Mom and Me
Today is my mother’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Mama! Like last year, we will be celebrating closer to Christmas with a mother-and-daughters evening of dinner and A Christmas Carol. 2 comment(s) for...
View ArticleOur Wedding: The “First Look”
(I finally have my professional wedding pictures back! WEEEE! Prepare yourselves.) As promised, Will and I saw each other before I walked down the aisle. There were many reasons for this, as discussed....
View ArticleThe Honeymoon: Beginning in London
Will and I recently got back from our three-week honeymoon in Europe. Three weeks is a ridiculously indulgent time to be away and we had a fantastic time. We started our trip in London. We rented an...
View ArticleThe Honeymoon: Bletchley Park
While in London, Will had one request: that we head out to Bletchley Park to see where the Codebreakers cracked the Nazi code during WWII. This involved a 45-minute trip on a train out of the city to...
View ArticleThe London Eye
I’m usually (almost snobbishly) against doing things I consider “touristy”. Yep, it’s childish. However, the London Eye gets me every time. I will stand in that line and pay way too much for a...
View ArticleWalking in London
Will and I are walkers. We saw a lot of London just by wandering through areas that looked interesting. After the London Eye, we walked along the Thames on the Jubilee Greenway. We were right across...
View ArticleTwo Days in Bruges
From London, Will and I took the Eurostar to Brussels and then switched to local trains to start our Belgian journey in Bruges. We would spend two days there, two days in Ghent, and three days in...
View ArticleTwo Days in Ghent
Oh, how I loved Ghent. But oh, how I didn’t love getting to Ghent. The train from Bruges only takes about half an hour but those were thirty of the sweatiest minutes of my life. Our train, while...
View ArticleSunday in Brussels
Will and I had a lovely Sunday to spend wandering Brussels. Like most European cities, much of Brussels was closed on this day, so we headed for the parks. We started in Parc royal, a park close to...
View ArticleThree Days in Brussels
I can’t tell you about Brussels without telling you about our super-fancy hotel. Remember how I spent all that time in New York in early 2012? Well, now I’m Platinum with Starwood Hotels and basically...
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