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Raise a glass to absinthe friends…

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An emerging purple sunrise lit my rearview mirror as I drove west in silence. We like to leave early for our family road trips, and we usually have a rule that no one is allowed to talk until 7 a.m

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This winter break I was finally able to take a real vacation, my first since moving to Korea 8 months ago. For trip numero uno off the Korean Peninsula, my girlfriend and I took a flight to SE Asia, and spent our time in Vietnam and Cambodia.

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At the moment I’m on my flight home from Charleston, SC – heading home after a truly wonderful Christmas with my family.

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Our Organization has partnered with a community based organization in Bungoma, Kenya! This Organization provides vocational training to the youth in Kenya. They work with children in Orphanages.

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Shopping in Europe can be fun, but not if you let it overwhelm your trip. I like to shop smart, spending my time — and money — efficiently. Based on three decades of travel, here are my top tips for shopping in Europe.

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Shopping in Europe can be fun, but not if you let it overwhelm your trip. I like to shop smart, spending my time — and money — efficiently. Based on three decades of travel, here are my top tips for shopping in Europe

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My Christmas in exile this year is going to be about as low-key a Christmas as I’ve ever had. The only decoration in the house is some silver ball that was a gift from my fresa school. There has been a mass gringo evacuation back to the snow and families waiting in the US

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ornaments for sale at a Christmas market in Munich Last week, I literally pigged out.  I was in Munich for four days and ate pork products at least three times a day.  Despite articles like this one touting Munich’s cutting-edge food scene, I was quite happy to stick with eating the traditional Bavarian specialties that are offered everywhere in town, which meant a lot of beer, dumplings ( knodel ) and pig. weisswurst with suesser senf (sweet mustard) and pretzel To start my day, I’d seek out weisswurst (white sausage), which, according to my colleagues in Munich, must be eaten only in the morning.  Weisswurst also has the distinction of being the only boiled sausage in the world that I love.  The veal-and-pork filling has a smooth, slightly spongy texture that brings to mind nursery food — very comforting, especially when it’s snowy and cold outside.  The accompanying suesser senf (sweet mustard) is so good that I’ve used it on non- weisswurst -related sandwiches.   Several Munichers told me you’re supposed to suck the filling out of the sausage casing, but I opted for the pansy option of cutting open the skin and pulling out the sausage filling with a fork.  (I didn’t feel as lame about my technique after I saw other German speakers doing the same). The photo above shows the organic version I especially enjoyed at Munchner Schmarkert , a small caff in the Vitkualienmarkt .

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Last night in Gastown: Canada Place Stean clock in Gastown – had to use my son as a tripod! This IS Canada – so is this a trick question? Anyone else find these two moose disturbing – look closely… more adventures later…

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