food and life in the foreign service
For the past few weeks, we've had a stream of visitors and we won't be without at least one until August. I love having visitors! My youngest sister is the only one left now; it is great having someone else here who is just as eager to explore Belgrade as I am. While having visitors,... Continue Reading →
Before arriving to a new place, we wonder what it will be like to walk Scarlett. In Uzbekistan, we tended to stick to the complex in which our house was located, venturing beyond the gates to meet Grant on his way home from work. We knew a lot of places to walk in and around... Continue Reading →
I don't normally write about things like the death of celebrities, but when I woke up this morning to an email saying that James Gandolfini had died, it made me stop and think. I grew up watching The Sopranos, a show that provided a glimpse in to the mysterious world of the Italian mafia --... Continue Reading →
I recently had my first taste of Serbian food -- and it was delicious. We went to this hole-in-the-wall place downtown that Grant had previously been to, and as we were on the early side, we had the place nearly to ourselves. We had the very traditional, very Serbian ćevapi. Grilled ground meat, but nothing like... Continue Reading →
Although it seemed as if United Airlines did everything in its power to keep us from getting here, we made it! (More on how awful United is later; I promise this won't be a ranting post.) We've been pretty busy since we arrived, too. We got in last Thursday afternoon, and after being shown our... Continue Reading →
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