A Visit to the Dentist in Indonesia
In my nine years of teaching at international schools, I have never worked at a school that has provided dental insurance! The reason that they always say that you […]
Tag Archives: Slice of Life
One Day as a Tourist in Surabaya, Indonesia
This weekend I took the opportunity to stay downtown and pretend to be a tourist in Surabaya! Normally I tell my friends and family to just skip Surabaya and meet […]
Is the Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card Worth the new Fee?
Something that I am asked frequently is what travel credit card I use. I always rave about the Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR). I’ve now paid for two years of CSR […]
I’m in Rio!
Yesterday I arrived in Rio for my AASSA teaching conference! My coworker and I left Venezuela on Monday afternoon, spent a couple of hours at the Panama airport, and then […]
Lessons Learned While Driving in Venezuela
Get really bright headlights installed (you might need to bring them from home if you want them, though) because street lights frequently don’t work and everyone has very tinted windows […]
Book Spine Poem
Today I thought I would try a book spine poem with my third-grade students for our slices. Book spine poems are formed by choosing books around a theme or main […]
Waiting for Gas in Venezuela
It has only happened a handful of times during the five years I’ve been living in Venezuela, but right now in Valencia, we are in the middle of a […]
Good International Schools to Work at For Families
As long-time readers know, I am a single lady without children (and I’m looking for an international teaching husband if you happen to know of one available– :)) so I can’t […]
Flashback Friday: One Summer in Japan
I have a soft spot for Japan. Sushi, amazing architecture, kind people, ramen, clean, orderly, easy to travel, and they even had a whole street of places to go salsa […]
Math Autobiography
I was inspired by aggiekesler to make a math autobiography. I really liked how she didn’t just use the numbers 1-10, but instead chose ten numbers that were significant to […]
Teaching Wanderlust 