A few days in India and I can’t help but wonder, where have all of the cows gone? When I last came to India, I was 10 years old. My memories, albeit faint, were of children squeezing their hands through the taxi windows and begging for money; smells and sounds that invaded your senses, and…
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Overheards of Dubai
This post is dedicated to the ordinary and extraordinary comments, questions, and phrases that we overheard during our visit to Dubai. There were many more that we have now forgotten and wish we had written down as we heard them (where are those Google glasses when you need them?! :)). We had a great time…
It’s All About Perspective…
When I was in the first grade, my parents took us on a three-week long vacation over spring break. It was longer than the week long vacation period and we’d have to miss two additional weeks of school. I still remember the conversation that they had with my teacher asking if she thought it would…
Gone Fishin’
When I say Tunisia, you say….? I can honestly say that before we planned this trip to Tunis, I knew nothing about the country and just figured that it would be something like Marrakesh…Our main reason for originally planning to travel to Tunisia was to see the remains of the Star Wars film set. Rahim…
La Barbiere de Paris
It’s cliché, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t true that there is a certain je ne sais quoi about the French. I think it’s in the way they look so effortlessly put together all the time. The ballet flats, the chignon, the flawless skin with just a hint of make-up…But this post isn’t dedicated to…