Follow the Silk Road through “the Stans” for a romantic connection to the past! Welcome to our post about Uzbekistan. We promised all the friendly folks we met in UZ that we’d spread the word: this is a country you should visit! Nestled amidst its fellow “stan” countries, Uzbekistan is great for family-friendly travel into…
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What Do You Think of the People of Uzbekistan?
I didn’t learn about Uzbekistan in school. It became an independent country when I was an awkward adolescent in eighth grade, more absorbed the discomfort of my braces than in the collapse of the Soviet Union. As per usual with ignorance, when we decided to follow the silk road all the way through “the Stans”…
From Impatience to Serendipity: Reflections on Three Years of Full-Time Travel
How would you expect three years of full-time travel to change you? Would you see the world differently? Or see yourself differently? Would you be different? For myself, it has changed me in ways that I am only slowly becoming aware of. I am more patient—with life, my children, and myself. I am more optimistic…
Long Live French Cuisine!
It’s 7 am, and I’ve just tasted the best croissant of my life. The ferry from Cork, Ireland, to Roscoff, France arrived two hours ago; with a long, deep draw of a bow across a cello, its intercom system woke me from the deep sleep that only the swaying dark of a single bunk on…
Santa’s Magical Bicycle and the Freedom of No Choice
One year, on Christmas morning, I ran from my bed to the tree and found a new bicycle. It was gleaming cobalt, big and curvy, with tassels on the handlebars and a big white ‘S’ on the matching blue pleather seat. With stars in my eyes, I gasped in wonder and joy. “Wow!” Santa even…