Returning from our visit to Wat Po (we'd actually been aiming for the Palace, another starred attraction but we'll make it there another day), we met a fellow Flyer Talker at the elevator as we were heading from our room up to the lounge.
Brendan a.ka. "Restless in Reno" had just flown in from a FlyerTalk "Do" (a gathering organized by locals for FTers from around the globe). We'd met him twice previously at the two Australian gatherings we'd attended, and what a great pleasure to bump into him.
We're seated in the Hilton lounge right now and in a few moments we're all headed off on a boat tour to visit a weekend floating market and other attractions from the water.
It's a small world after all, to coin a phrase.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.