This summer started with me in the Dominican Republic, but quite frankly, in between school and pretty much every adult in my family playing musical chairs with the chikungunya virus (it sounds really scary, but it’s really just LOTS OF PAIN, headaches, and rash), and keeping up with schools, I didn’t take many pictures of […]
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This is also an overdue post, but one worth sharing because a) Thailand is a beautiful, fun country, and b) We are keeping up with our goal of being in a different country (or place new to both of us) for our wedding anniversary (March 31). As such, we decided to spend our 2nd anniversary
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If you’re interested in teaching abroad, this post can help to give you an idea of what an international teaching apartment might look like. This was technically our 2nd apartment in Shanghai, but the first we were able to find and choose on our own. Keep in mind this was in 2014! Technically this update
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Our third week of Christmas break was spent in a small island in Visayas – in beautiful Boracay! This little island has been in the traveler’s spotlight for a while now – and has gotten a lot of buzz in the past couple of years. With buzz comes tourism and development, and with that places
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This school year has been a pretty splendid as far as traveling is concerned. We ventured to Guam and the Philippines for holiday during winter break. This past week or so, during Chinese New Year, we took our first, but certainly not last, foray into Japan – specifically Kobe, Japan. We kept a base out
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Welcome to the Philippines and Manila! Chinese New Year has come and gone. We returned from a wonderful (albeit rather cold) week in Japan that we’ll have a very hard time putting into words. Cameron will be responsible for updating you on that one. Too many cool things. In the meantime, we wanted to continue
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Every country and city has a landmark that everyone visits. It’s that one place that everyone agrees it’s worth going to, regardless of the crowds, or how worn-out by amateur photos it might be. In Guam, that place would be Two Lovers Point. The name Two Lovers Point derives from a Chamorro legend. According to
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Happy 2014! Yes, I know the first month of the year is more than halfway through. Sorry about that! December, in between functions, me subbing more than I expected, Cameron preparing report cards, and both of us preparing to be away from our Shanghai apartment for three weeks, time kind of flew by. So we
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Today on the way back from the grocery store, I stopped by one of the street vendors at the back of our complex. Since they had parsley, I needed some, and the store didn’t have any. What I did have was an expat adventure with groceries! I bent over the parsley, pointed at it, and
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We’ve been silent for a long time. We’re sorry! I thought we’d share a little anecdote of our current “problem” and the problems we’ve run into solving it. One of our expat troubles is dealing with our gas in the apartment. So yesterday we ran out of gas. To get gas (which you use to
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