Ash Wednesday and Lent
Here the latest adventures of three teens enrolled in and All Girls Spanish Speaking Colombian Catholic School experiencing Ash Wednesday and Lent for the first time in Medellín, Colombia.
Find out what this single mama thinks as she gets to see the world through the eyes of her children.
Here the latest adventures of three teens enrolled in and All Girls Spanish Speaking Colombian Catholic School experiencing Ash Wednesday and Lent for the first time in Medellín, Colombia.
We’re back at it again. Well, not quite at it again in the sense of taking off for a year and traveling around the world, but at it again as in I’ve found a country my children are willing to visit without too many complaints. Much to my chagrin I haven’t persuaded everyone to venture …
After an extended break in regards to writing we’re back at it again! Due to the encouragement of friends and truly for the love of sharing what we’re doing, who we’re meeting, and what we’re learning from this world of ours we decided to take another stab and share our story one more time. While blogging fell by the …
So, China with kids has been a little more than I bargained for. This was one country I was really looking forward to. I needed to see the Terracotta Warriors, hike the Great Wall and float down the Li River. I wanted to see the family compounds and experience the vastness that is China. What …
When traveling in Cambodia I decided that we would just take the bus – but I’m speechless. Well, maybe not speechless, I’m not sure I’m ever speechless. Perhaps it’s utter shock. I’ve traveled in developing nations before but somehow the dry, dusty eye opening bus ride from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, Cambodia is leaving me …
We’ve really enjoyed Cambodia. As is common with this type of traveling we’ve met some amazing people. We’ve gained huge insight into a culture we knew very little about. We’ve learned about a horrifying recent historical event that we were embarrassingly ignorant of. Overall, we’ve loved most of our month long visit BUT being scammed …
So it perhaps wasn’t my best parenting decision. As a matter a fact, in terms of safety it’s perhaps a major fail. It’s not the decision I’m most proud of over the past year, truly it’s not something that could have even occurred in any country with a definitive legal system but in a developing …
Please UNESCO, protect this area now. For those of you who haven’t heard of Bagan, it’s akin to Angkor Wat of Cambodia & Machu Picchu in Peru. It lies smack dab in the middle of Myanmar and it’s two thousand plus temples, monasteries, stupas and pagodas are begging for exploration. Really, really cool. In terms …
Two days in and we’re sold on Vietnam. I know very little of this country. Embarrassingly, little actually. Less than a month ago my knowledge of this gorgeous land and it’s people was limited to the lovely woman who gives me pedicures and an uncle who fought in (but never speaks of) the Vietnam War. …
Asia! We couldn’t have chosen a more dramatic contrast to pick back up with our backpacking lifestyle. Dragging our backpacks from the depths of our camper after 5 weeks and trekking through the airport I heard exclamations of “It’s so exciting to travel again” and “I can’t wait to get back to Asia.” Going through my …