All Entries Tagged With: "moving"
Poland: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Last night before I went to bed, I happened to glace at our wall calendar in the kitchen. There, in tiny letters, I saw the words “Holocaust Memorial Day” on today’s square. I have never heard of this, have you? Apparently, it was first marked in the UK in 2001 to remember the victims of [...]
This year, I resolve…
I am doing things a bit out of order this year, thinking about New Year’s resolutions before Christmas. But since things will be crazy once we touch down in Texas next week, I thought now is as good a time as any to get my brain pointed in the right direction for next year. Actually, [...]
Wherever you go I will follow… at least if you have a blog
Blogger has added a feature called “Following”. Have you seen it? It popped up a couple of weeks ago, but I had not paid too much attention to it. However, Sarah mentioned it yesterday in her comment. After giving it some thought, I think maybe it’s a good thing. My reasons for starting Just a Plane Ride [...]
Pesky Pests
My brother-in-law and his wife sent me this very realistic bookmark for my birthday. I don’t know if they’re trying to keep me conditioned to return to Texas or sending me a threat. But EWWwwww. Trudy, the bug huntress, went ballistic when she first saw it. When I put the bookmark down on our ottoman, [...]
Birthday lunch for my friend S
This is an odd menu, I know. But they are all foods that S said she’s missed the most since moving from America eight or so years ago: 1. Homemade pico de gallo and guacamole with tortilla chips. 2. Smoked Salmon Bisque from Simply Recipes. I wanted to make New England Clam Chowder since it’s [...]
UK US Forum
London, near Covent Garden, July 2008. Over the last year and a half, I’ve had a fair number of people email me about moving over here. They’ve asked some great questions, some of which I could actually answer–haha! However, in the last week, I’ve had emails from two gals in Texas who asked me a [...]
A day of Japanese things
Yesterday my friend S treated us to a delicious bento lunch at Mitsukoshi Restaurant near Piccadilly Circus in London. My bento included salmon and tuna sashimi, vegetable and shrimp tempura, miso soup, vegetables, rice, and fruit. Roxi had the tonkatsu bento. We enjoyed this food so much. S says the food is authentic at this [...]
Feed me!
Though it looks like this fellow has engaged the attention of those frisky otters, he is actually feeding the ducks (not pictured, too bad because there were some darling little ducklings!). The otters are part of Surrey Sculpture Society’s 2008 Exhibit at Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park, England. .I am off to take Roxi [...]
Den Haag to Haarlem, The Netherlands
Continuing our Spring Break trip… If you missed it, you can: Find out why we didn’t go to GermanyRead about my adventure with HerringSee some “Dam” picturesLook at more bicyclesCome with me to the Anne Frank and Van Gogh museumsAnd visit Amsterdam’s Red Light District Here are some photos from our journey from Den Haag [...]
We went for a walk on Saturday
One of the things we have learned in our time here is that if we are blessed with a sunny day, we must take advantage of it no matter what! Saturday was a beautiful, mild Spring day. After being cooped up for so long, a country walk was definitely in order. The only question was–where? [...]
