In the US, Julia Child is a household name. She was the slightly nutty chef on TV from the 60s to the 80s, but did you know that she was also an expat wife? When the movie, Julie and Julia came out, I instantly connected with her story. In her mid-30s, Julia Child moved to [...]
Wow, it’s been a while since I blogged. Sorry about that, I just needed a little break. All is well, and Thomas and I spent a wonderful Valentine’s Day in western Ireland. He’s working in Dublin for a couple of weeks, and I flew in to whisk him off on a relaxing [...]
My favorite thing about London was the metro, which they lovingly call The Tube. It’s a huge network of underground subway tunnels and stations. I was shocked to learn that it has been around since 1863. In one station, Covent Garden, you can only get between floors via elevator or a 193-step spiral staircase. We [...]
Last time I visited Sweden for Christmas (before Thomas and I were married), I felt a little overwhelmed…with the cold, the dark, the different traditions, and without my family for the holiday. This time though, at least in afterthought, I’m seeing winter-Sweden in a little different light. Literally too — we had daylight only [...]
The final destination of our US Tour was in California. We spent a week in Mountain View where Thomas worked at his company’s mothership. On the weekend, we toured San Francisco and Monterey where we saw the major sights and visited a couple friends.
Mountain View seems like a decent town for some, but [...]
