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Friends, we write to you today from Biarritz, France, where we arrived yesterday. It’s our first stop outside of the British Isles (and our first non-English speaking destination). We’re here only for a couple days before taking a bus to nearby San Sebastian, Spain, but it seemed like a good time for a quick recap […]
Greetings to everyone from Birmingham, England! Charley and I have been on the road for just over two weeks now, and it’s worth checking in to talk about how things are going. We found a great shortstay apartment here in Birmingham by the name of City Nites, and having a whole apartment to ourselves (which […]
When the host of the adorable Bed & Breakfast on the Aran Islands asked me if I wanted her to charge my credit card in Euros or U.S. Dollars, I responded, “Oh, Euros please.” This sounds counter-intuitive if you’re not an experienced international traveler, but I promise it makes sense. There are plenty of costs […]
We’ve been on our world tour for less than a week now, and we’re very quickly learning what’s easier and what’s harder than we expected. Case in point: one of the things we were most curious about is turning out to be one of the hardest to track. Before we started, we were curious how […]
We’ve spent the last week visiting family in Pennsylvania and seeing friends and family while performing in a choir concert in Washington, DC. We’ll have more on that later, but in the meantime, we wanted to pass along a quick word about beer in the area. Even while visiting friends and family, we made sure […]
On Sunday, May 1, 2016, after almost six wonderful years in New York City, we packed up our rental car and drove away, uncertain if we’ll return as residents. In that time, Charley and I built a home together, settling comfortably into a beautiful newly-constructed apartment in the hot neighborhood of Long Island City, and […]
It’s been such a busy time since we last wrote. Since getting back from China, I’ve finished work, and we’ve moved all of our worldly possessions out of our apartment. On the work front, I finished my last day at work last Friday April 15. The company was kind enough to throw me a going-away party […]
Just wanted to offer one quick update to the our last entry: Westerners are such a rare sight in Haining that a group of thirty of them walking around, including over half a dozen African Americans, triggered a lot of curiosity on Chinese social media! The day after the wedding, we were enjoying an incredible […]
On March 26, 2016, we had the privilege to witness something truly unique: the traditional Chinese wedding of two of our closest friends. In advance of the large public reception that evening, we were even privy to the preparation of the bridal party beforehand, and it was really something amazing. We landed in Shanghai on […]
Things have been really busy as Charley and I work towards polishing off the last items and projects we have at work and making sure things get transitioned and finalized in a way that we consider responsible. In the meantime, some of the people who know about our upcoming world travels have been asking us what kinds […]
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