Visiting the romantic Calella de Palafrugel reminded me of just how much I use my phone. Ilove my phone and don’t want to give it up but not taking a quick peek a messages when I am using it as a camera isn’t always easy.
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When I asked my Dad if I could use this title he laughed, "Well I have raised kids from different woman...it's just they are adopted. Sure go for it." No my Dad isn't a polygamist but I can't tell you how many people think he is and try to convince me all Mormon's are!
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Going into a sauna with men nude is still not part of my game...not even after 28 years abroad. My kids, however, might just be capable and my husband well...read on.
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Imagine this without the houses and just a farmer and a very basic home. That was sailing in the early 90's in Turkey. I was crazy enough to go on this adventure just ten weeks before becoming a mother. I could write a whole section of a book about these adventures. Enjoy.
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Letting go of places you love, people you've met or old traditions is hard. If your an Expat you'll get me...letting go is a part of the Expat life.
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Have you been frustrated flying recently? I know I have! Flying with toddlers used to kill me. I flew almost every time (once a year) by myself from Europe to Utah and I found one thing always helped.
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What is Kings Day? Do you want to know why I posted this picture...So to all my Swiss, German, French and American friends it is the craziest thing you'll ever see. Orange pride! Everywhere I go I try to join in the fun and today I was hollering in Dutch getting people to buy cupcakes and yes I was wearing orange!
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What in the world to my bike and Curious George have in common? Well, the color yellow maybe? Maybe just the fact that prize possessions have little to do with value. Did you know that H.A. and Margret Rey fled Paris on a bike with the manuscript of Curious George?
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I leaped without looking at what could have been... a true dreamer, giving up everything for love ... and then he wasn't at the airport. Looking back I think my parents were pretty amazing to "allow" me to give up my studies to chase a dream. What started out with two suitcases, a mountain bike and a suitcase turned out amazing, even with the hiccup at the airport.
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If there is one thing I have learned over the past twenty seven years of expat life.... you can never go back, not really. Once you've left you've changed and going back means going back to a different life. I don't need to go back...I've found home abroad but it took a few years.
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Somedays I wake up and think, this really happened, I've really had all of these experiences. French castles are a delight just as are the French. On this particular weekend I learned about the bourgeoise about tradition and yes the French definition of alcohol. Vivre la France.
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