To answer directly, no, nothing has surprised us. We already know each other particularly well after nearly 10 years. Maybe living together in the same 500 sq ft in New York also helped to push that learning curve along. That being said, we have each learned some subtle little things about each other we didnt […]

1. Cambodian vendors are the most aggressive and annoying in the world. It can not be an accretive business practice to blanket hound everyone who looks like a tourist and passes your location. 2. The flooding in Cambodia is unreal – we are talking knee deep water just off the main intersection in town. 3. […]

Who amongst us has experienced someone using the ‘pressure sell’ technique? I am counting on the answer being most of us in some way, shape, or form. For some, it comes the first time they go to buy a car. Your salesman explains how he can only offer you the car for X price, if […]

**Arrived on September 23rd and Departed on September 28th We originally didn’t have London on our itinerary because Chris has frequented there (and Watford) for work several times in the past few years and Val had been with girlfriends while in college. With our plans in limbo between heading East or West and with practically […]

1. Brussels has two airports….would have avoided $300 taxi ride. 2. Far easier to get Visas in your country of nationality. 3. The Euro would plummet in October….just as we leave the Euro zone, perfect! 4. Driving in France & Spain is made so much more expensive because of the tolls (~400) and parking (~$550). […]

1. Where is the effort: items seen within 10 ft of each other – pot-holes, earth-moving equipment, dirt & rocks. 2. Fifteen countries and counting and still one universal word……Pizza. Never translated or modified and always available. 3. Watching the 2011 Rugby World Cup, who knew it was such an interesting sport. Oh yeah, everyone […]