Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
I signed up for a bunch of the base spouse group’s activities a week weeks ago, during our month plus hotel stay. “Mom, do you have any friends?” Eloise had asked me a few days prior. “Uh, not yet, but it’ll be easier once we find somewhere to live…?” I said, probably convincingly. TODAY was…
This is Tokyo Gas emergency services. They showed up to my house with the siren wailing, causing the neighbors to stare. The men who called them had already left. He was part of the internet installation crew coming to set up our wifi. He told me in great distress that it smelled strongly of natural…
Happy New Year! Our family started the year with 8pm jet lagged bedtimes and watching the sun rise over Tokyo Bay. To say this move has not gone smoothly would be an understatement. I’m not ready to talk about it. Apologies to friends and family who have lovingly listened to all the tears and angst….
Architecture tells the story of the city without words, in a language of columns, rooftops, stone and steel. With Andree Jacquet again as our guide, the walls of the city came alive, speaking to us, revealing secrets from centuries past, pulling us deeper within the comings and goings of the city that brings us all…
Eloise wrote this for a writing assignment in class about getting lost at last year’s Trick or Treat event. One Spoky Halloween Night By: Eloise Krueger, grade 2 That night it was dusk, and windy and my best friends and I were trick or treating. I could even taste the wind and I could feel…
I felt like my time in Europe was lacking in incidental castles. I’d heard Kasteel van Zellaer recently underwent renovations and was surrounded by lovely forests. Since it’s only 30 minutes away, Chris and I took advantage of his having Tuesday off for All Saints Day while the kids were in school to check it…
“Oh, one last trip before you head out, that’s nice!” multiple people said about our September road trip to see the Passion Play. Here I would roll my eyes at Chris. If only that were our last trip before we head out! But no, Chris saw days off on the school calendar and I believe…
