Water we waiting for? In the beginning of September we found ourselves with a four-day weekend from school. This mini-break took the place of a holiday traditionally held in April, the Songkran Festival. (Original Songkran, also known as the water festival, was postponed due to Covid. Check out this list of things to do during Read More
Category: Maine
Places in Maine that we have been, stayed, eaten or experienced.
Sinking our teeth into the Beast
We’re not vegan but we can pretend. We love food. Have I ever told you that? Part of the reason we like to travel is the opportunity we have to sample cuisines from everywhere. Yes, we ate Japanese while on vacation in Bangkok and sure, you can order “Chinese food” in Maine, but it’s just Read More
Tango with mango sticky rice
It’s no secret I have a sweet tooth. If I have just eaten lunch or dinner, I probably want dessert. If I have just eaten dessert, I may want additional dessert. I can’t hide my love for chocolate, fruit and froyo so I’ve decided to embrace it. I also welcome any chance to try new Read More
Pepper Lunch: Sizzle-It-Yourself!
Only the Walters Gang would leave the United States to move to China, vacation in Thailand and while there find a great Japanese restaurant, Pepper Lunch. While staying in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok we found a mall bursting with activity and places to eat. This mall offered food from around the world, it seemed. Read More
Delivery birthday buffet
(I will readily admit I am behind in my blogs. The following event happened in September and it’s early January.) We celebrated Aubrie’s birthday – and our newfound luxury of quick home delivery of food – with a delivery dinner feast. The birthday girl herself orchestrated it, placing orders at a few restaurants. I was Read More
My dad belongs in a Disney movie.
Last summer, Kim and I road tripped around to see friends and family before we left the country. One of our stops took us to my hometown, Leechburg, PA. While we were barely there 24 hours, we got to have a hearty dinner out with my dad and his wife Paulette the evening we arrived. Read More
A different kind of Sea World
Sea World is not what you’d think About a month ago (and again last night) we went to Sea World! We did not see Shamu and we did not get splashed in the front row by diving sea creatures. In fact, there were no sea creatures to observe. In Shenzhen, Sea World is the Read More
Our relationship was purely Taconic
Our good friends Stacey and Brian live in a part of Vermont near the Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park. Their house is nestled between hills that blaze orange and red in the fall, as I imagine they’re doing right now as I write this from my 20th floor apartment in China. The breeze in our Read More
Last chance, sweet durian.
The Chinese teachers in my English department at school are so sweet and generous. At least three times a week, someone is offering me some kind of food. We all walk around to each other’s cubicle with whatever we have so everyone can share. Sometimes it’s chocolate but most of the time it is dried Read More
A little Western comfort in Hong Kong
This move to China has meant completing a lot of “firsts” for us. It’s my first move out of the United States. We are teaching in real classrooms for the first time. This is the first time we’ve been completely dependent on public transportation. We have eaten so many new foods, obviously for the first Read More