After school last Friday we jumped on a plane and headed off to deepest darkest Uzbekistan, expecting an off the beaten track adventure. While it may be off the North American track, the first part of our trip was in…
Category: travel
korea (may 6, 2011)
This past Monday was May Day or Worker’s Day. Which, not surprisingly, in a Communist country, is a day off. What was surprising was discovering that this holiday is in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, when police…
great wall and hong kong 7’s (march 28, 2011)
The boys went back to school today after a week off for Spring Break. I suspect they are looking forward to the rest, as the last 10 days have been very busy!! We had our first house guests come from…