food and life in the foreign service
We planned our R&R around the wedding of one of our friends from high school. As expected, it was a blast! To this day, some of my high school friends remain my closest friends, and I am incredibly grateful for the friendships we have. I always look forward to getting together with my girlfriends from... Continue Reading →
Last spring, on a trip to Istria, we had what has been my favorite wine tasting to date. It was at Wine Station Trapan, located in Šišan, a bit outside of Pula in southern Istria -- so a bit off the beaten path when it comes to Istrian wineries, as most of them are farther... Continue Reading →
After the oh-so-crazy bidding process began, we were on pins and needles, wondering about our next assignment. To make matters more nerve-racking the State Department released a cable telling all bidders that, basically, this was the hardest bidding season to date. What great news to get in the middle of your first time doing midlevel bidding... Continue Reading →
During our trip to check out Christmas markets with Grant's step-brother, we decided to add Bratislava onto what was originally a trip to Budapest. As it turns out, Grant and I are both a quarter Slovak, and his great-aunt had sent us information about the Slovak side of his family, so we decided to see if we could... Continue Reading →
In the early summer, my mom finally came to visit! Overall, we've been really lucky with family visitors and have had nearly everyone come to see us in Belgrade (some people more than once!). It was great having all the other visitors, too, but I decided to pick just one to discuss in the 2014... Continue Reading →
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