This is one of my utmost favorite photos. It was taken in Alaska last August (2019) along the Dalton Highway aka The Haul Road; popularized by the TV show Ice Roads Truckers….
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Ftua and Kanun in Berat
Back to the time we ran out of the rat house in Berat, Albania on October 2nd, 2019. We had booked that house for a month, but we ran out once we…
Orthodox Easter in Athens
Orthodox Christians who use the Julian calendar for some of their religious purposes celebrate Easter today (Sunday, April 19, 2020). Catholics and Protestant Christians who use the Gregorian calendar celebrated Easter last…
Grocery Shopping Twice per Month
The problem with grocery shopping only twice a month during quarantine is once the fresh produce starts to go bad, you have to quickly eat it all. Luckily, we love this watered-down…
Tortured by the Midnight Drummer
Currently, the extended lockdown in Greece is scheduled to end on April 27th. We are cautiously optimistic. Kenric and I prefer to self-quarantine for 14 days each time we go out. Today,…
The Struggle of a War Returnee
On our third visit to Sarajevo in November, 2019, we noticed a lot more refugees in the city. Still recovering from the civil war (1992 – 1995), Bosnia and Herzegovina is definitely…
The Siege of Sarajevo
On this day (April 5th) in 1992 began the siege of Sarajevo. The civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina would drag on until 1995. Below are the statistics published by the Sarajevo…
14 Days of Quarantine
We checked into this apartment on Tuesday, the 17th. We bought food for our 14-day quarantine, but we had to go out again the following day because the tap water was giving…
Chinn Chinn, Perfection With a Temper
In July 2014, when Kenric and I went to Michigan on a business trip, we stopped by a restaurant in Mattawan called Chinn Chinn. It is the reincarnation of Peking Palace where…
We are Sorry, Michelle.
After picking up sickly Angela on December 10th, Kenric and I made a point to always look for and feed her only remaining sibling. We don’t know what happened to the other…