A week in snapshots is finally back, or at least for now until Santa starts getting busy and preparing for Christmas! This week has certainly been a busy one. Then again, which week isn’t??? We celebrated Thanksgiving with good friends on Thursday and on the days before that and after I was either preparing for … Continue reading
This is the first of our Feeding, Diapering and Strolling your Baby series for Western Europe. I will try to write about as much as I remember for Frankfurt, Paris, Barcelona and Madrid and hopefully be able to provide some tips to make traveling with really little ones easier. Baby Guide to Frankfurt: The FDS … Continue reading
Wow, I was actually able to sit down for five minutes and write a little bit about our week! We’ve been in Jakarta for about three weeks now and our days have been long, crazy and above all fun! My dad is getting ready to go back to Mexico and I still don’t know how … Continue reading
So, you are taking a vacation but in reality you need a vacation from your vacation…. Been there? I know I have since traveling with kids is very fulfilling but very exhausting, too. When I was taking Evan to Miniapolis at the Beach Walk Shopping Center I stumbled upon a daycare center right by the … Continue reading
We just came back from a short three-day trip to Singapore. It was just my dad, Evan and I. Yes, you can talk about the elephant in the room, I am that terrible mother who leaves her 9 month-old home with daddy. It just worked out better this way and Joshua was at home with … Continue reading
We are back home. We are certainly not settled in yet unless you consider a toddler running wild at 3 am a routine occurrence. We are so happy to be back home with daddy and apparently with Thomas the Train, the red car, the green bicycle and even the foam playmat! As I reminiscence about … Continue reading
We have finally arrived in our final destination on the other side of the world. We arrived in Monterrey, Mexico about ten days ago and have been busy buying Mexican supplies to take back to Indonesia, eating tacos almost every day and most importantly enjoying spending quality time with our family and friends. Our little European escapade … Continue reading
As I suspected, I have limited access to internet. Limited in the sense I’m not willing to pay 20 euros per day for internet at the hotel and dragging my laptop to a coffee shop with two kids plus a small bike is just too much to deal with. I was able to get a … Continue reading
Summer, the time of the year where the biggest event in the expat community takes place: the Expat Exodus. Most everybody takes advantage of the school holidays to repatriate at least for a few weeks and enjoy quality family time, real barbecue grilled burgers, fresh (vs. frozen) berries, good root beer, and very possibly some … Continue reading
The day we were leaving Pelabuhan Ratu my dear husband decided he wanted to visit the hot springs that were located on what he said was our way out of West Java. All I could think about was how the traffic was going to keep us away from home an extra hour for each five … Continue reading
Stumble Abroad 