Have you ever moved on from a place only to discover that you still have an entire pocket full of change? Virtually no exchange houses, official or unofficial will take pocket change, no matter how much it may add up to. It is some sort of unspoken rule among the world’s money changers. A conspiracy [...]
Chinese New Year
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When I think of Spring Festival in China, images of red packets filled with money, heaps of food on the dinner table, and a seemingly endless barrage of fireworks comes to mind. But what does it all mean? Well, Spring Festival is the most important holiday for the Chinese culture, as it is their New [...]
Flashback: Argentina
January 17, 2012 By 2 Comments
Our visit to Argentina was a bit like the children’s tale about Goldilocks. In the North we were a bit too late- the melting had begun and the rivers were swollen and in the South we were a little too early- the show hadn’t yet melted. Somewhere in between things were just right. We arrived [...]
Three Places Not to Miss in 2012
January 10, 2012 By 11 Comments
There’s a huge list of world activities coming our way in 2012. We don’t have the budget to go to most of them (read: 99% of them), but if we could here are the three we still wouldn’t miss. 1. London’s Olympics Ever since I was a little girl I’ve wanted to go to the [...]
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