Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
A couple weeks ago we got to host our friends the Bayers in Brussels. This weekend, we got to squeeze in a visit to them before they move this summer! They live in Sintra, near Lisbon, Portugal, but I keep having to remind myself we’re in Europe, not San Diego. The purple jacaranda trees, the…
Good heavens, I started this post in February. We’ve really been on the go. We found out in January that there was a good chance we’d be heading to Japan in the summer. That didn’t pan out; we’re (probably) leaving in November to arrive in Japan in December. But with the specter of moving early…
We found out over spring break that Chris didn’t get his first choice for our next set of orders, leaving us with two choices: Bahrain or Japan. If we went to Bahrain, Chris pointed out, we could really say we’d lived all over the world. “If you ever wanted to talk me into the Middle…
Two years ago, the wordplay of the city slogan for the French city Dinan delighted and maxed out my French skills. “Tu dis oui, ou tu Dinan?” sounds like, “Do you say yes, or do you say no?” except say no (dis non) is pronounced the same as the city name. With the first lifting…
We moved into our Hawaii house five years ago this week. Isaac was five, Eloise two. Between reminder photos popping up everywhere and finding out our renters will be moving out in a few months, I’ve had Hawaii on my mind. I miss Hawaii: Our perfect little bungalow there, walking distance to church, Kailua town,…
The sun was shining, the borders were open—it’s time to experience springtime in the Netherlands! Chris’ work schedule didn’t make it easy, but we managed to zip up to the world famous Keukenhof Holland for an entire day of floral delights. I was afraid it would be past the peak bloom when we went April…
I love cheap seats at the opera! Chris and I had fun seeing the worst opera I’ve ever seen in my life last September for his birthday. It was all bad—the sparse sets, the inconsistent accents, the lack of character development… we left early. Then, after Christmas, we flew into Vienna just in time to…
