We’re Moving YET AGAIN!

WRITTEN BY Julie

If this blog had an alternative title, it might be “Don’t Throw Away the Moving Boxes.” Or, “Are They EVER Going to Come Home?” For some reason, it has been a season of moving around these...

09.01.19

July/August 2019 Months in Review

WRITTEN BY Julie

Where We’ve Been Hong Kong: 3 days United States – New York City, Boston, Maine, Indiana, North Carolina: 22 days China – Shanghai: 37 days Highlights Perfectly Paced Trip: We have been making summer sojourns to...

08.22.19

Inn at Little Pond Farm, Valle Crucis, North Carolina

WRITTEN BY Julie

On our recent summer vacation to the US, wherein we indulged and relaxed and soaked up quality time with many of our favorite people, we barely documented a single minute. While we used to snap away during our...

07.01.19

May/June 2019 Months in Review

WRITTEN BY Julie

Where We’ve Been Sri Lanka: Yala National Park, Ella, 5 Days China: Shanghai, 48 days, Henan Province, 4 days South Korea: Seoul, 4 days Highlights Leopards in Sri Lanka: It’s possible that our hopes were sky high...

06.10.19

Two Years Living in China as Expats

WRITTEN BY Julie

Wow. Just, wow. In a blink of an eye, we’ve past our two-year China-versary. That’s a milestone on so many fronts, and it reminds me once again that ‘the days are long but the years are short.’ There is nothing...

05.31.19

One Week in Sri Lanka

WRITTEN BY Julie

Sri Lanka is one of those places where you’ll hear you need a lot of time to explore. When researching our vacation there, we frequently saw articles like, ‘One Month in Sri Lanka Wasn’t Enough!’ or ‘The...

05.27.19

Jackals and Leopards and Bears on a Yala Safari

WRITTEN BY Julie

Our entire recent trip to Sri Lanka was inspired by a single farfetched idea – to see a leopard in the wild in Yala National Park. I don’t know why we have this image in our minds that the only real safaris...

05.16.19

Travel After A Tragedy

WRITTEN BY Julie

We thought about cancelling. On Easter Sunday 2019, a group of religious extremists carried out a coordinated attack in the Colombo region of Sri Lanka, killing over 250 churchgoers and tourists. We watched in horror...