Single Vacations

... durations of my various meanderings have extended beyond a single day. However I wanted to have one repository of my numerous mini-vacations and post a separate blog for my major vacations. In case you are wondering, my work schedule allows me to have ...

... imagined. While Carl was busy teaching, I also started learning Chinese calligraphy. But, since I can't even do the first line (a single dash) correctly, it may take awhile before I get to write an actual character or word or sentence. I have a ...

... different neighborhoods singing and dancing and throwing around this great little ball. It was so much fun, I'm fairly sure we single handedly convinced all of Wenzhou young foreign girls are crazy... The most exciting thing that has happened since I've ...

... me up to my room, located in “the tower.”  It is a simple room, big bed (which is actually 2 single mattresses put together on a Kingsize frame) brick floor, shuttered windows with an amazing view out onto the valley.  The bathroom ...

... about why we headed to this particular place for our time together....    About 20 years ago (when I was single) I spent a week traveling with a New Zealander friend around some of the southern states.  We stayed in a hotel in Gatlinburg ...

...  Our drive back to our village was peaceful and serene, with both boys sleeping in their respective car seats.  Future Vacations in the "village famille vacances" style? Absolutely.  While we were by no means in a luxury digs, it was ...

... I imagined my desperation if my laptop was gone and loss of a phone became a meaningless event impossible to spoil brilliant vacations.  Though, I'd better be careful next time. After a lovely dinner (we had kebabs this time and mashed potatoes ...

... 't speak much English and make a lot of spelling mistakes in their translations. It's the promised land for many Westerners, who come on vacations like most Europeans and many of them end up staying. It is also and good mix of east and west, a fairly easy ...

... !  We suddenly understood that all those elderly English and Germans are rather wise and well-read to be quietly enjoying their vacations by the swimming pool and not going "foot snorkelling."  Over the 5 days we saw only 5 couples who actually ...

... /Seoul, and we were standing in a bus surrounded by Europeans who had just arrived off various flights and were starting their U.S. vacations.] Our rental car was such a hoot! The woman at the rental desk apologized that she had nothing larger than what ...

... go on with my well deserved vacation, que sera, sera. We're a go! Cheryl Lee awaits me at her place, I hope my first day of vacations does not set the pace for the rest of my holidays. Lost 23 minutes in line for fuel, as tourists parked in front of me, ...

... for skiing. People from Russia and Iran come in high numbers during winter time. During the summer Armenians themselves go to have vacations in nearby country of Georgia. It’s because it is too expensive to have vacations in Armenia, the prices are ...

... not far from Adventure World, mixed up the bag and ate around 8:00. THE PINNACLE: The last few vacations, I've looked for a pinnacle, a single climactic moment that sums up or even defines the meaning of the overall trip. Driving cross country with ...

... event was held in Portugal in the form of the Euro Cup soccer event; and 2. the Europeans tend to drive to their vacations and Greece is practically impossible to get to within a normal amount a time from practically anywhere in Western Europe. ** Asia ...

... , crowing anything negative about America was even more in vogue than usual, and glossed over the fact that 99.97% of their vacations (not holidays, dammit) abroad were to Spain, and that solely for its sun and beaches.  That is, things Americans can ...

Hi everybody! Chris and I recently took our first two week vacation (other than Christmas vacations) since coming to Europe and spent it driving down the western coast of Italy and back up through the center of the country. It's a 14 hour drive to ...

... , bilingual private schools, shopping malls, Beyonce, and the Atkins Diet. Average income here is similar to the US, with European vacations. Interesting fact: when the shah of Iran was ousted, Khomeini decided to re-settle in the Pearl Islands off the ...

... a minute, though. Peace and happiness! Isn't that what civilization is all about? We build skyscrapers and freeways. We have paid vacations, TV sets. We provide free hospitals and sick leaves, Social Security and welfare benefits. All of that is aimed at ...

... nbsp; Yesterday we ventured out for a walk along the ocean, and John said he could see us coming back here often for vacations.  gulp.  'Seriously?' I asked.  Of course, inside I was jumping all over the place... I would absolutely love to ...

... day, the first of the year, was a new day of change, and it seemed that everyone was going off in different directions for vacations. Sensing it was time to leave, and noticing that I had relatively few days remaining on my visa, I purchased passage on a ...