Travel

Two years ago, our tiny island home of New Zealand pulled up the drawbridge and closed its borders to keep out COVID. It worked except for a few incursions before…

Riverfront walk, Wilmington NC My favorite moment each year is the instant joy I feel when those tiny white and pink buds start popping on the trees in Raleigh. That’s…

If you’re looking for interesting and unique places to visit in Britain with a fascinating story to tell – both modern and new – the beautiful and historic city of…

It feels like every street in Oxford, England has a story to tell. From the cluster of downtown streets where 600-year-old Universities spire up into the sky, to medieval towers…

As we begin our daily carpool again of driving our kids to school here in Raleigh, North Carolina, a dull thud of reality hits me. We’re not in London anymore!…

Growing up in the Southern Highlands of NSW, I thought it was an ok place to live, but it wasn’t until I left as a young adult and travelled, that…

After three years of closure due to Covid-19, Jeonju Wansan Flower Garden (‘kkotdongsan’ in Korean) finally reopened.   Jeonju Wansan Flower Garden Wansan Flower Garden is famous for spring flowers:…

Seonbi is the label given to the Confucian scholars of the Goryo Dynasty and Joseon Dynasty who, instead of aspiring wealth, practiced righteousness and principles. As the city known for…

  Spring is the season of cherry blossom flowers. Higher daytime temperatures and thinner clothes can mean a picnic under the flowers. Jeonju Zoo is an ideal place for this.…

As the day is getting longer and the weather is getting warmer, it’s a good season to walk around Jeonju Hanok Village. Recently, I’ve found a trail that I, a…