Life Before Kids
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The Balancing Act: Revolt in Syria and Assad’s Choices
A few months ago when the pro-democracy revolutions of the Arab Spring toppled the long established autocracies in Tunisia and Egypt, I turned my attention to the wave of protests that were occurring…
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Old Friends, New Places: Ljubljana and Lake Bled, Slovenia
Sometimes life leads you to places you never imagined you would go. Unbelievably, it was almost fourteen years ago this summer that I had the opportunity to spend two months in Japan on…
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The Royal Wedding
As I mentioned in my previous post, we get an extra Bank Holiday this year to celebrate the marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. For the past 5 months, the Royal Wedding…
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Easter in København
One of the perks of living across the pond is that we get Good Friday and Easter Monday so most of us in Europe get a nice long four-day weekend for Holy Week.…
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Leipzig: An Update from the former East Germany
With Portugal following Ireland and Greece as the latest eurozone member to request a bailout from the European Union (with Spain faltering economically and Italy collapsing politically in its own increasingly strange ways)…
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Le printemps à Paris
Three days after returning from Brazil, Kenz and I found ourselves once again in the City of Lights for a short weekend. It is very rare that I join Kenz on one of…
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Ilha Grande: A Tropical Paradise
Ahhh…Ilha Grande, the perfect place to chill out and relax. When we initially planned our Brazil trip, we entertained the idea of visiting the Amazon and Salvador on the Bahia coast, but…
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Eating in Rio!
Besides taking in the touristic sights of Rio, enjoying Carnaval, and hanging out with great friends, we also did a whole lot of eating. In fact, Kenz and I probably consumed more beef…
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Rio Carnaval 2011!
It’s party time! Attending Carnaval or Mardi Gras has been on our “list of things to before we die,” so when our friend invited us to Carnaval in Rio, it was really an…
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The Girl from Ipanema…
We’re back from an amazing trip to Brazil! Alas, back to the grind…. no more lazy afternoons sipping caipirinhas or Bohemia beer on the beach, frolicking around town in Havaianas, and living life…
