Making plans for Easter

by | Mar 5, 2007 | Europe, Italy, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

Last year we went to Locarno, Switzerland, over the Easter holiday. We spent time in the midst of beautiful scenery and were really able to just relax and enjoy ourselves over the four short days that we were there. Before we left there, we said we wanted to make it a...

Is spring here yet?

by | Feb 15, 2007 | Europe, Italy, Rock Climbing, Travel

Today the weather here is absolutely wonderful. It could be a bit warmer I guess but the sun is shining, there aren’t too many clouds in the sky and it makes you really feel that spring is just around the corner. I know it’s much too soon to begin thinking...

A hurricane in Europe??

by | Jan 19, 2007 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Travel

After not being there on Wednesday, we were eager to find out what had been happening at the farm. Hubby decided to take the day off of work to help out a bit which I was quite thankful for since my stress level was getting a bit high.We headed out to the house in the...

Off to the Rheingau

by | Dec 31, 2006 | Europe, Germany, Travel

Since New Year’s eve is tomorrow, we decided we would go on a mission into the Rheingau wine-growing region and see what we could find to accompany dinner and hopefully pick up some nice bottles of sparkling wine (sekt) as well. We did a bit of research online...

On our way home

by | Sep 21, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

Our trip home this morning actually began before 8 am. We woke at about 6:45 and took care of everything faster than even we had anticipated. We even had time for a short walk with Ayla before piling in the Defender and heading out on our 1000 km trip home. We...

A very long day

by | Sep 21, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

As usual, we were up at 6:45 with Ayla. Her internal alarm clock truly is something lol.We planned to be on the road by 8 am since we knew we had about 10 hours of driving ahead of us without any stops and we didn’t want to get back home too late since hubby had...