For the Spring Festival Maple Leaf shuts its doors for a week and lets both teachers and students free on the world. Some of my coworkers headed to the Philippines and Thailand while others chose to lay low in DaLian and just recover from what felt like a long stretch in term 3. I went to Yunnan Province and got as close to Tibet as I probably ever will unless time and money suddenly afford th

I looked up gluttony at Wikipedia...herersquos what I foundGluttony derived from the Latin 'gluttire' meaning to gulp down or swallow means overindulgence and overconsumption of food drink or intoxicants to the point of waste. In some Christian denominations it is considered one of the seven deadly sinsmdasha misplaced desire of food or its withholding from the needy. Gluttony is no

Firstly can I wish my Aunty Claire a Happy Birthday back home have a good day. Philip got up early to go swimming and have a sauna at arena he now tells me he has lost 5 stone since January He then got very excited by going to the library with Jason...Gimp.Highlight of the day was we got a train into the city with Louis Aunty Jane and Jason and went to the pub at 10 a pint7.50 we will not

Didnrsquot we have a lovely time the day we went to Blackall the home town of Debbyrsquos relatives who emigrated years ago. Debby had met one of them when she was 17 but had no contact since didnrsquot even know where they lived or if they were still there or even alive. So we went to see the town which had been Debbyrsquos ambition since she was 17. After some sightseeing we stick

Still in Angel Fire New Mexico. Got up this morning and rode to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park in Angel Fire. The Memorial was constructed from 1968 1971 and ws the first major Vietnam memorial in the Wnited States. The site received wide attention in th 70's and helped inspire the establishment on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. in 1982. In 1987 Congress also recogn

We managed to get in a whole 10 hours sleep last night Must have needed it We grabbed a quick coffee loaded up the car and made the one hour journey to the Grand Canyon we entered via the south which is a first for us as we normally come in the other end. We took in the sights from the various view points along the 30 mile stretch. Liz Andy both thought it was totally breathtaking. All 3 of

Hello EveryoneNot a lot to report for this first month we are slowly getting into the swing of being a family of 4. Noah has adjusted pretty well he even wanted Kayla to go to Kindy with him We are still working on the finer details of being gentle and not squashing her when he kisses Kayla Kayla is also doing very well. She has been a very good sleeper at night touch wood only waking somet

This post is for April 20th24th.The 20th was my last day in San Diego before I would head to the first farm. JK and I went to a session of yoga my first class session it was pretty intense even though it was a level 1 class plenty of sweating yoga isn't to be underestimated. Afterwards we went to a nice inexpensive and satisfying Indian type restaurant then bought some work boots and other

We had breakfast at the hotel on the shores of the beach. After breakfast I went straight to lie out at the pool and Ben went for a run on the beach. He was gone for a couple of hours and reported that there were lots of jellyfish all over the beaches. We had lunch and just relaxed on the grass above the beach at the hotel. It was one of the most relaxing and enjoyable days thus far. I finally

When we began our trip I made a distinct effort to see as many museums as possible. I wanted to learn everything about everything that I wouldn't have been able to learn about at home. Truthfully anybody could probably learn much about anything from the comfort of their PC but one might not come into contact with certain information if not given direction by an external source. I feel the same w

In the last few days before leaving Cinque Terra I contacted a few schools in Genoa Genova and was just about to commit to one of them when I decided to do some more reading and got the sense to look around some more first. And up popped Reggio Emilia. So I contacted the only school that I could find there and was so impressed by how patient and helpful the contact Daniela was that I knew t

Something old something new Something borrowed something blue And a silver sixpence in her shoe.I'm getting married today ...Here's a photo of my five things for good luck. Tradition has it if I carry all of these items on my wedding day our marriage will be happy.My something old the pearl purse links me with my mother and my grandmother. Mom's name was Pearl and the purse belonged to

Hi Everyone Sorry for not being better with the updates it is sometimes hard to find an hour to sit at the computer and do this...Nice and the whole Cote d'Azur region in France is beautiful. I was so sad to leave the sunshine the coast and the food While in Nice I took another French language class which I thought was much better than the one in Paris. For the first week in Nice I had also

Canrsquot believe that this is my last entry I am so excited to be writing it since it means that we shall be with our loved ones soon. All this travelling is great fun but a piece of my heart is with my darlings back home.We had prepared ourselves for a fairly lsquobogstandardrsquo thanks Suse trip to Malahide Intended setting Siobhanherself to take us straight there via the highw

I Vanda like being a tourist but I like being a shopper even better We arrived back at the hotel from Pearl Harbor around 200 p.m. and headed straight to the Hilton Hawaiian Village just next door. We went there intending to find a restaurant at which to make reservations for dinner for Saturday evening after the wedding. We were absolutely amazed to find a wealth of shops and restaurants

YAHOO Made it to LAXFlight out was a hot pencil jet cramped and full and I nearly didnt make it. The US Customs guy at Van airport discovered something on my passport that he didn't like. Seems the previous customs agent that last OK'd my passport in April 2009 initialled the passport suggesting that I was a Green Card holder returning to the US. It took the new guy a while to figure out this

Toured Dublin Castle Trinity College St. Patrick's Cathedral Guinness Brewery and to the top of Guinness to the Gravity Room. Road the Hop OnHop Off Bus all over Dublin. This money thing is a real issue going from pounds to Euros has been a challenge especially at the bus stop. Now you wouldn't think 1.20 would throw you into a tither but .... This is for all you diehard Catholics out t

EXTRACTED FROM MY BOOK OUR SUMMER IN CARMEL AMAZON.COM There is a lot of information in the next two posts for those who might want to consider adopting our No Second Home wanderlust lifestyle. Since beginning our annual escapades away from Floridarsquos abysmal summer climate Elysee and I have had several cozy ldquoLove Nests.rdquo A town house in Kinsale Ireland a beach cottage on

As I have previously commented when we set out on our journey to Korea we really did not know what to expect or if we could find things to do to pass the time outside of school hours. As it turned out Korea again did not fail to disappoint. It is actually an activity filled country with something for everyone. Given that we only have 12 months here we are trying to visit new places as often

Efter San Francisco krte vi i Six Flags Discovery Kingdom som ligger lidt nord for San Francisco. Six Flags er en forlystelsesparkkde og de har parker over det meste af USA. Vi var kommet for deres rutchebaner og prvede nogle ret vilde nogle af slagsen. Det vil vre helt umuligt at beskrive dem men vi kan garantere for at det var sjovt Godt rd Lad vre med at spise inde du skal op i en r