Because our summer is coming to an end, Husband and I have been reflecting on the last two months. We visited Old Havana and sipped on daiquiris at La Floridita, the birthplace of daiquiris. We met Disney Princesses and the Mouse himself. We saw the Statue of Liberty up close, played in Central Park on […]
Traveling
A Genius Packing Tip for Long Trips
Any teacher, past or present, could tell you that the approaching promise of summer is both pee-your-pants exhilarating and nearly mental hospital admitting. I am by no means complaining about the long summer off with Husband and the little monkeys but wrapping up a year with students and a classroom is enough to cause a mini-breakdown. When […]
But Doesn’t Everyone Miss Rest Stops?
A reader recently asked me what I missed “from back home that seemed like – maybe – a weird thing to miss for someone else.” I thought about this question, since, to say it is “weird” would assume that other things were not weird, that other things were normal or understandable. I got that. Surely when we move abroad we expect […]