A long day in Disneyland Paris
Finally, I’m a Disneyland insider! The day after I turned 42, we took the kids to Disney Paris. I’d never been and figured we should do it as a family at least once. Leading up to it, only my 8-year old daughter seemed somewhat excited. My husband and my son were a bit apprehensive because they recently visited Disneyland Tokyo, which had been a nightmare. It was so busy I’m not sure they managed to do a single ride. It had also been freezing cold. So why is our family doing
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Banjul Marathon 2026
The Banjul Marathon is a little mysterious. Even though it's the only organized running event in The Gambia and it's organized by Gambia's largest company Africell, there's not much about it online or on social media. But you don't have to be a genius to figure out it's a small event with sub-optimal running conditions. Basically, I expected the worst. Leading up the event, I was getting pretty excited about racing though. A lot of my friends were participating, and my kids a
Apr 295 min read
Senegal trip (involves being towed)
Instagram recap reel of only the good moments, not the towing, freezing at night, or being extorted by traffic police 🤣 At the beginning of every foreign vacation I wonder if I will live up to my own plans and travel resolutions. Mostly standard stuff, like discovering all the stuff that’s new and different over there. And: sticking to a reasonable travel budget. For this trip, I also wondered if we’d camp in our tent, as I hoped we would, or if we’d get lazy and book hotel
Apr 128 min read
