This one was on the bucket list for me. How could we live in Asia for four years and not see the Great Wall of China? The timing was not the greatest as D had knee surgery ten days prior.  He had to climb with a brace, but he was a real…

We are living in Virginia and still traveling! It is hard to believe but my last post on our travel blog was in May of 2016 and it was a trip we took in May of 2105!  I am not sure why I stopped blogging…. but I miss it. In August of 2015 we relocated…

  Seoul, Korea May 2015                                                                                         Jeju Island, Korea      …

  Just a quick note… We have several trip reports to share….         I am behind on posts as we just relocated back to the United States.  We squeezed in as much travel as we could before we left Asia, so there was no time to write my blog!   Check back soon…

    We had a wonderful year of travel.  We took 21 trips, visiting 12 different countries.  We added three new countries to our list;  Philippines, Australia, and Timor Leste bringing the total country count to 53 for me and 54 for D.  This is my year to sneak off and visit a new country…

  We are published in the local Singapore Expat Magazine! It is a monthly publication, but once a year they publish a special Travel Guide for the Asia region & Beyond.  They selected three of my posts.  The editors printed a few photos from each trip, along with text.           The…

  A few weeks ago I shared my exciting news… that our blog,  TheXtraSuitcase.com is published in the beautiful magazine Artful Blogging.  I now have a copy of the actual magazine and can share the layout with you.         I wrote an article entitled, " May I take your Picture".     …

  I am SO EXCITED – Can you hear me squealing? I saw this ad in the Jan/Feb Somerset Studio Magazine, so I guess I am allowed to share the news! The photo in the upper right is from our blog, as well as I am highlighted as a featured blogger.  This is a scanned…

    "2013 – A Year of Exploration and Learning"       We had another year of jammed-packed travel.      we took 17 trips visited  9 countries   stayed in 25 hotels flew 39 flight segments took 3 motorcycle tours had a 9-hour bus ride took two train rides flew on one small plane…