Our last month in China was spent doing the time-honored Beijing Expat tradition, the frantic dash to see all the Chinese sights you somehow forgot to see during the last four years. Week one of this cram-it-all-in fest was spent…
Trip Report: India 2012
This trip report doesn’t involve the kids, so I have hesitated to post it, but in the end I decided — who doesn’t want to hear about a trip to India? Nobody, that’s who. As soon as we found out…
Trip Report: Guatemala 2014
Once again tiring of the miserable Midwest winter, in March the 80 Diapers folks set off for a week in Guatemala. Our first day (which was a loss) was spent re-haggling over rental cars we had already reserved and finally…
Trip Report: Spain 2010
Without question, our favorite vacation destination in all this world is southern Spain. Any time we plan a trip anywhere, we spend at least a few minutes discussing whether we should just go back to Spain instead. In October of…
Trip Report: Greece 2011
In October 2011 we set off for a glorious week in sunny Greece. (We didn’t know how lucky we were that it WAS sunny–apparently October is usually non-stop rain.) We arrived in Athens late at night and took the airport…
Trip Report: New Zealand 2011
One of the delightful things about living in Asia is that you are close to New Zealand. And by close, I mean, of course, only a 20 hour plane ride instead of a 36 hour plane ride. But hey, that…
Trip Report: Beijing — Practice Makes Perfect.
This one is not quite a trip report so much as an ‘Ideal Itinerary.’ Over our four years living in Beijing, we played host to many guests of all ages and family sizes. As the designated Family Tour Guide, I…
Trip Report: Costa Rica 2013
When we decided on short notice to head out on vacation in March, we knew we wanted somewhere warm and sunny. A long, hard Midwest winter was starting to drive us all crazy, and we were craving sun and heat…