Italy: Venice for 1 Day

The second day, we were up before the sun came up to head to Venice!  In one word: Italian Disney World.  Ok, 3 words. VENICE Since Venice is complete tourism (really, I’ve heard its e m p t y at night) and the touristy part is on an island, it is quite expensive to stay […]

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Italy: Milan for 1 Day

I seriously have no idea where to begin.  How do you recap such an amazing trip in just a few posts, with just a few photos (when you have almost 2,000)?  How do you put into the words the magic of Italy, of every city we visited?  It’s close to impossible, but I’m going to […]

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Checking In VI

Making: this cous-cous salad.  It’s so light for summer, but hefty enough to fill you up. Cooking:  not much, but I have been making corn bread for the last week.  Yogurt-corn bread to be exact.  It’s so easy and so light! Drinking: iced tea.  I make a couple cups of strongly spiced hot tea and then add more […]

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June Weekend.

Hi!  Happy Tuesday, friends!  How is it already June….and even crazier, how is it my last week of work?!  I feel like this year just flew by and with all of my May trips (Israel and the USA), the end came quickly.  Despite still having a few days of work left, the days feel like the […]

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One Day in Galway, Ireland

What a whirlwind the last few days have been!  Last we left off, Shannon and Teresa were here for about a day and a half before we picked up and headed into greener pastures- Ireland!  We had a late afternoon flight, which had us touching down in Dublin at 7 pm before quickly getting on […]

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