It’s been a whirlwind travel week for me, spanning just a few continents. It started in Korea, where we broadcast the radio show from Seoul, which coincided with President Obama’s Asia trip.

Then off to report in Bangkok, one of my favorite cities in the world. I’ve been to Bangkok so many times that I have a set routine: breakfast by the Chao Phraya on the terrace at the Oriental (with the most wonderful orange juice in the world), lunch at the spice market (at the Four Seasons) and dinner on the streets. (My philosophy is that if it’s cooked, you can eat it).

And one of the highlights, on my last night there, is dinner on the river at the Peninsula Hotel, where Executive Chef Philip Sedgwick goes all out with an evening barbecue and buffet—lobster, scallops, and everything from house-cured gravlax with dill sauce to homemade pistachio ice cream for dessert. A real treat, and right on the river … magical.

Then it was from Bangkok via Seoul to the U.S. The airport at Incheon really works and the Korean Airlines operation there gets it right. I walked into the transit lounge and literally bumped into Jimmy Carter. The 85-years-young former president was just returning from another habitat for humanity mission in Asia. Carter was on the Korean Air non-stop to Atlanta; I was on the Korean Air nonstop to New York.

Thirteen hours later I landed at JFK, did The Early Show on CBS, and a few hours later hopped on yet another flight—Iberia—from New York to Madrid, and then on to Casablanca for a three hour drive to … Marrakech.

That’s right, nothing says Thanksgiving more than Morocco. So why am I in Marrakech instead of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? I’ll tell you soon …