in our boat man. It was a good job we both loved [...]
Ko Phi Phi was stunning. Phi Phi consists of 2 islands: Phi Phi Lee and Phi Phi Don, the latter one being the inhabited island where we were to stay. The tsunami hit Phi Phi in a devastating way, in terms of loss of life and damage to property. Standing on the beach it was [...]
First stop on our Thailand tour - Koh Lanta. We had arrived in low season. This was great for us as not only was the island deserted, the resorts had drastically slashed their prices (the hardcore ones that were still open). Add a negotiating Sup to the mix and you get a bargain
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Planning
We finally arrived at Kyoto, after dragging our baggage through multiple train stations and on a bus. Luckily the owner of our guest House in Tama Plaza gave us a lift to the station there, one problem less to solve. The staff from Fuji is a really nice souvenir, but a pain to transport.Anyway, we [...]
Getting the car tuned up, teeth cleaned and readying myself for the drive to Memphis, and other parts of the south.
My husband and I live in different cities 4 days/wk as he consults for a company in Jersey City, NJ from Monday through end of day Thursday each week. I live and work in Hampton Roads, VA, and have carved out a nice weekly routine between alone time at home and high productivity at [...]