http://aachan.com/blog/index.php What we're up to Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:54:45 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss092 aaronka@gmail.com aaronka@gmail.com en Just 2 hours away from Washington DC is Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, famous for having some of the largest populations of Amish and Mennonites. We spent the weekend there (see photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/aaronka/AmishCountry2009#). Although many of the Amish still live traditional lives, we were surprised to see the amount ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=121 I took a short trip in Ireland on my way to meet Anne-Sophie in France to visit family and then headed back to the US via Boston and Maine for a wedding. Here are the photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/aaronka/IrelandFranceNewEngland2009# I called it my Celtic journey, but in fact most Irish and Bretons ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=120 From now on, all of our newest photos will be on Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/aaronka/ There's also a link to the right labeled: Our Newest Photos. PS We no longer live in our Alexandria condo. We now have a place in DC. You're all still welcome to visit though! http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=118 We braved the freezing temperatures to attend the "We are One" Inaugural Concert for Obama at the Lincoln Memorial. No matter what happens or what you think of Obama, his inauguration will always be seen as a historic moment. Perhaps only FDR's and JFK's inaugurations have caused so ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=117 I'm posting some photos of our New Orleans trip in the short trips album. We had a good time overall. New Orleans is certainly rebuilding and is as lively as ever. However, the crime and poverty have also returned which I experienced first hand by being ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=116 We're back in DC and I've posted highlights of our almost 500 photos (Colombia and Venezuela Album) to give you an idea of what our trip was like. Both are gorgeous countries with amazing cultures and friendly people, but face challenging political problems. Anne-Sophie joined me in Bogota ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=115 I know we don't blog very often anymore, especially with Facebook to update our travel status, but there are so many interesting things about Colombia that cannot only be shown through photos or one liners. I was going to wait until we got back, but I'm stuck somewhere in ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=114 We had a great weekend in the Shenandoah and at a friend's farm at the border of Virginia and West Virginia. It was nice to get away from the city and get a taste of country life. We rode horses, relaxed and got pampered at nice Bed and ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=113 We haven't blogged in a while, but there have been some recent changes/events. I'm starting my internship teaching sixth grade US history. It's been fun so far even though I really want to teach high school (btw, just found out that the high school in Alexandria, TC Williams, ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=112 Although DC is an important metropolitan area, it's not a real city like New York. Plus there's no good Chinese restaurants in DC, so we had to go all the way to NY to have some Dim Sum. We checked a show on Broadway and watched one of ... http://aachan.com/blog/index.php?p=111