December 14th 2012 was my 39th birthday, and I have made a list of the forty places I wish to visit over the course of the next year before turning the big four oh and specifically what I would like to see and do there. Last year when we started our adventure in Europe,…
For Alfonz’s birthday on this soggy Sunday, we decided to celebrate indoors with Spanish Seafood Paella. Ingredients Olive Oil 1 Onion finely chopped 1 Red Pepper cored and finely chopped 2 Carrots finely chopped 3 Garlic Cloves Crushed 2 Diced Tomatoes Salt & Pepper 1/2 tsp. 200 grams Petit Peas 1-2 Cups Long Grain Rice…
Here is our second experience with reality TV, House Hunters – Where Are They Now? A branch off the original ueber popular TV series – House Hunters, where people search for a home and the host Suzanne Whang narrates, as the nail-biting audience tries to guess which home the people will decide between three options….
Another tick off my goal list! I am methodical creature, not sure why, but I am. Even my memories line up in chronological order to sift through at will. It is strange to people that don’t function that way, so I’m told, but I have no idea how other people’s brains work. I wanted to…
What is so amazing about going deep into a cave on the side of a mountain? For us it is to imagine just how long it took to form. At La Grotte de Clamouse one part of the cave is over a million years old; while some mineral formations are 100,000 years old for a…
What happened to the Hamori family after House Hunters episode ‘Lucky in the Languedoc’? The house they choose had more potential than initially thought and ended up a viable income for the family of four with a rental apartment where the summer kitchen once was and an additional room to let inside their home as…
Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms; carry out your plan. – Paul J. Meyer The hardest part about moving to a new country, starting a new life and perhaps a new business is learning a…
DOG SHIT PROGRAM French Statistic: There are around 17 dogs to every 100 people in France, one of the highest ratios in the world, and an unofficial dog population of some 10 million dogs (over 500,000 in Paris alone). People would be shocked to know that while walking along meandering paths through beautiful historical villages, you cannot look…
“Any serious shift to more sustainable society has to include gender equality.” Helen Clark Women still earn 80% of their male counterpart’s salaries. Equality in the workplace has made progress but it is far from a level playing field. What do women bring to the table that men don’t? Perhaps women have a greater understanding of…
To all the people we met along the way, our loyal friends and family members that keep checking in on our progress, and the supportive online community of bloggers connecting through That’s Hamori, I salute you! It has been 18 months of solid writing on our family adventure blog, and it is now time to…