The Dalat Honemoon Experience: our Pumpkin Coach! Emperor Dan & Empress Elisse! On our marvelous month in Vietnam, we went from Nha Trang inland, heading for the Central Highlands, taking the really nice “Sinh Tourist Bus” to Da Lat, the Honeymoon Capital of Vietnam! Da Lat (or Dalat) is a Read more…
After our happy Railfan couple left the Elkhorn Inn on Saturday morning, Dan & I had a “foodie” weekend! My box of wonderful fresh produce arrived from www.TastePadThai.com (2 gorgeous green mangoes, fresh lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, & thai chilies, among other things!), & I cracked open Mai Pham’s Read more…
Yes, this is the Final Installment of Elisse & Dan’s Excellent Asian Adventure! After this I Swear I will immediately go back to writing about life in Wild, Wonderful West Virginia- and there’s LOTS to catch up on! The previous three installments have been about our all-too-short stays in Korea, Read more…
This is the 3rd (& Penultimate) Installment of “Dan & Elisse’s Honeymoon Adventure”: Water puppets & trendy Hanoi; northern Vietnamese Villages, and a romantic Junk Cruise on Halong Bay… a trek into the Central Highlands: a dugout canoe down the Black River and my 49th Birthday Dinner Party in KonTum; Read more…
A week in Saigon: 8,000,000 motorcycles, fine pho, Tiger Beer & Snake Wine, floating down the Delta, fabulous shopping, & then the train to Hanoi! Because we spent over 3 weeks in Vietnam- & it was truly the focus of our Honeymoon Trip, (& because I took a stupefying number Read more…
Four nights in Japan: Geisha Goldstein & Samurai Dan eat sushi! We came back from Lowe’s this evening with a cherry tree, to plant at the Elkhorn Inn. After seeing the cherry and plum trees in flower in Kyoto I totally HAD to have a cherry tree at the Inn! Read more…
Week 1 – Korea: Kimchi, Dr. Fish, Soju, Makgoli, Jeju hunting, palaces, & the DMZ! We’re back from our long-planned, long-overdue, totally wonderful 5 week Honeymoon in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and I’m finally going to start posting a few of our many (2800!) photos, & some of our many Read more…