AN ADVENTURE WORTH WAITING FOR
We traveled by train from Baden-Baden to Paris, France. The contrast between Paris and Baden was striking in numerous aspects. Paris boasts four major train stations, all teeming with crowds. The atmosphere was lively, chaotic, and somewhat daunting. We explored approximately five hotels before locating one with an available room. Although the hotel was quite... Continue Reading →
My friend was eager to delve into her roots in Germany after the Viking Cruise, and I was happy to accompany her. Baden-Baden was not on my list of places to visit, so I was pleased she discovered her heritage there, prompting our trip to the area. Baden-Baden is a spa town in the state... Continue Reading →
Bear with me, this story is relevant to my travels today. The year was 2005 and I was living in Guatemala, had a great job as the Embassy nurse and befriended my daughter’s American teacher who was teaching at the American school where my children went. We invited her and her son to travel to... Continue Reading →
Or so you thought since I have not blogged for a while. I left Busan, Korea, flew into Osaka and boarded a train to Kobe, Japan. I had one objective - to try the famous Kobe beef and believe me after one bite I did feel like I went to heaven. I have never tasted... Continue Reading →
My younger pupils in Korea have taught me more about K pop, or Korean popular music, than I would really like to know. It can be challenging for some of my younger pupils, who are in their 20s, to relate to a 71-year-old grandmother. I discovered that bringing up K-pop groups was a terrific way... Continue Reading →
Richard Hornberger was a US army surgeon during the Korean war. He wrote under the name Richard Hooker and his book M*A*S*H, was a memoir of his time as a surgeon during the war which was eventually made into a movie and a TV series. The Korean war started because the Russians tried to take... Continue Reading →
I stayed in one of the best hostels ever during my stay in Kyoto. Nothing like the hostel in Dublin! It was more like a hotel but not as expensive as a hotel. When I arrived, they looked at me and said, we are upgrading you at no cost to a room with a private... Continue Reading →
I debated on whether or not to actually post an entire blog on toilets. I told myself, noooo that is just silly, ridicules and poo pooed the idea. 🙂 But it is so much a part of the Japanese culture and it takes bathroom protocol to a whole different level that I decided it was... Continue Reading →
Before leaving the oyster farm in Kumihama and heading south to Kyoto, a Japanese friend, Miho, who has an online custom-made clothing business, invited me to participate in an Ikebana flower arranging class. I had previously mentioned to her my experience of working at a florist and greenhouse during my high school days and how... Continue Reading →
My Timshel by Tamara Gonzalez Oberbeck 