One of the great things about living overseas is the opportunity to try new foods. While just about every type of food can be found in the U.S., from Mongolian to Ethiopian and even Indonesian, it’s simply not the same as enjoying that country’s food while staying there. The spices are just a little different, [...]
We love the kids’ school. Among other things, even their field trips are about learning. Back in the U.S. the 5th grade class gets an afternoon field trip to an amusement park. Elana’s 5th grade class here and their teachers spent three days by themselves living in a village where they planted rice, made straw [...]
Before Bluetooth headsets, crafty entrepreneurs in the U.S. tried to find any number of ways to make cellphones hands-free. But as Ockham’s Razor tells us, it’s usually the simplest conclusion that provides the best answer (okay, maybe that’s a bit of a stretch – but you get the idea). And so it is for hands-free [...]