48 Hours in Bath {no kids!}
I don’t remember Bath being quite so…posh. I remember the incredible Georgian architecture and the ancient bathhouse and museum, but I don’t remember all the sophisticated shops and renowned eating establishments. Then again, it has been 10 years. Although we still have a lot of Britain to see, we returned to Bath to meet some […]
P is for Pancake…and Parks
Shrove Tuesday – also known as Pancake Day around here – I had to get to the bottom of it. Wikipedia says “Pancake Day is a day in February or March, preceding Ash Wednesday, which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes.” Okay, simple enough…but still a bit of a strange tradition. Basically, it […]
Doll Upcycle
I don’t normally post crafty things on this blog. Once upon a time, those posts were reserved for another blog I share with my sister. We used it as a way to share our creativity with each other (and others) when we were living many time zones apart. Thankfully, we are currently in the same […]
Exposing Kids to Wildlife
Throw back to the time I went to the Galapagos Islands…that was kind of a game changer for me. I came back with an incredible appreciation for wildlife. Of course the Galapagos are extremely unique and some might say a front-runner in wildlife encounters. However, the more I traveled, I realized that I was equally […]
Claremont Landscape Gardens – National Trust
Since the moment we decided to move overseas, I’ve read a lot about the subject. I’ve also had the pleasure of meeting people who are far more experienced in expat-life than we are – families who have moved to different countries every 2-3 years for 10 years or more. (Yes, people do that.) All expats […]
Copenhagen on my Mind
Tragic news came out of Copenhagen yesterday. The city (and its people) have been in my thoughts all day. Perhaps one of the most alarming factors to come of this, is that if it can happen in Copenhagen, it can truly happen…anywhere. I have never felt safer than when we lived there, with rates of […]
Quick Fading Snow and Long Lasting Memories – Forty-three Years Later
Above is where I have been sitting for the past six hours. I have been fighting a cold all week. My regular antidote of exercise, vitamins and denial have not been working. So today, I raised the white flag and stayed under a blanket all day, only to shuffle outside in a down feather coat […]
Winter – No Hibernating in London
One of the benefits of living abroad is that you inevitably pick up little bits and pieces of another culture and begin adopting them as your own. You can pick and choose, ignoring the ones that don’t serve you and fully embrace the ones that do. One thing we learned in Denmark, is that […]
Our Favorite 2014 Moments
I thought I was going to begin 2015 without the familiar wave of nostalgia that always escorts me into a New Year. (Am I the only one?) But there it was, just before midnight, as I gazed over the rooftops of London’s terraced houses, watching a few fireworks pop in the distance. Our first New […]
Tenerife – Finally made it to the Canary Islands
When I lived in Spain, for a few months in college, I had some friends who jetted off to the Canary Islands for a holiday. Actually, one of the Spanish girls living at my “residencia” was from there. It seemed like a dreamy place to go, made only dreamier by the fact that I couldn’t […]