Vive La France!

We've now been in France at Anna's family's house in the beautiful countryside near Limoges for two weeks so this blog is a bit overdue. The house was an old stone shell when Anna's family found it 9 years ago and now has all the amenities while keeping its original old-farm-house feel. We've basically been leading the life of retired people: cleaning, cooking, eating, reading, going into town, and working on things around the house.

Last weekend Jamie's brother Caleb came to visit us here, and then the three of us headed to Paris for a few days of museums and awesome restaurants.

It is nice to finally have a base in one country that feels like home. Check out the pictures.

The French Countryside

Anna's house.

An old pig-house that has yet to be converted into a cottage.

Hike to Mont-Ciex

Cherry tree.

Limousin cows.

Our 1st dinner.

Bread baking in the stone oven house.

Caleb and Jamie make pizza.

Lumberjack Jamie.

Nightly fire.

The view from our bedroom window.

A few days in Paris

Around the corner from Jamie's place.

Anna at the Centre Pompidou.

L'art moderne.

Goodbye Asia

We write this blog from Incheon International Airport in South Korea. Our last week and a half we spent most of our time lounging on beautiful beaches, snorkeling, seeing Muay Thai fights, and watching bootleg DVDs at the coolest hotel in Bangkok. It's been a difficult two weeks of perpetual vacationing, but we survived. We're sad to be leaving this great place, but looking forward to getting back home (no more squat toilets!).

Snorkeling near Ko Phi Phi Island.

Tide out (Railay Beach).

Tide in.

Cliffs at Railay Beach.

Koh Phi Phi from viewpoint.

Muay Thai!

Girls fighting - Costa Rica vs. Thailand.

Karon Beach, Phuket.

Our room door at the amazing Reflections Hotel, Bangkok.

Room 202: you can graffiti and paint on the walls.

Our addition to the walls.

Hotel's DVD library.

The Grand Palace, Bangkok.

We've taken away so much from these past three months. If nothing else, we now know how to say "hello" and "thank you" in 3 different languages. Our trip was a fun and challenging one and we would recommend Southeast Asia to anyone who has the itch to travel and the desire for a wonderful culture shock. 

After a week of recovering in Berkeley, we're heading to Europe and will continue blogging from there. Thanks for following us on our adventure this far. 

Signs and Food

Southeast Asia is full of bizarre signs and exotic (usually delicious) food so over the past three months we've compiled a photo collection of both:

Signs:

Turns out, candel = rainbow sprinkles.



"Spaghetti: You eat your fingers!"





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Food:

Shark!

Sandwich stand (breakfast, lunch and dinner).

Tamarind, Anna's new favorite fruit.

Yellow watermelon.

Dragonfruit.

Banana roti.

At the market

Shake stand.

Dessert.

The insides of a chicken.

Dinner to go.

All you can fit on one plate for 50 cents.

Noodle soups.

Tiny banana.

Giant carrot.

Jelly dessert.

Where we are now:

Railay Beach, Krabi.