Perspectives of a Trailing Spouse, etc. Just another Diplowife and her blog. How I got kicked-out of a bike tour in Amsterdam. If this were a movie the opening scene would be me flying through the air in slow-motion. Flashback to a few days, our trip to Amsterdam began like most of our trips. We were still posted in Muscat at the time and JG and I looked forward to a bit of a cooler climate.

Thursday, September 22, 2011. Hello, lovely Foreign Service bloggers and readers. I was picked out of a few hundred entries as one of Sprouts most inspiring stories. Being short on cash, some extra grocery money would be VERY much appreciated. If you could please take a few seconds out of your day to vote for me, that would be wonderful. Bitten by the Entrepreneurial Bug.

It was intended for an audience of one - me. Obviously I have a lot I need to work out. Good luck on all of your travels, and for those of you trying to get in, good luck with that as well.

I have been absent for far too long. The absence has been a result of a lack of news. After the initial avalanche of decisions to make and updates to report, it was all quiet on the Foreign Service front. The palatial Oakwood Crystal City.

Saturday, August 23, 2014. Adelaide and I had quite an adventure on Saturday. We spent the entire day in Bogor experiencing traditional Sudanese village life. We rode about an hour and a half south of Jakarta on the toll road.

8220;Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Produce and Groceries in Beirut.

We packed up the family and joined the Foreign Service in 2011. Update on life in Guangzhou. Chinese NY decorations were awesome. I used to think about my blog all the time and compose blog posts in my head. Now weeks go by without my even thinking of it. So I guess I should update it, with a post about real life, not just vacations! She loved her Chinese NY dress.