Two steps forward, one step back
By nature, I love efficiency. I like to spend a little extra time planning in order to save myself time executing the plan, I like to expend as little energy to be as productive as possible — I like...
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Movie afternoon
We are all worn out. We had a lovely day yesterday, but we did too much, we stayed out too long. That seems to be true of all long weekends — I think I always overestimate what is reasonable to do or...
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My to do list
I woke up grumpy today. Maybe it was the stress of dealing with my passport renewal this week, maybe it was the fact that Dan was taking a class this week that necessitated upending our usual daily...
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They won’t remember it anyway
Something we’ve heard a fair bit since we started this adventure is, “There’s no point in travelling when your kids are this young. It’s too much work, and they won’t remember it anyway.” It’s come...
View ArticleOne mom to another
Dear moms of the world, I know you’re like me. We love our children. You had a change-the-world moment when you looked into the face of your baby for the first time and you become anchored to that...
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Biking Melk to Krems
When we first decided to move to Austria, we sat down and came up with a “wish list” of things to do while we were here. The very first thing to go on that list was a bike trip from Melk to Krems...
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UK highlights
I know I’ve already written a lot about our recent trip to the UK, but I love sharing what we learn when we travel (obviously), and I don’t find any information more useful when I’m planning a trip...
View ArticleThe struggle of body image
Like so many others, I struggle with loving my body despite its appearance. After having grown and fed two children, my body doesn’t look the way it used to. I’ve put on 20 lbs, my breasts are droopier...
View ArticleTom Tom vs. Garmin Nuvi
For each of our last two trips, we rented cars, and both times, we rented a GPS to take along. It added to the cost, but we were glad to have had them. It was less expensive than turning on data...
View ArticleNo credit
In the US, we pretty much used our credit cards for everything. We used them for the obvious stuff, like grocery shopping and filling up the car with gas, but we also used them for incidental expenses...
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Vienna to Salzburg by train: ÖBB vs. Westbahn
For our trip to Salzburg this weekend, we weighed the options, in terms of time and money, and ended up taking the “Westbahn” train from Vienna to Salzburg. This is a relatively new train service, and...
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Trunki
I’m kind of shocked to realize that this is my first post dedicated to Trunkis, the ride-on, pull-along, carry-on kid-functional suitcases we got for the boys last year. It’s long overdue. We first...
View ArticleWhat we did wrong
Having been here two years, I think we’ve finally got some distance and perspective on the trauma that was our relocation. And even though it’s most likely nearly a year away, I’ve already begun to...
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Saving Sweet Briar
It’s been a rough week. Last Tuesday, within a single hour, I said goodbye to my wonderful canine friend (which I’m not quite ready to write about yet) and got some shocking and heartbreaking news —...
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Dyeing eggs in Austria
This is, oddly, already our third Easter in Austria, although we haven’t yet been here two years (thanks to the weirdness of the calendar magic that determines the date of Easter). The first year, our...
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