Tivoli Halloween
Our thoughts and prayers have been with those dealing with the implications of Hurricane Sandy. Halloween was not quite the same for many people this year, but safety is the main priority. I invite you to pop over to Shared Threads, where I posted a few photos of the girls’ Halloween costumes and images of Copenhagen’s […]
Copenhagen Food Tours
My Master’s Program doesn’t go on quite as many field trips as my 4-year-old’s preschool, but we do have the opportunity for hands-on experiences. A few weeks ago, we met at Torvehallerne market and went on a tour with Copenhagen Food Tours. You might be aware that Nordic cuisine is winning countless culinary awards these […]
For the love of Fall
Fall can be fickle – if the weather is wet and windy you can completely miss the color on the trees and the crackling leaves under your feet. It can sometimes feel as if summer transitioned into winter in one fell swoop. I am happy to report that the weather gods have aligned here in […]
A Sudden Shift
Autumn…how did it arrive so quickly; and with so little warning? We must have been busy settling into new schools and new schedules. September zipped-on past as we showed Mom around our home-away-from home. So, here we find ourselves in a different kind of transition…the shift of seasons. We’ve been pulling out coats from the depth of closets, […]
Weekend in Stockholm
When my Mom was about 20, she worked for a Swedish firm, in Chile. This company is the reason she moved to London, where she met my Dad. She had plans to visit the firm’s headquarters in Stockholm, but life plans (such as getting married and moving to Honduras) prevented her from going. Although she […]
Back to school
After we returned from Germany, life became quite busy. Matea started a new school and Dahlia started up where she left-off at the old school. They both started ballet classes (on different days of the week) and Matea is taking soccer (aka “football”, here in Europe). She is the only girl among an cluster of mostly […]
Germany – Munich and more
As we headed back to Munich, we drove along Austria’s beautiful Plansee Lake. So beautiful in fact, that it deserved an unplanned stop for an early lunch and some time to play. From there, it was a short, winding drive to Linderhof Palace – a grand, yet small-in-comparison, estate of “Mad” King Ludwig. It was […]
Germany (& Austria) Part 2–Bavarian castles
We arrived in Austria in the late afternoon, in torrential rain. We were warmly welcomed at Hotel Maximillian, in the town of Reutte. This hotel ranks up there as one of our favorite things about this trip…actually, I am fairly certain that the girls would say it was the best part. Thank goodness the sun […]
Germany Part 1 – Romantic road & Black forest
Historic towns, pristine lakes, verdant landscape, jagged peaks, sausages, sauerkraut and beer…might be words I would use to describe Southern Germany. Our kids, on the other hand, might mention cuckoo clocks, a night watchman’s tour, cows, playgrounds, black forest cake and gummy bears. There is one thing we would both add to the list – and […]
Friends, Food and Flea Market
We welcomed more visitors last week. Our friends and neighbors, who live next door to us back home, stopped by Copenhagen after 10 days in Spain. It was wonderful to show them around town for 3 days. Unfortunately, the temperature had dropped rather dramatically here – and wasn’t really that warm to begin with – […]