Perhaps in homage to our ancestors, (they would have wanted us to go to this), we decided to go to one of the Apsara, or traditional Cambodian, dance shows. They start with a buffet, then do an hour long show. To be honest, they did a fine job, and the food wasn’t too bad. But […]
The Arts
Tuesday with Peter and Lek
Our first full day with Peter and Lek at their wonderful home in Chang Rai. After a cold shower, (the water heater was just going in), we started the day with coffee on the veranda. Actually, this is where we have all of our meals. We’ll cover this in another future blog. Do Home They […]
Ayudhaya
A fresh reminder. This email notifies you that there is a new post. If you’d like to view the actual post on the blog, click on the “Read on blog” link as highlighted in red below. This will be the last post from Bangkok and Environs. Monday we fly to Chang Rai. The whole family, […]
Ko Kret & Chatuchak Market
Saturday My volunteered to take the girls to their various dance and piano lessons, thus freeing up Kook to play with us. She wanted to take us to Ko Kret and the Chatuchak Weekend Market. Ko Kret Ko Kret is a small island in the Chao Phraya River, just north of Bangkok. It was a […]
Kannika @ Chula
We decided to take public transport to go to Samyan Mitrtown mall to meet Kannika and her parents. It is located on a corner of the Chulalongkorn University campus. First we took a public bus to the MTS (Underground) stop. 10 THB (about $.30). We then got on the MTS. 60 THB ($1.76) And then… […]
Homage to Dad’s Christmas Village
Today we went on a tour of Panama City. We’ll talk about most of it in other posts. There was one place we visited, however, that would have been a huge hit with my dad. The Church of San Jose in Casco Viejo, or La Inglesia de San Jose, is one of the most prominent […]
Best Bathrooms Ever!
On the way to Door County from Little Compton we decided to drive through Sheboygan, Wisconsin. I was born and raised in Sheboygan. While I was in high school, I worked as a janitor at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. The job was much more than janitoring. I helped set up shows, was the […]
Vigeland Museet og Parken
We were recommended to check out Vigeland Park in Oslo. So we did. It is an impressive place, filled with tourists, primarily, it seemed, from Asia. Little did we know, as we walked through the place, that Vigeland himself was something of a Nazi sympathiser and that his works are sometimes considered to “reek of […]
Amsterdam – Dirk Turf
Those of you who knew Derek ten years ago, when he was an AFS student living with us, may be wondering about my use of the name “Dirk.” Well, in the Netherlands, “Dirk” is pronounced almost like “Derek” is in the US. Dirk took pity on us, and just went with Derek, even though he […]
Van Gogh’d
The Netherlands is justifiably proud of its heritage of painters, from centuries ago up to today. We had to be selective. With Dirk’s help, we knocked it out of the park. Of all the artists of whom they are proud, Van Gogh is the rockstar around here. We went to three museums with significant Van […]