“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed is you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Oh where to begin?! A piece of my heart is, & always will be, in Greece. I was so sad to see the fires going through…
New Years in London
“Dear Past, thanks for all the lessons. Dear Future, I’m ready!” So I’m a wee bit behind uploading and writing about our adventures. Stella started part day pre school and I didn’t realize how tiring it would be to run around doing errands with Nora while she’s there, then getting home and *trying* to clean….
Super Easy, No Knead Bread Recipe
Crunchy and Easy No Knead Dutch Oven Bread
Searching Through the Ruins! German Castle Ruins
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” – Anne Frank It will never cease to amaze the history around us here! Being from the Midwest, we had history and beautiful sites to see, but most were never preserved. I’m sure at one point it was destroyed on purpose, so it…
Meme’s Snow Cream
The world changes when it snows So it’s been snowing here again (yay!) and after sledding, we decided to make snow cream (with a side of coffee and Glühwein)! I have fond memories of making this with my meme growing up. I have 2 recipes I use. The one with milk and sugar is Meme’s…
Fairy Tale Castles
“Even on the worst days, there’s a possibility for joy.” – Kate Beckett A couple weekends ago we traveled to Garmisch and, on our way home, visited Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. Neuschwanstein is the castle that, it’s said, Walt Disney saw and based the Disney Castle off of. King Ludwig II is so interesting. He is…
The Little Details – Eremitage
“If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.” – Calvin, from the Calvin and Hobbes comics A couple weekends ago we wanted to do a little day trip, so we drove to Bayreuth to see the Hermitage Old Place, Hermitage Court Garden (an 18th Century…
Quick and Yummy Overnight Yogurt Oats
Good food, good mood! Sometimes I feel like dealing with Daylight Savings time and little humans is worse than a full moon as a nurse. In Germany, we “fell back” last weekend (a week earlier than our family and friends in the US). The spawns seem to think this is a reason to wreck havoc…
Getting Lost In The City of Water
” Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There’s no looking at a building after seeing Italy.” – Fanny Burney So a week after accepting a housing offer, we hopped on a train and went to Italy! When we got back reality, we realized we had no furniture, internet, and still only one car. Since…
Old Buildings In Dresden
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin As I listen to Justin and Stella play hide and seek downstairs and Nora is napping next to me, I figured I’d jot down this post quickly. We accepted a house on Thursday in this lovely little town, so we finally have a…