This is my last evening in New York. I fly back to MO tomorrow. It has been a really awesome trip! I’m a couple of days behind in posting, but I’ll do a quick one now. Sunday morning, I helped Brandon and Heather can green beans and pickles. It was a good morning activity, and …
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Montreal Botanical Center and New York
Brandon and Heather joined me yesterday in Montreal, and we had a really fun day! Unfortunately, the Biodome was not that great. It’s really small and it was packed with people. It was hard to see anything and it smelled like sweat. The aquarium in St. Louis is much better. The Botanical Gardens were worth …
Old Montreal
I had a very pleasant day exploring the historic part of Montreal today. As you can see above, Montreal is really a mix of new and historic. I believe this is the Church of St. George with a skyscraper behind it. Microsoft Copilot told me that I was about 15 minutes away from the old …
Montreal
Hello All: I arrived in Montreal this afternoon for just a few days before I go visit my brother in New York. Bill is doing a multi-country trip to Europe! He has set up his own blog, and he’s trying to get into the travel agency business. His blog is great and has a lot …
On Our Way Home
Well, we are at the airport in Dallas waiting for our flight to St. Louis. Somehow, our flight left early from Belize, got into Dallas early and now we are probably slightly delayed because our plane got stuck in Cedar Rapids. It probably had to be de-iced. We have about 5 hours here in Dallas. …
Snorkeling from Emily
Like many of our vacation destinations, Placencia has been a mixed experience and we are on the fence about whether coming back at a different time of the year would be better. It’s very quiet and laid back. The location is beautiful. Sunday, Bill had a pretty big gash in his foot because he has …
Placencia from Emily
Hello All: We are having a very low key vacation, so I haven’t had much to write about, but we are in a lovely place! Our apartment has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room with a big sofa. I’m currently on the balcony overlooking the lagoon. There is a nice breeze …
Finished!
I had a marathon day of classes and English conversation groups but I’m finished! My classes today were acceptable, not fantastic, but acceptable. I had to make a bunch of changes in my information to try to manage the student in my afternoon class who thinks he knows everything and won’t stop talking. So, I …
Mid-week at TEC
I haven’t posted in the last few days because I haven’t done anything super interesting or I’ve been wiped out tired by the end of the day. I spent last weekend at Heliconias Nature Inn enjoying the beautiful area and the thermal pools. Above is the adorable towel elephant that the cleaning lady made. She …
Teaching at TEC
I had a crazy long day yesterday and a crazy day in general! I taught my first class at 9:30am and it went pretty well. The students seemed interested, they helped me with my Spanish, and the professor for the class also helped me when I needed it. It was a fun experience. There were …
Traveling with Emily! 