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 […]
Author: alison
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. […]
It is the beginning of our second week in Zagreb and, in spite of the heat, we are loving it so far. As previously mentioned, we haven’t stopped sweating since we arrived in Athens on June 2nd. I keep telling myself that when it gets down into the 80s next week in Prague, I’ll be […]
Traveling gives you perspective. It is one of my favorite things about it. You have an opportunity to see worlds very different from the one you live. It forces you to step outside of your comfort zone. It helps you to grow and change in ways that you never thought possible. It is hard to […]
It has been a little over two weeks since we left Minnesota and they have been packed with love and adventure! On May 31st we flew on Aer Lingus from MSP to Dublin where we changed planes for Amsterdam. The first leg of our journey went pretty well, in spite of a kid kicking my […]
I can’t believe how fast our month in the Midwest went! As anticipated it was very busy and good. I feel like I have had the opportunity to do a lot of reflecting during our time here. Especially since we leave today for Europe. I am sure that you aren’t going to be surprised to […]