We were walking James on a cold Saturday morning here in the Netherlands and we decided to walk through the town square of Gouda since it is right by our Airbnb and we wanted to see what people were selling at the market (Thursdays are the big cheese market days). We noticed flags in all…
Category: Holidays
Those random days off throughout the year
Thanksgiving 2018
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you are having a wonderful 2018!
Toilet-Papered on Halloween!
Remember yesterday I said we got stuck without candy on Halloween? Well our cute little trick-or-treater playfully toilet-papered our doorstep! I thought it was so cute and funny!
Holidays in Europe
One thing we werenβt prepared for in Europe was holidays. Holidays where everything is closed. Today is Halloween. In Georgetown, we were prepared with LOTS of candy. But here in Europe we didnβt think Halloween was really celebrated like it is in the US. Last year, we were in Austria. I remember walking along Mariahilfer…
Who is La Befana?
We are in Treviso, Italy and this Saturday is Epiphany. All over town we see vendors selling stockings and socks (like we have for Christmas Eve in the United States) and we see lot of candy and what
Target – Valentine Napkins
One US store I really miss is Target and their holiday items! They always have cute holiday clothing, kitchen items, party supplies, candy and more.
Target has these cute Valentine’s Day napkins and
Thanksgiving in Verona, Italy
I realized that we posted all of our Christmas in Vienna videos but I forgot to show our Thanksgiving in Verona! This video is all about FOOD haha!
Our 15th Wedding Anniversary
I forgot to post last month about our 15th wedding anniversary on December 14th. We went ice skating in Vienna for our anniversary. But another fun thing was a Just Married book I got for Chris. I was
What Did James Get For Christmas?
We walked past a Decathlon sporting goods store when we were in Italy a few weeks ago and we spotted the perfect Christmas gift for James. It was a trio of fun!
SPOILER ALERT: We used to live
Stocking Up on Groceries for Christmas
We are in Vienna, Austria for Christmas. When you are in Vienna for the Christmas holidays, you have to plan ahead with your groceries because many of the stores (including the grocery stores) are closed
Flashback 2001: Christmas at Universal Studios Orlando
Back in 2001 we spent Christmas Day at Islands of Adventure at Universal Orlando. We lived right by Universal at the time and we had annual passes to Universal Studios. This was pre-Harry Potter and
Ice Skating in Vienna, Austria
Years ago I remember seeing this photo:
I told Chris I wanted to go ice skating on this rink in Vienna one day! Usually the Wiener Eistraum (The Vienna Ice Dream) doesn’t open until January –
Christmas Balloons at the Vienna Train Station
I saw the sign for the live construction of the Christmas balloons at the train station. It read, “Liveaufbau der Weihnachtswelt aus Luftballons.” But I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect! They are
Our 15th Wedding Anniversary
15 years ago, on December 14, 2002, we were married!
I never thought we would move away from Orlando. And then we moved to Washington, DC. I didn’t think Washington, DC was our permanent home
Advent Calendars in Vienna
Now that Christmas is approaching, Advent Calendars are popping up all over Vienna. In the US, we rarely saw Advent Calendars. I think I saw one at Trader Joe’s once. And of course you see Clark Griswold
2017 Family Portrait
It is so rare for the three of us to all be in one photo together! I forgot that I had my friend Jen take this photo for us on the 4th of July here in Washington, DC.
Happy Birthday Duke and Goblin!
Duke and Goblin would have been 16 years old on Saturday. Here they are in Orlando on their 8th birthday:
We honored Duke and Goblin on Saturday by taking James down to Sprinkles. Sprinkles has dog
Silver Bell Wreath
I was looking at wreaths for our front door and I found this silver bell wreath from Williams Sonoma. I would love to put it on our front door here in DC but the front door isn\’t fully covered like our
WestJet Christmas Surprise Video
This was from last year, but the whole surprise, kiosk and production of this video is still very cute and creative. Way to go WestJet Marketing Team!
Happy Halloween
Our neighbor has a Mastiff named Buffy and James LOVES Buffy. Buffy got a great pumpkin costume for Halloween but it was just a little too snug on her. So she offered the costume to James!
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