After the busy-ness since my parents arrived of traveling to Innsbruck, having Lasik, and then going to Iceland, we finally enjoyed a full week at home with my parents. While I worked, my parents enjoyed lots of long walks around town and catching up on their rest. In the evenings, we ate out at manyContinue reading “Week 143: A Full Week at Home with my Parents”
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Week 142: Lasik & Iceland
Monday morning, I finally had my LASIK revision. My appointment was at 9:15 and we were back home by 11am. Everything seemed to go smoothly except I moved my left eye a little during the procedure, which resulted in a tear to my lens. The doctor applied some bandages in the form of contact lensesContinue reading “Week 142: Lasik & Iceland”
Week 140: More Snow and Ice!
We ended last Monday with an unexpected three inches of snow, and then we started the week off with even more. Luckily, there were some breaks where we saw blue skies for short moments. While the kids made it to school on time on Tuesday, they delayed school on Wednesday due to a predicted iceContinue reading “Week 140: More Snow and Ice!”
Week 139: Farmers and Freezing
We just wrapped up another low key week in Germany! It has been absolutely freezing all week. A “Scandinavian Cloud” has settled over Central Europe and doesn’t seem to have any plans of leaving. We have gotten a couple of dustings of snow, which just seem to live permanently on the ground now. One thingContinue reading “Week 139: Farmers and Freezing”
Week 138: First Week of 2024
After two full months of nonstop travel, visitors, and Christmas markets, we finally had a gloriously boring week at home, and I mean ‘boring’ in the best possible resting, relaxing way. Since Thanksgiving, we visited 5 countries (besides Germany), one of them twice; 24 Christmas markets, two of them twice; and had nine visitors; allContinue reading “Week 138: First Week of 2024”
Week 137: Christmas at Home and New Years in London
We made it home from Nürnberg in time for Christmas Eve dinner. This was our first Christmas in Germany, and essentially the first Christmas we’ve ever spent with just our immediate family. We went the extra mile to uphold our favorite traditions while creating some news ones, and making it a fun weekend so noContinue reading “Week 137: Christmas at Home and New Years in London”
Week 136: Christmas in Poland
It is already the last week before Christmas; I cannot believe that December has passed us so quickly! At the same time, we have been jamming in as many visitors and activities as possible so maybe that’s not surprising. The kids are now on winter break and Tuesday, we were leaving on a trip toContinue reading “Week 136: Christmas in Poland”
Week 135: Last Week before Christmas Break
We continued our visit with the O’Rourkes when they arrived in Stuttgart by train on Monday night. But first, a moment for our advent calendars as I forgot to include them previously! Only because German Advent Calendars are the really the best, they go all out! This year, I found a Nivea calendar for BrooklynContinue reading “Week 135: Last Week before Christmas Break”
Week 134: Christmas in Paris
It’s December, so of course we had another busy week! Matt worked every day at the school (apparently a lot of teachers want to take off in December) and the kids had the same school activities just about every day. Monday night, a friend and I visited the Bruchsal Christmas Market. Bruchsal is about anContinue reading “Week 134: Christmas in Paris”
Week 133: Visitors & The Beginning of Christmas Season
We had a super busy week as Burger, Heather, and their family were still visiting with us. We made the most of our time and visited more Christmas markets and collected even more mugs. Monday, we were all exhausted from our weekend in Luxembourg and Strasbourg. Luckily, I was able to work from home whileContinue reading “Week 133: Visitors & The Beginning of Christmas Season”
Gilcrests Abroad 