Surprise … Happy Mother’s Day Mami! Another trip, and so soon after Vanuatu … not for me, but for Alex! With the envious position of being in between jobs, Alex decided to surprise his mother in New York for Mother’s Day … as you do! Singin’ in the rain … New York style Alex with …
Ready to go! As usual, I find myself asking where time goes. It’s the middle of March and we’ve been already been back from our last overseas sojourn for over two months yet, somehow, I simply haven’t been able to find the time to put ‘fingertips to keyboard’. Well, here goes! Leaving Melbourne Airport for …
The time had come; for once in our lives we weren’t rushing around like chooks with our heads cut off, and we were able to get to bed at a reasonable time on the eve before we set of…..well, before the usual 3am, anyway! The days before were certainly a mad scramble (yes, that was …
Everything happens for a reason, or so they say! One good thing to come out of the stuffing up of the dates on our Samoa trip was that we would come back one day earlier, actually giving Alex some time to organise himself to fly out to the States (originally, we would be arriving back …
Travel is often go, go, go! Sometimes it’s also about being quiet, and in the moment, but it’s a big world out there with so many opportunities, feelings, sensations, cultural practices, and most importantly, people! The challenge for us, each day, is how we will tackle the way in which we wish to interpret what …
Back in early October, when we were staying with Alex’s auntie in Chicago, we noticed a lot of Halloween preparation going on! Although Halloween is celebrated on the 31st of October, preparations start early! As we strolled through the streets surrounding the area we were staying in, we took the opportunity to observe, interact with, …
