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Berlin Day 3: Of monuments and memory
I started rather late today, with breakfast at Schwarzes Cafe on Kantstrasse, a nice spot for eggs and hot chocolate: I then went for a walk through the Tiergarten on my way to the German Holocaust...
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From Berlin to Belize
Post has been updated with pictures! Got back from Berlin a week ago and then I headed off to Belize with my boys on Friday, June 13th, which turned out to be our lucky day, no flight delays to speak...
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Belize – Ambergris Caye to Caye Caulker
Our trip continued with a snorkeling trip Monday morning to Mexico rocks with Searious tours – I liked these guys much better than the ones we went with to Hol Chan, we took our time and got to see...
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Belize: Caye Caulker
Today is our only full day in Caye Caulker. Mike and Andrew went on a SCUBA outing while Brandon and I did a snorkel trip with The Caveman — it was awesome. We saw manatees, sea turtles, sharks, and...
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From Caye Caulker to San Ignacio, Cayo district
We left Caye Caulker this morning to head to our jungle adventure in the Cayo district near San Ignacio. My least favorite part of this trip so far was the water taxi ride from Caye Caulker to Belize...
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Belize: Snakes, Tarantulas, Iguanas and Mayans
If you have a problem with bugs or lizards, the Belizean jungle may not be the best place to go – but we had a great time seeing these cool creatures (thanks Animal Planet). Last Friday was spent...
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Belize: CAVES! Barton Creek Cave, Cave Tubing & ATM
We are back in Austin and I wanted to take a little time to process our trip before writing this post on Belize. Belize’s geology includes lots of limestone which leads to the development of caves....
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Belize: The Forgotten Country?
Let’s Make Belize A Place We Can Be Proud To Call Home!!! I took this picture during our last evening in Belize, near the light house in Belize City. This sign epitomized the feeling I got as we drove...
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Moving on…
Much of my writing in this blog has been a way of processing my feelings of grief from losing people close to me. However, there are many forms of grief, as I was discussing in a twitter chat today...
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A journey to Italy – with 8th graders!
My son’s 8th grade class at St. Francis School is continuing a tradition of a spring break trip to Italy, and luckily my son, Andrew, didn’t mind that I tagged along. We’ll be traveling across Italy...
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France, Muslims and Terrorism
As noted in this video from CBS news “It sucks to be a Muslim in France”… http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/les-banlieues-seeds-of-terror One of my first trips to Paris as a graduate student in 1995...
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What I saw in Washington, D.C.
I will be writing about my perspective on the political implications of the November, 2016 election in other outlets, but the shift in the country is having many personal impacts that I will be...
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