All Entries Tagged With: "Holidays"
Merry Christmas
I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Well, Howdy Y’all!
Ten hours on a very full plane. Three movies (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, The Dark Knight and The Duchess) and one Simpson’s episode. One Traditional Christmas Dinner and one box “snack” (both not bad really). One inflight engagement (she said yes). A quick zip through immigration (“Welcome Home”, he says to us). An hour-long [...]
Texas Bound
What a weekend! We celebrated our own little Christmas here on Saturday. We gave each other a bunch of books, so after a pokey three hours of opening presents and brunching, we spent the rest of the day reading and taking it easy. Sunday we took Trudy to the doggy spa, packed (oh, what a [...]
Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!
Near our flat in Krakow. I’m pretty sure those signs say, “Danger–Holidays Ahead”. I am feeling a bit like sleeping beauty here. Can someone please tell me how it got to be November 21 ALREADY?? The middle and upper school band concert last night was so fun. Thank goodness they didn’t play Christmas carols, as that [...]
Paris, France
Well, after looking over my photos from our two-and-a-half day trip to Paris last August, I realized that to overindulge in so much goodness in one sitting would be such a waste. So let us savor Paris the way it should be, leisurely, on European time. Think of this post as an amuse-bouche. This was [...]
A Leisurely Day in Bruges, Belgium
Pretty Bruges is less than an hour from Brussels on the train. The only other European city I’ve seen so far that can hold a candle to this beautiful town is Annecy, France. Mr. DJ says Bruges is pretty darned cute. That’s an understatement, of course. Coincidentally, Rick Steves blogged about this town in a [...]
Strolling through Brussels, Belgium
Our first stop on our trip last week was in Bruxelles or Brussels, Belgium. One of Mr. DJ’s colleagues said that “Brussels reveals her charms slowly.” Hmmm. I don’t know. I thought the old girl was pretty charming from the get go. Although my opinion might have been swayed by where we stayed…. The Conrad. [...]
¡Congratulacion España! and other things
Spain won the Euro 2008 Championship. Here are some loyal fans in Nuremberg, Germany. There were some really hardcore ones in Salzburg! Oh, I know, I’ve been so slow in posting my Germany photos. Now that Roxi is out for the summer it is hard to find three or four hours to sit down and [...]
We’re back!
We got in late Saturday night. For some reason, on the flight back, I thought I kept hearing oom-pah music. It was probably just the engines… We had a great time! There was only one thing wrong with the trip: we happened to be travelling during Euro 2008, which is basically a month long soccer/football [...]
Wellie Weather
View from the master bedroom–you know, the really BLUE room. It’s raining today. Roxi is hoping for more, since there’s a track meet (a “house” competition, yes, like Harry Potter) today after school. She really doesn’t want to do it. She will, of course, but if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll [...]
