Here we are at the end of a long but pleasant day of flying.
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.
Sounds like you had a good trip. I'm heading to BKK and SIN for a total of 5 days in November. It would appear that I may need to try some new hawker stands.
We don't know the extent to which hawker centers like Newton have been set up by government - it's supposedly not as "authentic" as some of the others - but there's still no shortage of good food to be found in Singapore.
We'll be transiting BKK in January en route to the Maldives (another Hilton devaluation-motivated stay) but alas we won't be stopping there.
The Maldives, huh? I considered that but getting there was going to take too many days -- something that matters for those of us still in the workforce! Instead, I'm heading for Koh Samui in March to burn some Hilton points (I'm also burning points at SIN Do in January and London in February).
Yes, a work schedule can get in the way of travel plans, although you juggle the two worlds very adeptly. We have the luxury of being retired guys and not having to worry about that.