food and life in the foreign service
Grant and I went back to Croatia a few months later, except this time we went to Istria for truffle season. This had been a dream of mine for some time and, ever since we watched Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations episode, we had really wanted to go to a number of specific places and restaurants... Continue Reading →
We've seen a lot of cool stuff in the first few years of our marriage, and of those cool things, Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park ranks up there. There are 16 interconnected, cascading lakes, and the color of the water is unreal. There are tons of waterfalls and the whole place seems magical. I realized... Continue Reading →
Shortly after our arrival in Belgrade, my sisters came to visit. We were all lucky that our car made it over here and through customs just in time. While Grant was off at work all day, the three of us girls went around and explored Belgrade, and even took a few trips outside the city... Continue Reading →
Backing up a bit, 2013 was also the year we saw Chris Thile in concert twice in a pretty short amount of time. If you haven't heard of Chris Thile, you need to go look him up right now -- he's basically the best mandolin player ever. I am not exaggerating. He is formerly of... Continue Reading →
The biggest thing that happened in 2013 was that we moved back overseas, to Belgrade, Serbia. I did write an update about our first week here, and as we are into month eight of being here I think we can safely say we love it -- and it is not the honeymoon phase talking, because... Continue Reading →
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