Neighbors Matt and Jennifer are on a global walkabout, but they sent Bernalwood a sweet note via eAir Mail to let us all know they’re thinking of us:

Jennifer and I decided that life is short, and took an early retirement in April. We rented out our home on Anderson Street and left our beloved Bernal for what we hope is two or three years in Southeast Asia. We moved sight unseen to Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, to use as our home base. We have been learning the language, exploring the land, and loving the culture and people.

We spent two weeks recently in Bangkok and Chiang Mai, and are now in Bagan, Myanmar, which is amazing and quite different from Thailand and Indonesia.

For my birthday last month, Jennifer had this “Bernal Heights” t-shirt made, to help me cope from bring away from my favorite village and my favorite city on the planet. Here’s a photo taken earlier today as we biked around the vast plains with hundreds of scattered temples.

Our travel blog is: SEA for Ourselves.

We send our best to our Bernal friends, businesses and neighbors.

Here’s a detail of that sporty Bernal Heights t-shirt. Sweet!

Selamat jalan, Neighbors Matt and Jen!

Our great hope is that when you return, you will open a cozy little warung on Cortland specializing in authentic nasi campur.