What happens when a French girl, a Dutch girl and a Canadian walk into a Congolese aerobics class? We were about to find out! Earlier this week, my friend from Holland asked if I wanted to go to an aerobics…
A Unique New Year’s Eve in France
I’m at a place in my life where I’m okay with not having a wild party on New Year’s Eve (…although I do still believe a big night out every now and then is good for the soul). But even…
Loving Lombok
What a difference six years makes. Six years ago I was on this same beach, with my husband of one week. We lived in Canada; I was an assistant principal, him a geologist, and we were on the trip of…
Becoming my Mom’s Favourite in Lombok
For the last 30 odd years my brothers and I have made jokes about who is our Mom’s favourite, and why. (*Disclaimer-if you ask my Mom she’ll say she has no favourites, but, come on??) Lately, with our family living…
A Trip to the Indonesian Market
When our family lived in France we often spent Sunday mornings exploring the neighbourhood markets, and it grew into one of my favourite things to do. So naturally, I wrote about it and shared my experiences with you I thought it was only…
My Favourite Part of Vietnam
The first time I had ever heard of a ‘junk boat’ tour was when my cousin was telling me about her trip to Vietnam a few years ago. As she told me about her junk boat tour I thought she…
Finding Peace in This Little Piece of Thailand
If you follow along with the stories I share on my blog, you’ll know that on my family’s recent trip to Thailand things didn’t start out as planned. Spending a few days with our daughter in the hospital made for…
The Best Hotel I Never Stayed At
Don’t worry, you read that right. I’m about to tell you about a really great hotel that I never got the chance to stay at, and why. Arrangements had been made for us to stay a BYD Lofts in Phuket…
A Photo Tour of Vietnam
I usually stick to words to share our travel adventures with you. But the truth is, sometimes, a picture really does say a thousand words; or usually fifteen hundred in my case. We recently spent 3.5 weeks touring Vietnam with some friends, and…
Available on Amazon Today: The Kids Who Travel The World-Paris
The day has finally arrived! Remember how I said this book would be released before Christmas?? Well, I had to buy other stocking stuffers for my kids…Indonesian mail system issues. Then I thought that it might be here in time…