Perched on a cliff overlooking Lake Como, our Airbnb in Verenna was like a dream. This storybook fishing village dates back to the 13th century and is like a time capsule from the past. The kindness of our Airbnb host Rosella contributed greatly to our memorable...
Our time in Lucerne, Switzerland was varied, resting up at our storybook cottage, enjoying the remnants of a leftover hazelnut pastry with some rich coffee while watching a unexpected snowfall from our second floor room. We walked into the city and people watched from a...
Arriving by train into Lucerne, Switzerland we made our way up the hill to Christian and Tone’s lovely swiss cottage. Being welcomed into someones home as a guest and depart as new friends is one of the reasons I cannot recall the last time I stayed at...
I always keep my camera by the bed when I travel so that I can snap my “waking view”. This morning’s capture was of the fog moving through this magical valley town of Lauterbrunnen, beautifully framing the little cog train as it made its way...
Lausanne to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Our adventure continues as we ride the Grütschalpbahn (Lauterbrunnen-Mürren mountain railway) [gallery ids="9455,9456,9457,9458,9459,9460,9461,9462,9463,9464,9465,9466,9467,9468,9469,9470,9471,9472,9473,9474,9475,9476,9477,9478,9479,9480" type="rectangular"]...
It was wonderful to be reunited with Carissa after the longest separation since her birth. To have our reunion take place in Switzerland, where she has been studying abroad for the past year, added to the layers of beauty. With Carissa as our guide we...
Checking off the last box on my Cambodia travel list entailed visiting Angkor Wat, often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. Angkor Wat was built in the first half of the 12th century...
In Poipet, Cambodia Saturday February 20th, 2016 Abandoned by her parents at the age of three, six-year-old Srey has every human reason to feel unloved and rejected. The tumor that disfigured her face was seen by her parents as a curse and ultimately led to her abandonment....
When the Khmer Rouge regime swept through Cambodia in the 1970’s, nearly a quarter of its population was extinguished from torture, mass executions, malnutrition and disease. It’s estimated that between one and three million lives were lost. After flying into Cambodia last month to photograph and...
February 20th, 2016 Mae Sai, Thailand new the Burma border I loved celebrating my daughter Christina's love of all things coffee from the village of Pha Mi in Mae Sai, Thailand. Who would have dreamed that on my way to tell orphan stories, I would find some...
