Under a star-filled, pre-dawn sky, we sat with hundreds of other sleepy tourists waiting for the sun to rise behind the temple known as Angkor Wat. As the sun broke over the eastern horizon the ancient, five-spired temple was slowly revealed. First in shadowy silouette against the brightening sky and …
There’s a popular Vietnamese dish that, at its base, is a food that was once considered “not good enough to sell.” It’s called Cơm Tấm, which translates as “broken rice”. Broken rice are fragments of rice grains that have broken off during handling. In earlier times, it was considered inferior …
We’re three weeks into our Vietnam adventure, and we have (with the help of our fantastic real estate agent Leo) found a beautiful apartment and signed a one-year lease. With that, we begin our dream of living in Vietnam for at least 12 months.From the wall of windows of our …
When Mark and I arrived in Saigon we quickly embraced the transportation norm of riding on the back of a motorbike to get around town. Using Grab (Vietnam’s version of Uber), the app gives us the option of either a motorbike or car. There are 2 reasons that we almost always opt …
My husband (Mark) and I love to travel and were excited to think about how we could do more once we retired. While on walk one evening, we started talking about not just traveling to, but actually living in a different country for about a year at a time for …
Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport is huge and most people consider it just a hub to run through to get to their next destination. However, if you want to (or if you’re stranded and looking for something to do), you can actually walk the entire length of the concourse underground (where you …
One of the things that I love most about New York City is the palpable energy of the “city that never sleeps”. However, when I need a moment to catch my breath, Central Park provides a peaceful haven away from the frantic bustle. While the park is huge (840 acres), …
Four hundred years before Ann Frank and her family hid in a friend’s home for two years during Amsterdam’s Nazi occupation, another group of people was forced to create secret hideaways of their own. In 1578, a Protestant faction took control of Amsterdam and prohibited Catholics from practicing their faith …
While there are many fantastic ski slopes and resorts in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Breckenridge (Breck to locals), offering excellent and varied skiing options across 5 easy-to-access peaks, has become the go-to-ski-week vacation spot for my husband and me for more than 30 years. However, while the skiing is …
The setting sun on the western horizon lit the sky in fiery pinks, oranges, and purples. My friends and I raised our rum punch-filled glasses to toast another spectacular sunset overlooking the Caribbean Sea from the deck of our condo. My husband and I had made our way to the …
