A Celebration of Mundanity

While we were in Turkey, nicknames were being tossed around, they were all Smurf themed. Smurf's seemed to be popular there, seeing them in advertising and for mascots for charity donation boxes.…

We flew into Salzburg and drove through the Alps to get to Leoben. The mountains were towering nearby, we were excited as I had picked a driving route that would take us straight into the Northern…

Just as we've caught our breath, Mark is being sent to Leoben in Austria for work. We're getting up far too early and catching a flight to Salzburg tomorrow morning!

For those reading my blog through its RSS feed, you might want to check back at my site for entries that you haven't seen the updated versions for. They now all have photos to illustrate the story…

From all accounts from what we've heard and in books we've read, if you're the spouse of an expat who has their work provided work visa, don't expect to work and get lots of hobbies. My plan…

We're home from Turkey doing non-Turkish things and eating non-Turkish food. We made sushi for dinner and were watching the Steeler's game over the internet. Although, right now I'm snacking on…

We flew back to Istanbul for our last night in Turkey. Mark and I, with Martin and his sister hopped on a boat and toured the Bosphorus, the same tour others took on the first day in Istanbul before…

One last morning of snorkeling and enjoying the water, we were parked in a cove where there was a rope swing. The captain's son was making the swinging look effortless. Mark swam over to go for a…

Wow! Simply put: Wow! I can't wait to write about this Turkey trip! I'm currently in Fethiye, sitting looking out my hotel floor to ceiling windows, pine forest clad mountains to the left and right,…

We woke up, swam and snorkeled (notice a pattern here?) Our first non-stop, which I was a little disappointed by was the Vally of Butterflies. We didn't stop here, we were told we needed to make…