Who would have imagined that one day, I would have a baby and be moving overseas. Okay, well, I imagined it. And then it happened. We have been in China for exactly 2 weeks with Baby E. It is incredible how time moves so quickly! In some ways it feels like we never left… but I’m getting ahead of myself. I want to tell you … Continue reading 24 Hours and Then Some
Nicholas and I had a blast taking the motorcycle out into the country side. We were truly blessed to see what life outside of the big city looks like. We stopped a few times on this trip out to the high school we taught summer school at. On this trip you will see a traditional Vietnamese cemetery, a Catholic church and also some of the … Continue reading Vietnamese Road Trip #1
I recently realized that I wrote two blog posts about our entire time in Hanoi. Nicholas was asking me this past week if I had pictures of Vietnam to show his students who are learning about it this month. I have done nothing with my pictures and if I’m not careful, I’ll forget my stories too! So in this post, I will tell a few … Continue reading So About Vietnam
Guys… unemployment sucks! We have been home for 3 weeks already. We haven’t worked for 3 months. Now is about the time we start getting stir crazy! Let me back up a little. Many of you are wondering why we are even back in the US. Theres not a long story there. We got to Vietnam and it just didn’t meet our expectations in some … Continue reading Guys.
Well friends, we were deported. Almost. We left China on Sunday. We had a one way ticket to Vietnam and, shoot, we were excited! Our flights went smoothly and we found ourselves on the long decent into Hanoi. We had all of our documents ready just in case something went wrong. We had a driver that would be waiting for us. We had an apartment … Continue reading Deportation
Okay, so we’ve lived in China 4 months. Who placed bets we’d be coming home early? Well you’re wrong. Who would have guessed we’d be homesick? Wrong again. Of course we have our moments. We are 1/3 of the way through our contract with Kang Chaio. Its been a crazy ride, a rough start and will probably continue to be a difficult and rewarding journey. … Continue reading Miss America
A few weeks ago, we had Golden Week and National Day. Now, in a previous post I had told you that we were going to have a stay-cation. Well, staycations get a little boring if you live in Huaqiao. So we packed up our backpacks (I got a new one!! Yippee!) and set out for a little ancient village called Xitang. If you are not … Continue reading Selfie On A Bridge
This past month, Nick and I joined a few friends at a soccer match. It was Shanghai vs. Guangzhou and it was going to be exciting. We went to the knockoff market before we went and picked up a Shanghai jersey. It was AWESOME. Its this blue, high quality, Nike Shanghai jersey. It looks completely legit. So Nick changes into it before the game. Stops right … Continue reading The Wrong Team
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