Archive for May, 2007



Progress

Published on May 26, 2007

We have some major accomplishments to report:
1. We are the proud bearers of SOFA stamps, which will allow us to extend our stay in Germany.  Because I wasn’t able to get a Visa through my job (I’m too old), we had to get creative.  After many, many ideas and road blocks and MUCH ado, Tyler […]


Gobble, Gobble

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New discovery: I LOVE Turkish food.  All of my favorite things combined in a bunch of different delicious recipes.  Think Greek, only fresher and with more salads (although I’ve never had Greek food in Greece).  Garbanzo beans, tomatoes, cucumber, yogurt, other beans, really good rice (and I know good rice), fresh herbs (especially mint), fresh bread, beets, corn…I could go […]


France

Published on May 12, 2007

I’m sitting down to write this post with a hot cup of delicious coffee, thanks to my sweet friend Katie who heard my cries and sent Starbucks and a french press.  Oh how I love a hot cup of coffee.  And while I am not “addicted”, per se, I do miss the wild and crazy […]


Fate

Published on May 1, 2007

As many of you may know, I have often SWORN that under no circumstances could I ever enjoy running.  I’ve tried it several times and every time I feel like I am going to die.  It hurts my knees, my ears, my head and neck, my poor lungs and heart…everything.  Even when I’ve been in […]


Two to Geneva, Please

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I’m not going in order.  I’m just telling stories as they come.  We went to France before we went to Switzerland.  Using our Eurail pass, we could get on any  train in our designated countries for free (a couple of them required a supplemental fee).  Some required reservations, some did not and it was a […]