food and life in the foreign service
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 →
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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