Category: Meanderings Abroad
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Road Trip: Paris to Lorgues
As I mentioned in my last post, we took a road trip to break up our drive back from Paris in June. Since I really haven’t seen much of France, it was the perfect chance to stop into, drive through, and explore just a few of the many amazing small villages and lesser known cities…
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Lavender Season in Provence
One of the images that I have always had of the Provence area has been of lavender. Somehow, though, I had completely forgotten about the season and so when my social media started showing pics from others of their forays into the fields to get that quintessential shot, I determined we needed to make a…
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Europe Phase II Part 2a
Bonjour from France again! 🇫🇷 So… the Universe heard my pangs of frustration and loneliness by providing us with our plan of action for Phase II Part 1 and 2. Part 1 Recap I already covered most of Part 1 in the previous post. We ate as a coping mechanism, but thankfully it was only…
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Food & Life in Italy
Well, it’s been less than a week and I’m already missing my friends and wondering when we can move back to France…. Let’s just get the challenges out and cleared. Challenge 1 – The Visa Remember how I said that I’m constantly needing to remember to stay fluid and flexible? Well, the promise of a…
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He’s 50!
We had a number of different variation of how my “old man” would ring in the new decade at half a century years old. However, none of those came to fruition thanks to the changes in COVID-19 (shame it was 20, huh?). Even as it was, we were technically in violation of lockdown rules when…
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Mongolia July 2019
It had been a while since Mom and I had taken a mother-daughter trip, so with life starting to return to normal, we made plans to reinstate them. With lots of options, we decided on Mongolia. Many people gave us quizzical looks respectively whenever we mentioned where we were going as it is not a…
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An Okinawan Holiday
The downside of going back to work and working for a business rather than an academic institution is that vacation days are limited. Add to that other life challenges, makes for a bit of a difficulty in taking summer holidays. However, I’m not at all complaining as life is a far cry (positively) from what…
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So the story begins…(1)
It has now been two months since we left the desert and all that life there encompassed. The last year or so proved to be the most challenging of times because living outside of the bubble, that most expats survive in to convince themselves that being there is worthwhile, causes your eyes to open and…
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Yearly Fujairah Weekend
Ever since we met in 2014 we have taken a yearly trip to Fujairah as a getaway weekend. I remember our first one fondly as it was when we were just getting our hearts around the idea that love was in the air. Each year when we return, we re-connect and re-kindle the flames of…
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Hanami
In Japan, the best seasons are the fall and spring. These are the times of the year when you can be outside and enjoy all that the flora can offer around town. Or, many people take special trips around this time. The spring offers views of the famous cherry blossoms where you can see people…
