Unwelcome Wildlife Encounters

Ho Chi Minh City has changed a lot since we lived here last. It’s cleaner and the traffic is calmer. A lot — and I mean A LOT —.

14 years ago

Marseille By Baby Train

(Flashback post*.) I expected Marseilles to be a bit meh. And I wanted to hate France. The day before, just as we were heading off to Aix-en-Provence, I got.

14 years ago

Aix, The Perfect Place To Get Lost

Aix-en-Provence made me want to get lost. We’d navigated our way to Aix, changing buses in Marseilles. We’d found the tourist information office so we could get directions to.

14 years ago

The Truth About Solo Parenting And International Travel With A Toddler

Warning: very long post ahead. During five and a half weeks of traveling through France and Switzerland with my two-year-old and without my Darling Man, I learned a few.

14 years ago

The Price Of Amazing Provencal Views

(Flashback post*.) Amazing views often come at a cost. And the view from our free home exchange home in Provence was super-amazing. I could not stop staring at the.

14 years ago

On Fitting In

In the supermarket in the expat enclave of An Phu in Ho Chi Minh City, anxiety suddenly stabs me in the stomach. There are so many unfriendly Western faces..

14 years ago

Xin Chao From Vietnam

Xin chào độc giả thân mến (hello dear readers)! Just a quick hello from our new home base in Ho Chi Minh City. Miss M and I had such.

14 years ago

10 Tips For Traveling With A Disability

This is a guest post from an amazing blogger friend, Dr Jessie Voigts, one-half of the team that runs the Wandering Educators site. Jessie, who has a Ph.D in.

14 years ago