Note: Some of you (alright, 2) have asked about our trip to England so I have written retrospective posts about it because a.) Britain should rightly be called an unofficial stop on the B Tour. We were there for 3 weeks to celebrate the holidays with Bjorn’s parents, and in many ways it kicked off…
If anyone knows me in the least, they will realize the title of this post is a nigh impossibility for this fair lady (I’m not trying to be vain, just punny. And shame on you if you don’t get this reference. Wonderful costumes — wonderful!) However, as it was our first Sabbath in Bangkok (Side…
PEOPLE I am surrounded by people of various ethnicities. Bangkok is an amazingly diverse Asian city, probably more so than Manila, Philippines or Seoul, South Korea. However, communication has proven to be somewhat of a problem. While I had a middling grasp of the language in the Philippines and was surrounded by people who could…
I’m breaking down my first impressions of Bangkok into three Ps: Place, people and food (yes, food. As I am of Filipino heritage, I claim the right of interchangeable p’s and f’s. The funniest/saddest thing I ever saw on TV was on “Wheel of Fortune.” It was a special, where teams were competing instead of…
Happy New Year everybody! (Yes, to all three of you.) As many of you know, my husband and I are traveling for a year around the world. We plan to spend 3 months in 4 cities. We call it the B Tour: Bangkok, Thailand; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Berlin, Germany; and Mumbai (nee Bombay), India. I…
Go Karlmans 