ski week
Each year the kids get one week of in February off for a week of skiing. Last year we were stoked to just be home and continued getting settled. This […]
Category Archives: Travel
christmas travels
Yes, we are those crazy people who have three small children and decide to fly them across the world over Christmas break to be with our family. First of all, […]
The Divonne Sunday Market and Yvoire, France
This was the first Mother’s Day I spent with my mom is years.
a girls’ weekend in paris
First and most importantly I need to thank my BFF, Rachel, and her awesome husband for making this weekend totally happen without the stress. Patrick was going to hang with the […]
a look at two 20% hardship posts
Manila is 20% hardship, Yaounde is 20% hardship. Having lived in both places, I think I know what the reality is between the two posts. Yes, people have to leave […]
bangkok
Back in April we finally left the Philippines. It’d been 9 months since we’d left that country! That’s the longest I’d ever been in one place without traveling outside a […]
phuket
After spending a few nights in Bangkok we flew down to Phuket to meet up with some good friends we lived with in Yaounde. We caught our shuttle from the airport […]
buri resort and spa take 2
My very dear friends, Lorraine and her daughter Elise, came to visit us during Lorraine’s spring break from teaching. (Yes, I wrote this back in March and I’m just getting […]
baguio round 2
Again, I wrote this back in January… Here are the specifics for our drive this last time: 5:00 PM Leave Embassy 6:15 PM FINALLY get onto NLEX (6 miles away […]
corregidor
My mom left Manila on February 4th and my in-laws arrived February 6th. It was really nice to have them come right after my mom left to soften the blow […]
A Diplomat's Wife 