Yesterday I finished reading my twelfth book of the month (yes, you read that right – I’ve been reading like a maniac this summer trying to make up for lost time when I was took busy for books, I guess!), One Day, by David Nicholls.  While I have yet to taking to recommending novels here, I figured this was a good place to start, since I absolutely loved this book, and in fact am adding it to the short list […]

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Every couple of months, my mom, sister, cousin, aunts, three friends and I all get together for tea. Each time we do so, we set the theme of the tea party. Thus far, we have ranged from simply “pink” to favorite movies, favorite songs and, this time around, Alice in Wonderland. It’s certainly no secret that I love all things Alice, and luckily this love is shared with my friends and family who all got together to have a Wonderland-style […]

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During my travel tales posts, I have been showing you only a small window into the trip, but have now updated my family website with pictures from the full ten days.  To view them, click here.  Make sure you have some time set out, because I am not kidding when I take pictures, and there are over 200 of them for you to look through and enjoy! While I’m here, I might as well regale you with the very short […]

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Yesterday we got a chance to really spend some time with Evelyn and Gunter. The day was planned around dinner at Evelyn’s mother house in the evening, but before that, we had a leisurely morning at the hotel while waiting for Gunter to finish up with a meeting. Once done, we picked him up and headed to an area with three mountains, of about the same height, each part of a fortress complex. One held the fortress itself, the other […]

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The title of this post pretty much sums up the whole of day eight, which was one of our lower-key days on the trip. Yesterday began with a brief trip to the Grand Boulevards in Paris, where my sister and I stayed when we came to Paris for the first time seven years ago. It was in the Opera district, and the hotel was located in an alleyway of sorts that connected the street from the opposite side of it. […]

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I don’t know how literal the translation of the title of this post is, but it’s supposed to read “We came, we saw, we conquered,” which is how I feel about these two days in Paris.  We managed to have a relaxing two days while still seeing quite a bit.  Since most of what we did today involved walking the city and looking at beautiful buildings, I’ll let the pictures speak for me today (and my internet connection is only […]

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Today marked the halfway point of our trip.  We have been in Europe for five days, and will be here for five days more (well, as of this morning… as I write this, we have four full days left before returning home on Saturday).  It was time to head for Paris, something I have been looking forward to for months.  I’ve never been able to explain why Paris hold such a special place in my heart, or why I feel […]

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The night before the party it rained, which I think had people a little nervous for the following day, but we woke up to clear skies – and a breeze!  Germany is seeing a heatwave and it was slightly broken that morning.  However, this did not last long.  By the time mom and I were ready to head to the party and had walked over to the brewery to meet Evelyn and Gunter, it was already getting close to scorching […]

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