TRAVEL THE WORLD (WHILE STAYING AT HOME) BLOG

Paraguay’s music caught me immediately. Although I needed to watch The Mission twice in 1986 to understand what the Jesuits were doing in...

After several delays due to COVID, Heidi, Linda and I finally met up last Sunday for Papua New Guinea. We have a pattern now. I cook the...

My nephew Braeden is flying to Spain this summer with a layover in Amsterdam. His parents are worried he will miss his connecting flight....

In March, when I told my Mom I wanted to go to the Old Jerusalem restaurant in San Francisco, she didn’t understand why. After all, we...

Vonnett texted that maybe we should switch to another country. I had told her to only get the easy things like cucumbers and cherry...

As the bride, Hina wore red. As the groom, Albert wore white. As the officiant, I was instructed to wear any other bright color, so I...

Allan returned from consulting for a stop-smoking program in Oman with gifts for me: a robe (abaya), scarf (lihaf), and face mask...

Medieval battles on skis, children sledding Norwegian gold past Nazi guards, enemies being forced to collaborate to survive in the...

My exuberant Nigerian colleague Goodluck and I have both moved on to other workplaces, but I remember his engaging conversation and...

Stories of strong women! I love that I found them in Niger! Let’s start with the legend of Nana Miriam who tossed a ravaging hippo so far...

Pickled cabbage salad is my favorite of the excellent Nicaraguan food. I’ve had it now four times, first at the clean and bright Daysi's...

Longer, healthier lives as researched by my kiwi friend Gary might be one of the best gifts from New Zealand to add to the good books and...

Pink tulips bring happiness to my mother. Knowing this, Alex and May sent her gifts emblazoned with pink tulips from their honeymoon in...

When Kristen and Kaitlin reached high school and started skiing with their friends, they stopped skiing with me, but they still needed a...

The tropical sun, the sound of waves, and a coconut drink in hand might draw more than two hundred tourists a year to Nauru if it wasn’t...

Peeling black eyed peas is apparently both desirable and possible! When I was planning a Namibian meal with Heidi and Linda for the first...

Clever Queen and Dr. Rabbit took me to Burma many times as a child. Eric B. Hare’s stories of the Karen people of Burma (now Myanmar)...

My favorite restaurant is usually the one I haven't tried before, but now I've found one that I am willing to repeat. Mozambique...

Islamic feminism, two words one doesn’t expect to find together, defined my first experience with Morocco. Judy and I drove to Pasadena...

Barb’s two motorcycle trips to Montenegro included lunch on a mountain with a view of the fjord, a night in a ski lodge, getting lost in...