This week we would like to introduce Jenny Marshall of A Things for Wor(l)ds. Jenny is a language and culture fanatic. She’s based in Spain where she teaches English to rowdy middle-schoolers and attempts that sexy Spanish lisp. She can’t decide which is more fun, travel or grammar, so she frequently jaunts around Europe and picks up cool new words […]
Let’s face it. London is one of the world’s leading cities, and it’s also one of the most expensive. Actually, I always thought Hong Kong was the most expensive city (and it is based on real estate), but recently The Telegraph declared London as the most expensive city to actually live in. So I take that back– London […]
Today I’m celebrating my 25th birthday…in Costa Rica! That’s right, just this past weekend we flew to a whole new region of the world for both of us: Central America. We’ll be spending at least a month traveling overland from country to country. This is the first trip I’ve taken where I have no set […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of a perfectly pink Paris. Our first attempt to witness the Eiffel Tower sparkling in the dark was a bust. We didn’t think we could make it even to sunset, but I’m glad we chose that day to try. As the […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of stepping back through time in Asakusa, Japan. Asakusa is the center of Tokyo’s shitamachi, or “low city”. Named for its lack of tall buildings, for centuries it was the entertainment center of Tokyo. Filled with large kabuki theaters and geisha shuffling […]