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Guestbook: Uncle Jim & Uncle Tim
After much planning, Uncles Jim and Tim finally made it here to see El Salvador and meet Luca. Unfortunately, we left DC so soon after...
Mar 18, 20202 min read
Guestbook: Memé & Papa
All the grandparents wanted for this holiday season was to see the Boss.
Jan 10, 20203 min read
Guestbook: Nonna
For the second time this year, we enjoyed an extended stay from Nonna, a.k.a. Ray Ray’s mom. Recall that she – along with her best...
Dec 5, 20193 min read
Guestbook: The Inland Northwest
It seems fitting that one of the last items on the calendar before our return to the US is an entry in our guestbook. In the two years we...
Jan 7, 20143 min read
Guestbook: Leigh & Reed
By now you’ve likely guessed the origins behind our newest visitors: SAIS Bologna. Leigh is the latest of our unique tribe to pack her...
May 7, 20131 min read
Guestbook: The Romanian
A somewhat last-minute, though very welcome, visit from yet another Bologna classmate. Paul is a renaissance man of sorts. Along with...
Apr 8, 20132 min read
Guestbook: Sean & Keri
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, visitors can serve as a forcing function for exploring where you live. Ray Ray and I have been...
Jan 24, 20134 min read
Guestbook: New Year's With Mark & Katya
Larina and I closed out 2012 engaged in one of other year’s frequent activities: showing people around this beautiful island. To no one’s...
Jan 4, 20132 min read
Guestbook: SAIS Roommates
Back in Washington, Ray Ray shared a house with five other women, four of whom were classmates who began our grad program with us in...
Nov 7, 20122 min read
Guestbook: La Famiglia
We just said farewell to my parents, my sister, my brother-in-law, and my nieces after a long weekend celebrating my parents’ 40th...
Aug 7, 20122 min read
Guestbook: Mews and the 4th of July
If you want a look at the footloose and fancy free lifestyle, look no further than Mews, a man so significant he can simply go by his...
Jul 9, 20123 min read
May 29, 20122 min read
Guestbook: Los Salvadoreños
More house guests to help us explore the country!
May 1, 20122 min read
Guestbook: Adam & Melissa
Less than 48 hours after arriving, we hosted our first guests. I hope, seeing as how we get to live in the Caribbean for the next two...
Feb 20, 20123 min read
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