This morning after breakfast we took the 10:40 am car ferry an hour to Waiheke Island, a small island known for beautiful vineyards and stunning natural scenery. We read and...
It was sad to pull away from the Vineyard Cottage at Paroa Bay this morning! What a great spot. We also loved this home scent from Ashley & Co., a...
Day One of the impeachment hearings. Today we decided Lobsy deserved a chill afternoon at a local winery, and opted for Omata, which was about a 15-minute drive away. After...
Today was a great day — my favorite so far in China. Instead of a sightseeing death march, we had a non-crowded, casual time exploring a local food market and...
Today we had breakfast and left at 7:30 am for an 1.5-hour drive into the Sichuan countryside to meet some Giant Pandas. On the ride I desperately tried to get...
China / Daily Log / Hong Kong / Travel Day
by Margaret · Published July 25, 2019 · Last modified July 29, 2019
For discipline these days we’ve been handing out “five minutes off” (time penalties on precious flight screen time) for offenses like shoving, not listening, whining (biting gets 10 minutes —...
We woke up with a seven-year-old in our apartment! I keep thinking about what someone said to us about Willa back in Valparaiso, Chile — he was an American tourist...
The plan today was to exercise, do some school, explore the city and then deposit the kids with Lobsy around 8 pm — yes, Lobsy is BACK! — so that...
Slog of a travel day: Cusco to Lima, five-hour lay-over, then Lima to Santiago. Chile is 2 hours ahead of Peru and EST so we landed around 1am. It was...
What a difference a good night’s sleep makes. James awoke a new man. Which is good because we had an unstructured day. It began with breakfast followed by school. We’re...