“I’m not sure when it’s time to stop saying Happy New Year…so… Happy New Year.” My wonderful yoga teacher, Sam said with a grin as she greeted us for the first yoga class of the 2019. And I guess she’s right… when do we stop saying “Happy New year”? When do we stop chasing those…
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Finding the Joy of Childhood at London’s Winter Wonderland Carnival
If Weisbaden is the quintessential Christmas market, then London’s Winter Wonderland is the exact opposite. While it had some minor nods to the idea of the German Christmas Market, it, by and large, was nothing like the first market we visited. Sprawling throughout Hyde Park, London’s Winter Wonderland faire is beyond massive. I knew it…
Six Month SITREP
What I’ve learned about myself in my first six months abroad. Six months ago today we moved into our dream Georgian farmhouse on a working farm in a tiny village about 20 minutes from Tim’s work here in England. I fell in love with the massive 300 year old brick farmhouse when I first saw…
Catching the Christmas Spirit at the Wiesbaden Christmas Market
The smell of bratwursts mingles with the scent of freshly laid pine chips in the crisp chill of the morning air. I tug my coat tighter around me to ward off the chill as I take tentative steps into my first ever German Christmas market. This place is a place of Christmas dreams, or at…
Picture Perfect Portmeirion
September flew by in the blink of an eye and if it’s any indication as to how this tour overseas is going to go, then I have a feeling we’ll be home in CA before we know it. Less than 24 hours after returning from Finland, Tim and I popped down to Heathrow to pick…
Unexpected Post-Visitor Blues
The sadness and ache hit me like a wave as soon as I walked in the house. Setting my purse on the counter I immediately lost any sort of composure I had carefully crafted since we left my parents at the airport a few hours earlier. Barely able to walk, I sunk to the floor,…
A quick tour of London: Hyde park… and two…police stations?
Staring down at the green marble countertop feeling the cool air conditioned air waft through the slatted glass window in front of me, listening to the police sergeant one-finger type a report, I thought… this is really not where I pictured my day going. I woke early Sunday morning SUPER excited for the vintage meet…
Two kayaks on the local river
Here at RAF Alconbury (RAFA) we’re super blessed to have a great Outdoor Recreation office that offers several things for us to do. For not much money we can do anything from weekend trips like white water rafting, hiking on Hadrian’s Wall, and exploring North Wales to day/evening excursions like rock climbing, indoor climbing, archery…
Two tickets…to London
This past Sunday, we spent an deceptively warm day in London. Since London is so huge and we didn’t even know where to start, we decided to take it on the way you’d eat an elephant, one bite at a time. I knew I would be overwhelmed by the sheer size of the city, the…
Two Tickets…to a luggage auction?
With the most anticipated wedding since Kate and William’s taking place today, and our expat wings barely stretched in the slightest, we decided to not really leave base today. While we’re excited to explore our new home, we weren’t exactly excited about fighting crowds, experiencing crazy security measures and risking an anxiety attack on my…
Fernweh Findings 