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Hurry Up and Wait
“Hurry up and wait” has been the motto of our adventure thus far. We really had to rush to get to the east coast in six days, which was a timeline put upon us by U.S. Customs at the Port of Baltimore....
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Daily sMiles
Miles often comes along when I take care of little ones, which means he’s no stranger to a children’s park. It’s true that he doesn’t enjoy those parks as much as he enjoys a dog park, but it’s also...
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I Woke Up Like This
Greg and I went out for a long bike ride on Wednesday. The route took us along the river and canals that run the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. We had to take a ferry across the canal at...
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Back with Basecamp
Greg found these decals that cover the Ford emblem, so now our van is called Basecamp. It works! After spending a full month apart, we were nervous and excited to see what awaited us when we were...
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Expenses: A Month Without Basecamp
July was an expensive month, to say the least. We’ll never come up with an official number; we paid cash for so many things and didn’t bother to get the “ticket” (receipt). We didn’t do any...
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Holland Haikus
The Netherlands has been good to us and we were sad to leave its beautiful countryside, its lovely people, and our free wi-fi. One thing I am not sad to say goodbye to is the wind! I thought I had been...
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Finding Favorites
Greg’s sister kindly asked if there’s anything she could send from the States, a care package of favorites we were missing. I thought about it, and the answer is no. It’s funny how you learn to adapt....
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Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
I read the book Lilac Girls with my book club a couple of months before leaving on our European adventure. It was a well-written book, but tough to get through because of the subject matter. It is...
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Good Samaritans Exist
If you see something, say something! I was riding my bike out of the town of Lun, Croatia (on the island of Pag) today and saw four kids grappling with one another. Two of them were really going at it...
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Temporary Residency in Croatia
We just left Croatia after almost five weeks in the country, the longest we’ve stayed in one country by far. We absolutely loved it and see why it is the new “it” place in terms of beach vacations. We...
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