Dear friends, We leave Thursday March 1 for Southeast Asia. We have been planning for this day for more than a year. Originally we planned to leave last August but life got in the way and we postponed our travel for a few months. We needed vaccination for Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid, Japanese Encephalitis,…

It was a little over 18 years ago, when our son Kris  decided to offer a summer of service, working with the youth in El Salvor, that I first heard about this country located in the heart of Central America on the Pacific Ocean.  Little did he (and we) know that he would find the…

We spent some 3 months in Paris. We had a wonderful time. Often when we go somewhere especially if it is for a long time we ask- Could we live here? In all our travels the answer is no. Too hot, too cold, too far from family, not enough of the activities we like, and…

  Once we learned that our good friends Nayyirih and Mahvash are in Luxembourg, on the way to the Baha’i House of Worship near Frankfort, Germany, we decided to rent a car and do a week long road trip. We spent a wonderful evening with our beloved friend (sister!) Nayyirih. She had prepared a delicious…

  One of the other perks, and there are many, of living in Paris is its proximity to our most favorite place on earth, where we had lived and served for almost 7 years, the Holy Land.  Since the Twin Holy days (bahaiteachings.org/twin-birthdays-mystery-birth-bab) were celebrated on November 1 and 2 we decided to join the…

  Our intention is not to bore you with mentioning all of the touristy attractions, THE MUST SEE and DO in Paris list of every tourist book, rather to give you a taste of what it is like to live in this incredible, vibrant and almost always awake and alert city. Six days a week…

We have now been in Paris for more than a month. We paid our next month’s rent and cell phone service – for Missy’s phone. WE had the great fortune of nice weather the first couple of weeks. This allowed us to sit in a sunny spot in the parks with the locals, drinking a…

  Wow! We have been in Paris for only a week, settled in our little studio apartment (used to be the maid’s room) on the 6th floor of an apartment building built in about 1840 in the center of Paris. We have walked miles and miles exploring, loving every experience, feeling so blessed and thankful…

It was a very good decision to spend a day and 2 nights in Martigny, a town with a lot of history, known for its emphasis on arts, exhibitions, vineyards (build on steep hills) and orchards. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martigny# We begun by going to the tourist info center where a VERY nice young man provided us with…

PROLOG Richard’s: Once Missy set her retirement date, of August 31, 2015, our travel plans were set in motion. But first we needed to see about her bunion surgery and what if any limitations she may have from that. After six months or so she had a clean bill of health and we started making plans.…