Let me start by saying everyone’s English is AWESOME. Being surrounded by English for two weeks straight works wonders for my advanced students who know a lot but lack practice. They’re even starting to understand me well when I talk fast or use a lot of slang. It’s great! So I’m even more convinced than… Read More Grand Canyon
Today has been a bit of a lazy day. It’s HOT here. And we decided that even travelers need a ‘Sunday’ day of rest. We slept til 9 (that’s 11am Houston time) and enjoyed an awesome complimentary breakfast buffet. We came back to the hotel… I had some much-needed me-time while everyone else went for… Read More Sedona
Yesterday morning we woke up at 8 to a hot Tucson day. Our hotel had an AMAZING free breakfast with all kinds of eggs and meats and yogurts. It was a wonderful change from the pastries and horrible coffee of our previous hotel. After our fill or delicious food, we headed to Saguaro National Park.… Read More I Love Cacti!
New Mexico is totally bizarre to me. This morning we set off from Carlsbad Caverns area to White Sands National Monument. Within 2 hours we traveled from steppe to Colorado-style lush forest at 8,500 feet to hills/mountains to straight up desert to white fluffy sand dunes. Crazy! White Sands was awesome! When we were coming… Read More New Mexico Just Blew My Mind
So far, things are going great for our first annual English trip 🙂 [scroll to the end for a few pics] Yesterday we drove 640 miles from Houston all the way to Carlsbad, New Mexico. We made great time and even got to drive by the Alamo and take some quick pics! Near Kerville, the… Read More In the Middle of Nowhere
Detroit is crazy. Let me tell you about it. The last day of our trip, we woke up in Ann Arbor. It was somewhere around 7-10 degrees F. SOOOOO cold. Naturally, I took a hot shower. And it was beautiful… At first. Just as I was about to rinse the conditioner out of my hair,… Read More Michigan Part 2: Detroit is Bizarre
I have never been so cold as I was in Michigan… It’s not all Michigan’s fault… I’m sure Chicago would have felt just as cold if not colder if we hadn’t left when we did… The morning that we boarded our Amtrak train from Chicago, the weather had dropped to 19 degrees F… By the… Read More Michigan: The Great Lakes State: Otherwise known as the Freezing State
I officially found my favorite U.S. city. Chicago. Hands down. Not so stuck up as New York. Not so laid back as Seattle. Just perfectly in the middle. Granted, I was only there for 2 days, but you can tell a lot in 2 days. It was a great quick trip. Friday morning, we boarded… Read More The Windy City
Someone asked me about a week ago: “Why are you going to Washington? Family? Vacation?” For whatever reason, I partly-jokingly responded, “Oh, for adventure…” The exploring Seattle part on my own is adventure I guess, I don’t really enjoy exploring cities by myself, but comparatively speaking… flying to Washington can hardly be called an ‘adventure’.… Read More Washington State Adventure: Anytime you take a bus, you’re asking for it…
I made it home! Awesome. And here’s the best part. I somehow managed to get bumped up to First Class on my 16 hour flight from Hong Kong to New York. 16 hours of luxury. It was AMAZING. My seat turned into a bed. Food throughout the entire flight. I’ve never been so full on… Read More Welcome back…
Lauren Around the Globe 