After spending the last year and a half in Southeast Asia, and also Europe (mostly France), our recent return to the U.S. felt… strange.
We recognized this feeling, this sense of disorientation, as mild culture shock, which, I might point out, had nothing to do with the fact that we happened to arrive when a new president was taking office in the face of overwhelming opposition and resistance. (That was just regular shock, although it did add a strange dimension to the timing of our return.) [Read more…]
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If you visit London with kids, you must go to the Harry Potter tour at the Warner Bros. studios just outside London, even if you are not a fan! This is the actual place where all eight Harry Potter films were made, and witnessing the incredible craftsmanship and cinematic secrets that went into the making of those movies is nothing short of magical!