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Category Archives: Adventures
Out of My Comfort Zone
We’re at a point with The Cuties where they are old enough and curious enough that we are regularly trying new things as a family. And me? I’m not really a swing from the seat of your pants, try new things, daring kind … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged comfort zone, fears, helmet, new hampshire, parenting, snow, snowmobiling, Thailand, white mountains, zipline
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To Japan, With Love, Part Two
So the packers are here. And just like that, our home in Tokyo is becoming bare and generic and filled with boxes and suitcases and all the undeniable signs that we really and truly are getting on the plane and flying … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged adventures, asia, Expats, friendship, girls, goodbyes, japan, lantern, light, moving, packing, sayonara, suitcases, tokyo
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To Japan, With Love, Part One
In March of 2011, I awoke in my comfy house in Connecticut to read of the Great Earthquake in Tohoku and the devastating tsunami that followed. It was all we read in The New York Times for weeks on end, and … Continue reading
One Last Trip Before We Go-Go
The clock is ticking down on our time here in Japan {sniff! sniff!} and with it will end the constant travel we have enjoyed so much. However, we felt we would be remiss if we left Japan without visiting Hiroshima, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Travel
Tagged a-bomb dome, cenotaph, children's peace monument, cranes, ferry, hiroshima, itsukushima, japan, lantern, memorial tower to mobilized students, miyajima, momiji manju, mt misen, origami, peace bell, peace memorial museum, sadako, Shinkansen, shrine, torii
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The First Last
We are back in Tokyo and are all suddenly feeling like there’s a giant clock ticking down our time left in Japan . The Cuties will randomly mention something they did last Winter or Spring they didn’t realize would be … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Celebrations
Tagged first day of school, frame, japan, organic bloom, school, tokyo
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Never a Dull Moment
We’ve been up to all sorts of great things here in Kiawah, and have been running at such a pace that when we woke up to massive thunderstorms yesterday The Cuties’ reaction was “YES! A day to just veg out.” … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures
Tagged alligator, bbq, beach, deer, dive in movies, fireworks, fishing, fourth of july, frozen, golf, kayaking, Kiawah, loggerhead turtle, low country, mingo point, movies, oyster roast, pie eating contest, pluff mud, red white and blue, shark, south carolina, swimming
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Going Ape!
Last week over The Cuties’ Spring Break, we traveled to Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. The majority of our time was spent prone on a chaise lounge, napping under palm trees, reading and doing needlepoint. It was glorious. It was also just the adult vacation modus … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Travel
Tagged adoption, apes, borneo, humidity, kota kinabalu, nature reserve, orangutans, palm oil, rainforest, rangers, spring break, sunscreen
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Trip of a Lifetime: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Our Vietnam Adventures ended in Ho Chi Minh City {read about them here and here} and we traveled to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Let me just go ahead and put this out there now so we can get it out of … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Travel
Tagged angelina jolie, angkor wat, banyan tree, Bayon, boat, bucket list, Cambodia, dress up, elephant, faces, heads, helicopter, khmer, lake, lara croft, makeup, Mekong River, siem reap, Starbucks, sunrise, sunset, ta prohm, temple, tiara, tomb raider, tonle sap, toupee, UNESCO, Where's Waldo, yenta
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Trip of a Lifetime: Central & Southern Vietnam
We left Northern Vietnam {read all about our adventures here} and flew to Da Nang. We arrived and drove a half hour or so late at night to Hoi An. It was dark, we were tired and so we joined … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo, basket boat, bicycle, birthday, boat, Cai Be, China Beach, coconut palm, cowboy boots, crafts, Cu Chi Tunnels, Cua Dai Sea, custom shoes, Da Nang, eco tour, elephant ear fish, fishing, flats, gardening, Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An, ink, lanterns, Lilly Pulitzer, Marble Mountain, Mekong River, monogram, nets, New Year's Eve, painting, Pho, President Clinton, rice paddy, Saigon, sumi-e, traders, Viet Cong, water buffalo
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