My hair is trailing behind me as I fly down the Elbe River behind my son on an e-bike in search of the world’s most beautiful cheese store. Just a few minutes before, Ethan and I had been standing in the Dresden tourist office while a helpful clerk, pointing to a map, explained how to…
I am standing high up on the rim of a caldera in the middle of the Atlantic ocean taking in the vast beauty all around me. Shall I go left or right? Blustery gusts come out of nowhere as the sky begins to get dark. I was told not to get caught up here if…
I am on high alert wanting to get a glimpse of Ethan flying through the air above. I find myself in Copenhagen at ten o’clock on a clear brisk evening in May. What should be dark is light so we are out-and-about – on the town as they say – wandering around Tivoli Gardens watching…

While getting some final documents together for clients heading to Japan this month, I couldn’t help but take a walk down memory lane. When I went to Japan several years ago, I was floored by how different it was. Everything was different! First off, unlike Americans, the Japanese are quite formal with each other so…