We pretty much did something every day while Jean and Elizabeth were here, even if it was only a trip to walk on the beach or a travel day. We did Herculaneum (a smaller, more intact version of…
Jean and Elizabeth, Matt’s mom and sister, finally got here after a cancelled trip in early 2020. They got here and we hit the ground running… quite literally, actually, since the route home from the airport detoured us…
Lots of Scouts for Cedar, including becoming the new Scouts Leader (Senior Patrol Leader). An international food festival at our local NATO base. LOTS of food and EVEN MORE alcohol from all kinds of European booths– it…
Ash and I took a girls trip to Krakow, Poland. Mostly we walked a lot, ate food (she didn’t really like Polish food, except for the doughnuts!), and saw the sights of the city. We saw a movie…
Finally! We (just the kids and I) flew in Europe for the first time since 2019! We were going to go to Crete in July, but it was canceled due to a strike. So I booked Barcelona and…
August here was, once again, like every August here but even worse this year, HOT. So stupid gross humid hot. Record hot. We went to cooler Slovenia for awhile, but we also had to come home. Also the…
We were so impressed by this country and this city. Matt loved being inspired by all the renovated camper vans everywhere, and I loved fitting in with the way we look and the way we dress. We all…
We visited Fusini Lake, which was actually just over the border in Italy. It was so shocking to us that moments after we crossed the border into Italy, there was trash on the road, bad roads and bad…