food and life in the foreign service
In 2013, I learned to make bagels from scratch. This may seem like an insignificant accomplishment to many Americans, but trust me, this was a big deal. When living abroad, other than friends and family, food is the big thing that people tend to miss. The US is really the only place in the world... Continue Reading →
A year ago today, my dear friend Chrystin married the love of her life. Although she was not the first of my high school friends to get married, it was the first wedding that both Grant and I were able to attend, other than our own. We had so much fun at the beautiful, winter-themed... Continue Reading →
I love Christmas. This year was nice because even though we are living in a country that does not celebrate our Christmas, they have their own -- so the Christmas season is even longer! To get into the Christmas spirit, in early December we took a long weekend and went to Vienna to check out... Continue Reading →
I had always wanted to spend some time in Slovenia in general, and at Lake Bled in particular, and we managed to do it Labor Day weekend 2013. Bled is a cute little town; the lake is truly magical. Walking around it and looking at it from the castle high on a cliff, I felt... Continue Reading →
This year, we went to Paris for my birthday. We took a few extra days to make a long weekend longer and had a wonderful time. Neither of us had been to Paris before but we both really enjoyed being there -- I loved it (duh). On my actual birthday, we saw some pretty churches, went to... Continue Reading →
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