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Week 122: A Full Week at Home

We had a busy, but pretty “normal” week at home. Lots of school and activities for the kids and lots of work for me and Matt. Our puppy friends, Tobi and Paisley, visited with us this week while their parents were traveling. Over the weekend, Matt went on a golf trip with a friend toContinue reading “Week 122: A Full Week at Home”

Week 121: Kicking off Fest Season & a Visitor!

We had a busy week at home! Brooklyn had tennis every day, Girl Scouts, and piano lessons. Ryan had Boy Scouts and started baseball. Matt worked a couple of days at the school and work was super busy for me. It’s September, so that means it’s also the start of ‘fest season.’ On Friday, myContinue reading “Week 121: Kicking off Fest Season & a Visitor!”

Week 120: Labor Day on the Amalfi Coast

We had another quick week at home. While it was so hot and humid last week, we are back to normal Germany weather; 55F and rainy. To be honest, it’s a welcome change after all the heat. Brooklyn started with tennis practice every day after school with her team. Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts bothContinue reading “Week 120: Labor Day on the Amalfi Coast”

Week 119: First Week of School and Dijon, France

It was the first week of school! We managed to get a good nights rest on Sunday and had a relatively stress-free morning on Monday. It is still so HOT and HUMID. Because temps above 70F are so rare, the schools don’t have air conditioning here. But it’s been in the high 90s and soContinue reading “Week 119: First Week of School and Dijon, France”

Week 117: One Week in Croatia (& Bosnia)!

We did an eight day driving road trip through Croatia and Bosnia! We left early Saturday morning as we had dropped off the dogs the night before. Our first intended stop was the Wurzenpass Bunker Museum, about six hours away, on the border of Austria and Slovenia. Unfortunately, European summer traffic was not on ourContinue reading “Week 117: One Week in Croatia (& Bosnia)!”

Weeks 115 & 116: Two Weeks at Home!

We have spent another (almost) two weeks at home, which hasn’t happened in who knows when, maybe May? Brooklyn and I continued our tennis lessons and Brooklyn completed a one-week tennis camp at our tennis club. We played a couple nights in our neighborhood and she has made so much improvement! Ryan is still goingContinue reading “Weeks 115 & 116: Two Weeks at Home!”

Week 114 Part II: Three Days in Cappadocia, Turkey

We finished our week in Turkey with three days in Cappadochia. We arrived at Nevsihir Airport at about 11am and took the hotel shuttle to our hotel, the Sultan Cave Suites, in Göreme. Göreme is city central to a network of valleys filled with huge rock formations, called ‘fairy chimneys.’ I would compare it toContinue reading “Week 114 Part II: Three Days in Cappadocia, Turkey”

Week 114 Part I: Four Days in Istanbul

We had a non-stop week in Turkey, so I’m breaking this week up into two parts. We left early Sunday morning for our flight and arrived in Istanbul by noon. We headed straight to our hotel, the Marriott Şişli, for a nap and then headed to our first destination, Miniaturk. Miniaturk is a park thatContinue reading “Week 114 Part I: Four Days in Istanbul”