Category Archives: Travel

Semana Santa

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Andrea

Whether you call it Spring Break, Holy Week or Semana Santa, the week when the world takes a spring holiday is here. In Costa Rica this vacation time falls on the week leading up to Easter, also known as Semana … Continue reading →

Posted in Bucket List, Costa Rica, Expat Life, Travel | Tagged baby monkey, Ballena Bay, basilisk lizard, beach, beach landings, birds, boats, butterflies, Costa Rica, crabs, deluxe tent, Drake Bay, flights, glamping, hanging bridge, hawksbill sea tutle, hiking, insects, Isla Caño, jellyfish, Las Caletas Lodge, litter patrol, migration, Nature Air, ocean, ocean swimming, rainforest, scarlet macaw, scorpion, small planes, snorkeling, spotted dolphin, tadpole frogs, three-toed sloth, white tipped reef shark, white-faced capuchin monkeys | 6 Comments

New Year, New Adventures

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Andrea

Happy 2015 to all my readers!! I spent the first part of the new year on the second half of my “staycation”, traveling around Costa Rica with my parents. They arrived in the afternoon of 30 December and we got … Continue reading →

Posted in Bucket List, Costa Rica, Food, Travel | Tagged boa constrictor, boat tour, bugs, cacao, caiman, casque headed lizard, chifrijo, chocolate, cocao, cocoa, cuban food, eyelash pit viper, green iguana, hanging bridges, howler monkey, patacon, rain, rainforest, sloth, snakes, Tortuguero, toucan, waterfalls | 7 Comments

Staycation

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Andrea

I wonder if there is a word in Spanish for “staycation”? Anyway, that is what I have been doing this holiday break, exploring Costa Rica. The break started with a trip to some hot springs to help Jana celebrate her … Continue reading →

Posted in Costa Rica, Expat Life, Food, Gluten Free, Travel | Tagged animal camo, bicycling, Buena Tierra, bugs, bus trip, cafe, Christmas dinner, Christmas parade, family, friends, gluhwein, hot springs, Mocapan, relaxing, staycation, Vuelta Costa Rica, Waldorf Astoria Red Cake | Leave a comment

How time flies

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Andrea

My three week trip home has come to an end. I am sitting at the gate waiting to board the first of two planes that will take me to my new home, Costa Rica. Coming home and then leaving again … Continue reading →

Posted in Oregon, Travel | Tagged beach, Cape Perpetua, Eugene, family, Florence, heceta beach, hiking, Old McKenzie Highway, Oregon Coast, outdoors, Pacific Ocean, Strawberry Hill, Thor's Well, Three Sisters Mountains, Willamette Valley | Leave a comment

How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Andrea

When planning the second part of my spring break, I mentioned to Liz that I might want to go to Salzburg, and wondered if she would like to join me. She said yes and added that we could book a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bucket List, Expat Life, Food, Friends, Travel | Tagged Austria, Germany, history, Mirabel Gardens, Munich, Rick Steves, Salzburg, Sound of Music, Trapp Villa, travel, Vitualienmarkt, Von Trapp Family | 2 Comments

Spring has sprung

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Andrea

It is officially spring, today is the two year anniversary of my blog and I am in the final trimester of my final year teaching in the UAE. I am looking forward to what may come in the next few … Continue reading →

Posted in Bucket List, Expat Life, Food, Friends, Travel, Wine | Tagged Alhambra, beach, dirndl, Germany, Granada, Munich, Salobrena, Spain, starkbier, Starkbierfest | 4 Comments

Touring Bavaria

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Andrea

Since our wonderful Christmas I have been seeing some of the sights in and around Munich. The weather has been good, cold but clear (no rain) and one very lucky day of snow. On 26 December I met up with … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat Life, Friends, Travel | Tagged Andy Warhol, modern art, Neuschwanstein Castle, Regensburg, snow, Tegernsee | 6 Comments

Happy Holidays from Bavaria

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Andrea

In an hour or so Christmas dinner preparations will begin at the Kalms’ house in Germany. I have been in Germany since Saturday taking in as much of the Christmas joy as possible. I am looking forward to a fun … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat Life, Friends, Travel | Tagged Christmas, Christmas dinner, Christmas Markets, Christmas shopping, English Garden, Germany, Munich, skyline, smokers | 4 Comments

The mountains are calling!

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Andrea

A week ago I was going from shop to shop in the Thamel district of Kathmandu trying to find a good deal on a North Face knock-off sleeveless vest. The fact that I was wearing a genuine North Face soft-shell … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Ain, Bucket List, Expat Life, Travel, UAE | Tagged Buddhist, Durbar Square, Escape Dubai, Escape Travels, Expo 2020, hiking, Himalayas, Hindu, Kathmandu, Nagarkot, namaste, Nepal, rickshaw, Thamel, Thanksgiving, UAE National Day | 4 Comments

India’s Golden Triangle

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Andrea

It has been a few days and I’ve been able to process most of what I did and saw on my short trip to India. I joined another Escape Travels (Escape Dubai) trip this past weekend. We visited what is … Continue reading →

Posted in Bucket List, Expat Life, Travel | Tagged Agra, Amber Fort, Delhi, elephants, India, Jaipur, New Delhi, Oregon Ducks, Taj Mahal, University of Oregon | 3 Comments