Join the Adventure!
So far we have been in 3 Waymos and after the first ride, Raquel exclaimed, “Humans should never drive again!” The Waymo can see people, bikes, animals, vehicles, and all obstacles 360 degrees – in front of you, behind you, to all sides, around buildings! …
One of the valuable life lessons we have learned on our sabbatical is: If you have a beautiful, sunny day, enjoy it because you never know when the winds will change and bring in the fog! We also learned: “Push Through the Fog to the …
We embraced our inner tourists on a warm, sunny Saturday in San Francisco by hopping on the Sausalito ferry at Pier 41.
After wandering through the streets of Sausalito, having brunch at the Lighthouse Cafe, randomly stumbling across a chili cook-off contest, and watching a fisherman hook a baby ray,
we made it to the start of the Golden Gate Bridge
for a spectacular, vista-filled
quite windy,
walk
across the top of the bridge from Sausalito to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco!
Once across the Golden Gate Bridge, we had to keep walking down to Fort Point, past the “warming hut”
to Crissy Field.
And back home to our Francisco pad for a beautiful sunset.
And no day would be complete without some of Raquel’s artistic bridge pix, from the bottom . . . to the top . . . to the reflection on the water!
Asher is loving the start to his freshman year at Bowdoin! From a smooth check-in to landing the best roommate and suite mates, Asher is loving the life of freshman year! As we were leaving Bowdoin on Monday afternoon, Raquel was reassured when she saw …
Hard to believe 3rd year has already begun – time flies when you are having fun (and learning, too)! One of our favorite texts from Aliya so far this year is: “I love it here!!!” attached to the following photo . . . which says …
We are on the sabbatical road again, but this time we don’t have to find schools for the kids and our travel plans and apartment hunting are more “just in time”. So you never know, we might be coming somewhere close by you (or somewhere you might want to join us)!
After riding on elephants, it was time to go higher . . . up to the sky . . . to fly with the gibbons! So we hopped in a van and travelled about 45 minutes outside of Chiang Mai to try the 30 various sky …
When in Chiang Mai, ride elephants! On our way out to the Blue Elephant tour grounds, we stopped at a market on the outskirts of Chiang Mai to buy some exotic fruits for our snacks. Once we arrived about an hour outside of Chiang Mai, …
We were so excited to finally be off the bus, out of the back of the pick up truck, and in the peaceful refuge of the Amata Lanna hotel in Chiang Mai. What Aliya was most excited about was finally seeing her good friend, Sofia!
Our first day in Chiang Mai, we rode and bathed elephants on the Blue Elephant Tour (see our post Riding High)
Although Sofia did not go elephant riding with us, she did come over and spend the night with us, and of course swim in the pool with Aliya & Asher.
On our second day, we started our day with a yummy breakfast at the Cat House restaurant, before heading past the walls of the old city, which were built in 1296.
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Dragon Temple
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I think my favorite were crumbling remains of the elephants that lined the the ruins of the Wat Chedi Luang. It was so fascinating to imagine what the Wat must have looked like before the 16th century earthquake that destroyed it.
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The Temple of the Fortified City
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Temple of the Great Stupa
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After a couple days in Chiang Rai, we woke up early, had a yummy breakfast buffet at Le Meridien hotel and then went down to an outdoor shack by the Kok River to haggle our way onto a wooden boat that would take us to Tha …