We just got back from the Matterhorn in Switzerland, and holy hot balls was that mountain cool. Being from Colorado, I’m used to magnificent peaks, but this one is really something. We also got to see Mount Blanc, at 15,000-some feet, the highest in Europe.
In the area where we were, there were people skiing and [...]
1. GO. In case you couldn’t tell by my gushing here, I absolutely loved it.
2. Don’t try Unicum. I have no nice way to say this, so I’m just going to throw this out and hope that no one minds if their appetite is ruined. It tastes like bile. Like the morning after a really [...]
Cripes almighty, Norway is one EXPENSIVE country. Case in point: we purchased two six-packs of beer (well, one cider, one beer) and two bags of chips as gifts and our total came to SIXTY U.S. dollars. SIXTY. Sure, 42 cents of that was the deposit on the cans.
I felt very lucky to be in Norway [...]
Let me paint two pictures. One, if you’re my parents or immediate family, of Holland, replete with tulips (even in January) and wooden shoes. The Anne Frank house is thrown in there somewhere, although not in AMSTERDAM because AMSTERDAM would imply sinful activities.
The second picture is of red lights and Heineken tours and coffeeshop sightings. [...]
We just got back from Durban, and one of the things that made me feel most at home was the overuse of the word “supa.” Yes, I know it’s not REALLY a word. Until now, I just thought it was something dumb that I said with my friends. BUT! In South Africa? We saw a [...]
Er, in the air again? Whatever.
Today we leave the glorious sunshine behind and pack off for New Mexico/Colorado. It is New Mexico/Colorado because after we booked our airfare, Travis’ mom moved in with some guy she met on match.com in New Mexico. But oh no! We’re not letting her hide from us that easy! We [...]
As I’m sitting here making my Christmas plans it occured to me that some might think I’m nuts (my husband, for one). Why? Christmas plans, perfectly reasonable, right?
Not when we’re talking Christmas 2009 plans. Yes, 13 months early, I am havin’ at it. But the good news is, I’ve figured out the best way to [...]
We finally decided about our Christmas plans. Originally, I was set on Cape Town. I kept watching fares, which hovered around 1100. A little steep, but it’s Cape Town! And we’re halfway there already, technically, so why not? And I bought all of the books on Cape Town I could fit in my little suitcase [...]
Seriously, completely, absolutely. I’ve been blogging in detail over here but that’s mostly the boring stuff. You’ll notice that we “went to bed early” every night. Heh. Instead we tried crazy, disgusting, homemade Croatian liquor resembling paint thinner (and then bought some for our friends). Instead we drank not pints, but LITERS of beer. Cold, [...]
I’ve gotten myself so ingrained with the habit of getting up at 8 in the morning out here (instead of 6 in Denver), that yesterday when I tried to work a short 6-noon day I was worthless. I got up at about 5, was at the office a few minutes before 6, and spent the [...]
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