http://www.travelingpuffins.com The adventures of two puffins Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:48:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Beecher, Illinois is where we found ourselves after France.  We spent about a month visiting family and friends in the area and took a few visits into Chicago and Michigan.  The highlights included spending time with my adorable little niece Abby, having some heart to hearts with my sister, visiting ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/07/27/beecher-iffic/ We spent a wonderful month together eating, drinking, and spending time with family and friends.  Sebastien's village, Liffol-le-Grand and Neufchateau were quaint and relaxing.  I was able to experience true french culture from how they celebrate baptisms to a Thursday evening get together with friends. Mostly we eat a lot ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/06/25/france-family-and-friends/ After spending some time with Sebastien in Paris I took the TGV to Nimes and met my oldest and dearest friend Karina.    We stayed at a Kryiad hotel which was close to the train station and arena. We spent a lovely time eating and catching up that evening.  The following ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/06/07/arena-and-fortress-with-an-old-frien/ Bonjour!  After my stay in LA, Sebastien and I met in Paris.  His cousin, Jeremy, lives there and was an excellent tour guide through Paris.  We saw the Eiffel Tower during the day and all lit up at night, walked by the Louvre, sat and enjoyed the sun in the ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/05/26/puffins-do-paris/ We flew into Los Angeles on April 27th.  Sebastien was there long enough to buy an IPAD and then boarded another flight to France.  I wanted to spend some time with my girl Alison but will fly out, hopefully, May 10th to meet Sebastien in France. Lucky for me I got ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/05/09/good-times-in-la/ The last week we were in Thailand we stayed on Koh Phangan.  Koh or Ko Phangan is known for the full and half moon party's.  Anyone who travels around southeast Asia makes it a point to attend one of the parties.  We attended the famous jungle half moon party with ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/05/04/our-last-week-on-ko-phangan/ For the next few days I am going to blindly choose random pictures from our travels and explain a little about them.  Today I selected from my Vang Vieng files.  Enjoy. Quality of this pictures is not good but the memories are.  Here we have Sebastien and I with our Canadian ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/05/01/random-shots-from-vang-vieng/ One of the main reasons Sebastien wanted to visit Chiang Mai in northern Thailand was to go to Tiger Temple.  I believe that there are a few places, maybe two, in Thailand called the Tiger Temple.  The one we went to was about a 40 minute cab ride from Chiang ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/04/30/tiger-temple-in-chang-mai/ For those of you who don't know, we have had a small change in plans.  Sebastien's rash and bumps came back after we left Vietnam.  We had gone back to Thailand and initially things got better.  However, after going from Chiang Mai (north) back to the islands (south) the rash ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/04/29/a-change-in-plan/ Le Loi is a street in Hoi An which is known as the tailor capitol of Southeast Asia.  You can find the wealthy tourists and the broke backpackers rooming the streets getting suited and booted within the hundreds of shoe and tailor stores.  Sebastien and I spent a week in ... http://www.travelingpuffins.com/2010/04/21/suited-and-booted-on-le-loi/