For Thanksgiving this year, we took a quick trip to Malta. It is surprisingly easy to get there from Amsterdam. KM Malta Airlines offers daily non-stop flights, a quick trip at 3:05. The main island is small, but they drive on the left-hand side of the road, so I opted not to torture myself by … More One of Europe’s Trendiest Travel Spots – Malta
Since coming to The Netherlands, I have been fortunate to join a great ladies’ social group, Adventurously Yours. It was started by someone who was an expat here in Wassenaar. It has lived on and grown since she moved back to the U.S., today including a book club, cooking club, day trips, and weekend trips … More Peak District Christmas Markets
This week, parent-teacher conferences took place at school. So that meant no school on Monday and Tuesday. Last year, I didn’t think of this as a travel opportunity, but one of my wise-mom friends took her kids away this weekend, and it stuck with me. So, with the end of our European adventure looming, we … More Irish Adventure
I have voted in every election I have been eligible to do since I turned 18 years old. And when I say every one, I mean every one. Every municipal election, every run-off, every one. When I moved to Texas from Canada, I voted by mail. The day I became a naturalized U.S. citizen, I … More Absentee Voting
Using Google Flights, we decided to go to Liechtenstein last weekend. It was supposed to be a quick 1:25 direct flight to Zurich, followed by a 1.5—to 2-hour drive. Well, nothing went according to plan. We arrived at the airport at 5:30 a.m. with no bags to check. It should have been plenty of time, … More Four Stops to Liechtenstein
It has been us girls at home while the hubby is off working in Houston last week and this week. Friends are heading off for their extended summer vacations to the U.S., and so it has been quieting down on the friend front for my social butterfly. So she asked if we could take a … More The Magic of Google Flights
The second part of our Scandinavian adventure took us to Stockholm and Oslo. Stockholm We arrived in the Stockholm harbor at 10 a.m. and headed to our hotel to drop off our bags. Our home base in Stockholm was Hotel Lilla Rådmannen. As expected our room was not ready, and reasonably so since check-in doesn’t … More Whistle Stop Tour of Scandinavia – Part 2
Last weekend, my daughter had two days off school for the Ascension holiday, so we took the opportunity to tick off three more countries on our European bingo card. My husband could not join us after a last-minute work schedule change, so it was just us girls. We saw and learned a lot, so I … More Whistle Stop Tour of Scandinavia – Part 1
This time last year, I was so sick with allergies. I had never been so sick, literally. I went to the world-famous Keukenhof Gardens, and let’s just say it was a low point. So, despite tulips being my favorite flower and living where tulips are everywhere, I didn’t make it out to any of the … More Finally, enjoying the tulips…
Red, White and Tulips 