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A crooked window

Happily waking up this morning surrounded by billowing, beige, canvas and doing way too much thinking. Thinking why do me and Andrew choose to sleep in our little tent when we were offered a bedroom in the large villa next to us. Our girls are in the bedroom because we didnt want it. We normally […]

Driving through Spain

Back in Spain. We love the familiar site of the Huge black cow billboards dotting the country. Not sure why they are there. At one point on the long drive Andrew points out a Trapist Monastery on the Left side of the road at the same time I pointed out a small chocolate shop on […]

French Aire number 2

Our next French Aire was a parking lot right on a beautiful beach that was next to a small village at the very southwest of France. The boys had a friend to meet and dad could do admin. He had to be creative but it was possible. There was electricity for the truck and access […]

Sound of Music

So, we are going through the swiss alps and something seemed to just come over Elizabeth. We were expecting her to break out in song any moment “The Hills are alive….a-a-a-ah….”

Cooking with Merci

Merci taught me to make Dahl today. It was cool. I liked making it. Here is the recipe for Dahl by Merci. Lentils 2 onions, chopped 2 tomatoes, chopped 2 green chilies, chopped 3 tablespoons fresh coriander pinch of mustard seeds pinch of white lentils a few curry leaves 2 cloves of garlic salt lemon […]

Speaking French, Finally

I am writing a memory to backdate to where it belongs back in 2008 but I would put it here first. For the last month, or so, we have been working on our french language tapes with Michael Thomas. We tell the kids that soon we will be in France. People don’t like to speak […]

Adventures in and around London

We had many more adventures before we finally left the U.K.  Andrew got to speak and Hannah got to roll a giant globe around the entire festival.  Quite symbolic, I suppose.  We were in England so long that Sam and Donald flew off to Spain, walked the ‘Camino de Santiago’ and returned.  Later, we got […]

TJs Birthday

We were so happy to make it to the Carter’s house for TJs 6th birthday.  What a great house and family for a birthday.  It is a house and family waiting for an instant party.  TJs gift was a bike.  She was pretty pleased.

Pottery Mecca!?

I was very excited to get to Stoke upon Trent, the pottery mecca of the United Kingdom.  I have heard of this place.  This is where the pottery was made by hand and then sent around the country in the canals on long skinny boats pulled by horses that trotted along the side of the […]