Happy Wanderings

• Said Pur in Sunshine 5 months ago Islamabad’s winter is cold and gray, the air heavy with soot from people burning wood, coal, and trash to stay warm. Though we enjoy that Pakistan has seasons, we lament the brown haze that hangs heavy over the horizon and masks the mountains in the distance. The nights are long and dark...
• The many sides of Muscat, Oman 8 months ago Oof!  I just don’t know where the time has gone – November flew by in a blur of work and activities and it’s been hard to a quiet moment to reflect and write down thoughts about our time here. The irony of course being that the more full and interesting our life, the more I... Continue...
• And our next tour is... Plus tourism in Islamabad 9 months ago Our life overseas requires constant planning and adjusting often years ahead. While in some ways it feels like we only just got to Pakistan, in fact we are already over half way through our time here. A’s job here is just for one year and then it’s off on fresh adventures. After what felt...
• Karachi from the car window 9 months ago I fly in and out of Karachi like a whirlwind. The Pakistani International Airways flight is full to bursting, and I try to stamp down my claustrophobia as I take my seat, thankfully in the aisle. A man seated behind me chants in Arabic for most of the flight and then, on the shaky and somewhat...
• Facing the Mountain and the Fortress in Kufstein 11 months ago My husband likes to plan travel around fitness. That is to say, around him competing in cycling races, triathlons, half marathons, etc. When he proposed going to the tiny town of Kufstein in Eastern Austria, so that he could compete in the local Radmarathon cycling race, I was initially a bit...

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