Bem Vindo a Lisboa!

Right, Welcome to Lisbon! Sorry for the long hiatus after our previous post from England, We Are Those Merry Wanderers, but Sarah and I decided to return to the US

We Are Those Merry Wanderers . . .

Okay, so we’re plagiarizing and compromising Puck’s line to the fairies from Midsummer Night’s Dream, but Sarah and I are headed toward the Cotswolds and the land of Shakespeare, so

Coddiwomple!

In this day and age of the virus, so many of our friends and colleagues have had to quarantine or isolate when they arrived in a new country—or even sometimes

From Incredible to Merry Olde

Sarah and I bid a fond Saturday morning farewell to Chennai recently—we were surprised and delighted by the dozen or so friends who were waiting on the street to wave

Who Would Ever Have Believed . . .

Who would ever have believed that our three plus years as expats abroad would witness the world slowing to a crawl in so many ways as people all over the

On the Street Where You Live

As we all work our way the through the uncertainty of new virus fears, restrictions, and lockdowns; of parceling out our sambar and our tender coconut water and our red

Sarah Conducts an Honors Choir in Bangladesh!

Although Sarah was disappointed that she had to cancel her presentations at the Association of Music in International Schools’ (AMIS) annual conference in Hong Kong last November–due to her first

Kerala: India’s Magical Secret Gem

Sarah and I had been told we needed to visit Kerala ever since we moved to Chennai nearly three years ago. Of course, we’d rarely even heard of Kerala–the state

Under the Spell of the Himalayas, Part II

So, what could possibly top our first few magical days in Himachal Pradesh, that included sharing a contemplative, rainy hour with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, the Tibetan Buddhist nun who meditated

Under the Spell of the Himalayas, Part I

While Sarah and I don’t usually think about having a travel bucket list, the magical sonority of those tantalizing words, Himalayas and Dharamshala, held a special place for us even