Travel experiences, memories and stories about exploring this great planet of ours

It was on Friday, 21 March 2008 that I revisited a popular annual stop-off in Seattle, Washington that at times I could have called home … this was the Seattle/Tacoma International Airport often called “SEA-TAC”. As I am now writing various travel blogs on my worldly travels, I take you on an introduction of this [...]

“When we first started dating, did you ever think we’d go on a special date to McDonalds?” My boyfriend asked me. We were in line at the Kan Dan Qiao 24-hour McDonalds, getting milkshakes in what is likely to become a usual Saturday-morning activity for us. (I also got a Happy Meal so I could [...]

Friday, 21 March 2008 Manitou Springs – Denver Colorado Travelogue: Day 1 – Part I: Manitou Springs – Denver, Colorado HAPPY EASTER & SPRING EQUINOX EVERYONE! Greetings … I am the new Editor for Wanderwords as well as a frequent poster to this column from ages past. Every now and then, when I take trips, [...]

Yesterday Stick made a bulletin board for his class, showing the kids’ vocab words “morning”, “afternoon” and “evening” with the sun in the obvious positions for each time of day. “It looks okay,” his TA said when she saw it. “But why did you make the sun yellow?” “Uh… what color should the sun be?” [...]

Hilarious post from Beijing Visitors’ Blog. There’s a crazy black magic that goes into the visa length and fees paid in China, basically the only thing I can be sure of is that I won’t be paying the original price quoted. Usually the extra fees are quite small but zany. When I got my last [...]

Grandview State Park is located in Raleigh County, only a short distance from Beckley, West Virginia and is appropriately named for the many grand and spectacular views. The scenery is some of the best you’ll ever see! The park offers hiking trails, picnic areas, playgrounds and game courts. There are overlooks, such as Turkey Spur, [...]

I’ve hit a frustrating plateau with my Chinese-speaking. When I speak, I give the tones a good shot, and hope for the best. If I can’t get the tone of “glass” right, hopefully the rest of the sentence, usually “I’d like one of beer” will make my meaning clear. Unfortunately, my vocab’s hitting a point [...]

Today Stick and I went down to the embassy so he could take the foreign service exam! I’m really excited that Stick is doing this, I think he’ll be a great consular officer. Actually I think he would make a great rock star or nuclear physicist or deep-sea fishermen, but that’s because I’m his girlfriend. [...]