One year ago we were in Charleston, South Carolina. It was hard spending the holidays away from family so we decided that moving forward, whenever possible, we want to be intentional about being home. We returned to Minnesota on November 20th after a lovely week in the Azores and a few days visiting friends in […]
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It has been three weeks since my last post. Longer than I normally allow myself to go, and I gave myself permission to wait last week because I knew there would be more to say. I knew I wanted “having a full heart” to be the message/ title of this post after just one week […]
I feel like there are a lot of people, especially those who have never traveled, that live in a binary world. Traveling makes that virtually impossible. Life in general makes that way of thinking impossible. When you are open to ways of life that are different from your own you realize that it is okay […]
The two weeks we spent in Glasgow since I last wrote were nothing short of magical. We moved into our friend’s amazing apartment and all felt right in the world. To give you an idea of how low our standards have gotten, I almost cried on our first day there because she had a sharp […]
Scottish people use “wee” instead of “little” and I love it so I’m trying to add it to my lexicon. We have been in Glasgow now for a little over a week and I couldn’t be happier! I’m so glad to not be in Cardiff anymore. With the lack of sleep that came from garages […]
When I thought about sitting down to work on my blog this week I wasn’t sure how much I would have to say or if I was really inspired to write. I know I mentioned when I was in Dublin, that my posts often change course from what I originally thought I was going to […]
It’s crazy how fast a year passes. A lot of miles traveled and a lot of places visited. To help reflect on everything, I put together some spreadsheets. This blog post attempts to use those spreadsheets to summarize our travels. A lot of this data was compiled from memory and digital records […]
The adventure has definitely continued since I last wrote. After all the “firsts” that I reported in my last update I was surprised that there were still quite a few more of them that I experienced during our last week in Dublin. On Monday, I visited Kilmainham Gaol (jail). I didn’t realize that I probably […]
Even though I arrived in Dublin with some trepidation about what I was going to do for three weeks, It has been nice to take a step back from doing all the things. To relax in our comfortable apartment, have long slow mornings in bed drinking coffee. and going where the spirit leads me. It […]
Respite, “A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.” I have used this word several times in conversations over the past couple months. I didn’t really think about it until Dave said to me, “I’m not sure if that word translates into…Greek, Albanian, Croatian or Czech”, depending on where we were. […]