Triple Whammy

TRIPLE WHAMMY Think about your experience with crossing an international border into another country. One always needs lots of paperwork and lots of time. Now think about what travel has been like for the past two years. Covid has made it nearly impossible to get anywhere without jumping through countless hoops. Now think about trying... Continue Reading →

Thailand

I taught school in Thailand for six months in 2005. It was a teacher exchange program through AFS, with which I was familiar before this opportunity arose. The students had all taken English lessons since kindergarten but their spoken English was atrocious. I had an after school guitar club however that was quite rewarding. There... Continue Reading →

Iceland

"Augurinn", an Icelandic folk tune Due to a series of unlikely events, I found myself as a tour guide for Icelandic trips. I have been to Iceland more than a dozen times, and led ten trips between 2010 and 2016. From the beginning, Iceland held a special appeal to me. Believe it or not, the... Continue Reading →

Easter Island

I remember seeing pictures of the statues on Easter Island in a National Geographic magazine when I was a child. I always wanted to go there and see them for myself. Easter Island belongs to the country of Chile, and we had an exchange student from Chile in 2004. A few years after Antonio returned... Continue Reading →

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