(This is an old blog post I wrote 2 years ago on St. Patrick's Day)

In honor of St. Patrick's Day I will share the story of one of the best days of my life, a day in Ireland that may have gone much differently if fate had not intervened.

It was June, 1998, and I was traveling in Ireland by myself. I had...

During my stay in Taipei I had the pleasure of being treated to dinner and dessert by local Taiwanese students Ariel, Melanie, and Robert. I met them through Hiroto-san, one of my stellar volunteer guides in Tokyo. Ariel looked exactly like Mandy Moore, but Asian. First we ate delicious steamed dumplings...