We’ve started a new adventure!
After two years back in the U.S. of A., we decided to skip the country again and head over to another tropical urban jungle somewhat closer to home. Check out … Continue reading
Big Red Dot, or A Week En Route
Our journey home to the States included a week stopover in Japan. We of course came with a checklist. Order dinner in a sit down restaurant from a computer screen/vending … Continue reading
Last Days of Saigon
Our last few days in Ho Chi Minh City were spent much like our first few days. Except not at all. The offsprings’ last day of school: (It was free … Continue reading
Our Commute
In case you don’t remember me mentioning it fifteen months ago, we commute to school every morning via two bicycles: The Little Lady rides on the back rack of Sarah’s … Continue reading
Uncollected thoughts and landmarks
As I work on our “what we’ll miss checklist” (stay tuned!), I found some old thoughts/rants which I hadn’t plopped into a post. So in a spirit of late-spring cleaning… … Continue reading
The Final Countdown
It is now mere weeks before our Asian adventure will come to a close so we’re attempting to frantically squeeze all the fun we can from this fair land. Our … Continue reading
Chợ Lớn Photo Tour
During Spring Break Jozsef, Martin and I took a sunrise photo tour of Chợ Lớn, the old Chinese part of Ho Chi Minh City. Our guide Arnaud led us around his favorite haunts, … Continue reading
Only in Saigon
We’re off for Spring Break while Vietnam celebrates Hùng Kings’ Temple Festival as well as Liberation/Reunification Day (though I don’t think the U.S. uses the same terminology). After piling up international vacation … Continue reading
Birthday Bookends
About a month ago we celebrated a couple of birthdays and while some might say that we’re stuck in a rut, we like to think that our kiddos just know … Continue reading
Tà Lài Weekend
For some reason our school decided to give us a four-day weekend; to celebrate we accepted an invitation to join a few other families staying in a longhouse next to Cát … Continue reading
Here today, Saigon tomorrow 