Travel Stories

My family travels all over and I seldom worry about their safety beyond a car accident in bad weather or getting separated at a crowded location.  I try not to “go there”, especially on vacation.  But maybe that’s when I should worry most.

During one of my favorite episodes of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw talks about secret single behavior or SSB.  It is defined in Urban Dictionary (4th definition down) as an action or habit that one indulges in only when alone.  This refers especially to behavior that, hidden from one’s significant other, could be potentially embarrassing or disastrous if discovered.  In the show, Carrie liked to stand in her kitchen reading fashion magazines while eating saltines and grape jelly. I think that there is also such a thing as secret travel behavior.  Those things you do when you travel to parts unknown that you would not do in your own home town. 

When you are making Military Move No. 8 you should be a pro, right? You’ve done it so many times that you should be getting better at it. Unfortunately this is not the case for us. It seems like we make the same simple mistakes each time, like not renting a big enough moving truck.

For five weeks last year, I traveled with my husband and sons, 10 and 12, through Colombia. That's right, Colombia. Or, as it's known to many Americans, the cocaine and kidnapping capital.