“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…
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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…
Parkstein – The Dormant Volcano and Fortress Ruins
“My favorite thing: Going where I’ve never been.” – Kapten & Son Today we decided to go on a little adventure to Parkstein. It is a quaint town built on the side of a dormant volcano and next to fortress ruins. On the peak of this volcano is an old church. It actually reminded…
Polish Pottery!
“A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.” – Irish Proverb Yesterday we got to add another country to ‘places visited’ list: Poland! I convinced Justin that, even though we have only been here for about a week and half, we needed to go on the Morale, Welfare,…
Cabin Ramblings
“When you’re curious, you find a lot of interesting things.” – Walt Disney It’s a beautiful day here in Germany. It drizzled this morning but now it’s overcast and there’s a slight breeze. I still am not use to talking to family and friends in the states. It is usually lunch here before I hear…
Arrival to Germany
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly, you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work…” – Bill Bryson So I have been…
Sedona, Arizona
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” – John Muir These past two weeks have flown by for me! Maybe it was because last week I got called in on my on call shift to the hospital and it made me sure to really enjoy…