the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
From the category archives:
Our five day visit to the States was a quick trip down memory lane for my daughter. Since she lived near Washington DC from age one to three, many things were only vaguely familiar but there were moments where everything came into focus.
The Pentagon! Mommy’s Pentagon!!!
She wanted a banana ice cream cone from the tropical ice cream [...]
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We fly. A lot.
For a military family living in Southeast Asia, a round-trip home is 20,000 miles. Our daughter, about to turn five, has easily flown 120,000 miles. She idly draws pictures of immigration forms and filled her mom’s passport with pretend visa stamps, each one carefully within the lines. She has never thrown a tantrum even when she [...]
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We just got back from a family vacation in the sex tourism capital of Thailand, Pattaya. Okay, not a complete family vacation since Elysia was in the area for CARAT 2010 and was working with the Royal Thai Navy.
Pattaya has a long history as a rest and relaxation port for U.S. Navy ships but tourism [...]
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It has not been a particularly busy week but some how it went by quickly. Elysia traveled to Brunei for three days as part of CARAT 2010. I would have liked to see her presentation on rules of engagement but, then again, some of the community service projects seem to be more fun.
Elysia is usually too busy [...]
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We visited Vietnam’s Northern Highlands in March, a region that is very much on the beaten path because it is so beautiful. [Photo gallery] An eight-hour overnight train brought us from Hanoi to Lào Cai, just across the border from China, and then we drove for another hour and a half on a road to [...]
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