Piping-hot, fried, soup dumplings were the afternoon reward for a meandering, coffee-fueled morning spent walking all over Shanghai to conclude our week spent in China. As is our tradition, we had spent the previous 30 minutes or so searching around, indecisively evaluating various food options in the area, steadily increasing our hunger levels, which somehow …
While Mandi and I definitely enjoyed living our big-city lifestyle in Seoul (I don’t exactly know what that means, but I assume that’s how cool, big-city people talk, right?), we were pretty excited to leave the crowds of Beijing and head to the Huangshan mountains for the second stop of our week-long trip in China. …
The little dot on the AirBnB map said we were going in the right direction, so that was good... Waiting for our taxi After a flight delay leaving Seoul in September, we got through customs in Beijing at 1am, waited in line for a taxi, and showed the address to the driver, who began navigating …
Ahhh procrastination, that beautiful double-edged sword, offering the sweet, sweet satisfaction of avoiding the dreary task of doing something productive while simultaneously doing something decidedly unproductive and significantly more entertaining. It’s truly a beautiful thing. Most of the time...until that useful thing, you know, really needs to be done. At that point, shockingly, it seems …
A few years ago, May 2nd, 2014 to be exact, Mandi and I were sitting nervously in the corner of Sun Ray Cafe, a popular post-mountain-bike-ride spot in the charming Hyde Park neighborhood of Boise. On this particular day, their garage doors were thrown open, inviting the warm spring air to filter into the building …
Continue reading Kyoto and Osaka Part II: Chicken and Waffles
The other day I was talking to someone who asked why Mandi and I intentionally applied for a job that sent us over to South Korea (versus getting assigned there). It’s a pretty common question when you move to a new country, I suppose. Did we have some prior connection with South Korea? (nope). Were …
Google Flights is a wonderful, time-sucking, travel-inducing tool, providing the sweet, sweet satisfaction of plugging in a random date and seeing where in the world you could fly to for the lowest amount of money. Since we’ve been in Seoul, many hours (days?) have been spent daydreaming about new travel destinations while playing with the various …
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