What’s the solution to dissolving the Sri Lankan related stress? We have a short time before Ben starts his new job. Where in Asia do we want to decompress? Over the past 5 years Bali has been a place that…
Gems from Southern France (part 1): Bouzigues and Pezenas
France holds a lot of history for both of us. Ben was born in Paris and spent most of his childhood in France. We have been traveling here together for years, at least a dozen times, never tiring of it,…
Back in our rustic paradise ~ Sri Lanka
Back home in Sri Lanka after being “on the road” for six weeks, we spring into action to get the little house we live in, in as good shape as possible, as we have quite a few home exchanges coming…
A weekend fling in Amsterdam
Lunch in Lisbon, dinner in Amsterdam ~ such are the charms of living in Europe! We arrive in Amsterdam, in our new home exchange, just in time to catch a herring before the stall closes. Whew! We must start Amsterdam…
Marrakech, Morocco ~ with our own Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie?? Whaaat? Those of you who know Ben well, know that he is rather enamored of Angelina Jolie. Always was. Not only for her beauty, but also her life’s work as an ambassador for refugees as UN Goodwill Ambassador.…
Istanbul, Turkey ~ of mesmerizing mosques and beckoning baklava
The Ottoman Empire… Constantinople… Turkish coffee … kilim carpets….How little we know in fact about Turkey, both modern and throughout history! And yet, the very name Istanbul evokes romantic notions of the Orient… For this reason we have always been…
Life on the other side of the Hanoi river, Viet Nam
With this last minute, surprise exchange, we once again rediscover why we like home exchange – because it takes us to places we wouldn’t otherwise go see and meet people we wouldn’t meet. Witness the bridge we cross to the…
A jewel in the rice paddy ~ Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Our third and final home exchange in Ubud, is a shining jewel in the rice paddy. Even though it is super tiny, when inside it feels very spacious as the doors on 2 sides and windows all open up to…