Our plans, decisions, and adventures
We have spent two weeks on our own in Chiang Mai, which has given us the luxury of taking things slowly--no need to cram everything into just a few days, as is often the case for visitors here. We have walked much of the old city, tried the food at the night markets and in... Continue Reading →
Preface This post is different because it talks about something that we didn't enjoy very much, which is unusual for us. We signed up for a tour to Chiang Rai because it was on our ideas list for our time in Chiang Mai (likely because I had seen it recommended somewhere). We signed up for... Continue Reading →
We drove to Luzern, about 20 minutes away, and parked under the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Luzern (the Culture and Congress Hall, also known as the KKL). Up the escalators and outside we easily found the large archway that was our meeting place for our Free Walking Tour. Our guide was a future secondary school teacher, and... Continue Reading →
It hadn't occurred to us that we could visit Northern Ireland while we were in Dublin. Without evaluating our options, and with heads filled with outdated media soundbites of violence and strife, I think we had unconsciously assumed that Ireland (south of the border), was the only part of the island that was legitimately open... Continue Reading →
Just left: La Conner, Washington
Now: Bend, Oregon
Up next: Utah
