We had an 8-hour time zone change when we arrived in Iceland. And less than a week earlier we had a 4-hour change the other direction. To say we were a little messed up in sleeping would be an...
Iceland – First Impressions
Hello from Iceland! Reykjavik, to be specific. We are only here for 5 days so we might not have anything other than first impressions! But I felt like you’d like to hear them anyway. In random order, from our...
DR Happy and Crappy
It’s time for another Happy and Crappy post! That went fast, didn’t it? Time flies when you’re floating in the pool every day having fun. We were only here for about 10 weeks but here is a summary of...
M3 + E: Visitors to the DR
We’ve coined a new formula in our household. M3+E = 🙂 . I’ll unpack that math for you. I’m a homeschool mom, I’ve got this. M3 stands for two things: Margaret M. May, aka Teragram Yam (hint: read Margaret...
A Day in the Life
This is a real-life, moment-by moment post about getting sh!t done on an island in the Caribbean. First, here is a picture of our view from our deck. Boooteeeful, right? It gives you the impression that all day, every...
After the DR?
You people are a curious bunch. You keep asking us “where to next?”. Geez, we just got to DR! Can we live in the moment, please? Just kidding. If I didn’t already know what’s next, I’d be asking too....
Road to PADI
Road trip? Did someone say road trip? Nah. This is not a blog post about a road trip in the DR. I’ve decided that my stress level cannot handle that much driving in this country. But it is a...
Semana Santa in the DR
If you thought this blog post is about Santa Claus, you will be very disappointed. It is, however, about another major holiday, namely Easter. Only it’s not really Easter here in the way we are used to in the...
Sampling SCUBA
Finally! We did it! We went diving! It took a little while to get into the groove here in the DR but after about a month, we finally started the process of SCUBA diving. If you’re here on vacation,...
Whales of Samaná
One of the things we missed a lot while living in Medellin was the opportunity for road trips. That, and the ocean. The DR does not disappoint on either of those! After barely a week in our comfy apartment,...