Tag: life abroad
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Spring Break, 2022!🎉
Never thought this day would come, but after almost two full years of distance learning, the kids are finally going back to in-person school! We found out over our spring break—which we spent revisiting An Bang beach and the “ancient city” of Há»™i An. We also pulled off a quick trip to Hạ Long Bay.…
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Phú Quốc in Photos.
I’m lazy. In lieu of blog post, please accept this photo collage. Let’s be honest, that’s what you’re here for anyway…
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Spring Break at the Beach (Há»™i An).
As most of you know, WE LOVE THE BEACH. Our favorite memories have been made at the beach. There is nothing better than a drink in hand listening to the waves, sitting in the warm sun, watching the kids splash (we think they love it, too). For spring break this year we decided to go…
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Hanoi’s Wet Markets (Chợ Châu Long).
This week I went on a tour led by my sons’ international school. The tour is designed to orient new families to Hanoi. One of the areas we visited was Chợ Châu Long (chợ, meaning market). Châu Long is a traditional wet market. In 2015-2016, while living in Thailand, we had visited many wet markets…
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Train Street (Ngõ 224 Lê Duẩn), Hanoi.
While stuck in our 14 day quarantine, we had plenty of time to google and dream of life on the outside. We spent quite a lot of hours researching what we could do in Hanoi and beyond. One of the places that kept popping up as a “must see” in Hanoi was the famous (infamous?)…
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…and then there was CHINA (Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Hong Kong).Â
We have just completed our longest and last family trip in Asia: CHINA. We spent ten days touring Beijing, Xi’an, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Historic Hue (Hue City, Vietnam).
Wow! Â Every city in Vietnam has been completely different from the last. Â Each has its own distinct character and beauty. Â