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Our Complicated 2012
This is the third draft of this post… It’s hard to explain how 2012 was both awful and awesome. So, I’ve decided to focus on how the awful parts really turned out to be pretty awesome in the end. We … Continue reading
Christmas in Wiesbaden
The Glühwein began flowing in Wiesbaden on Tuesday when the city kicked off the annual Christmas Market. The market always opens with fireworks in the city center on the first day. This time of year, we go to the Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany
Tagged Christmas, Europe, festival, food, Germany, Holiday, Life in Germany, market, photography, Travel
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Adieu, Sweet Dress
Finding the perfect wedding dress was no easy task in the midst of an international move. When a seamstress accidentally ruins your dress by mixing up the measurements (how on earth you mix up the bust was waist measurements, I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Wedding
Tagged Beach, Iceland, photography, Trash The Dress, Travel, Wedding
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My Favorite Running Playlist
I don’t usually share the details of running that do not relate to travel but since I have renewed my focused on health and fitness, it is a bigger part of our lives. And, since I’ve found other blogger playlist … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Running
Tagged Health & Fitness, Life in Germany, playlist, race, running
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Restaurant Jellyfish – Hamburg
The fact that I’m considering making the five-hour train ride back to Hamburg JUST to go to Jellyfish should tell you something. This tiny, simply decorated place turned out to serve the most perfectly satisfying meal I’ve had in Germany! … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Review, Travel
Tagged clean eating, Europe, food, Germany, gluten-free, Hamburg, Life in Germany, Travel
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Lisbon, Portugal
Sometimes running takes you places you didn’t know you wanted to go. Kate, Julie and I decided we wanted to run a few half marathons together after running the 10K Turkey Trot over Thanksgiving last year. Julie suggested the Lisbon … Continue reading
2013 Race Wish List
I had lots of great intentions last year but I was not so great on the follow-through. Granted, I started the year with an injury but that doesn’t account for the lack of races for the rest of the year. … Continue reading
Posted in Running, Travel
Tagged Europe, Half Marathon, Health & Fitness, Life in Germany, race, running, Travel
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Hamburg, Germany
When Kate mentioned a quick weekend trip to Hamburg over Columbus Day weekend, I joined in wholeheartedly. I didn’t know much about Hamburg. I knew that it was a port city and that the Beatles had performed there a lot before … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Review, Travel
Tagged Ancestry, Europe, food, Germany, gluten-free, Hamburg, Life in Germany, long weekend, Museums, Travel
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10 Euro Well Spent
I think I’m getting used to the idea of taking a little time off. I have a mile long list of things I want to accomplish on this “sabbatical.” The list of books I want to read, projects to complete … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Randomness
Tagged Europe, food, Germany, Health & Fitness, juice, Life in Germany, market, vegetarian
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Moments I Would Have Missed
One of the things I love about running is the unexpected. I love the little things that happen to a runner, things that a person would miss if they were not at that place at that moment. If you are … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Running, Travel, Wedding
Tagged Beach, Europe, Germany, Health & Fitness, healthy-living, Italy, Life in Germany, race, Rome, running, Travel, Wedding
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Gruyère, Yes Like the Cheese!
On the way back from our trip to Sion, Si suggested we stop in Gruyère to sample some of her favorite cheese. It’s a tiny medieval town, the origin of Gruyère cheese and some say it is the best place … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged Cheese, Europe, fondue, fondue pots, food, gluten-free, Gruyère, Life in Germany, Switzerland, Travel
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Oh Just A Weekend In The Swiss Alps
Our friends Shane and Si have this strange way of inviting us to things. Here is an example. It starts with Shane stopping by my desk at work. “Si and I are going to this awesome masked ball in Vienna … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged Alps, climbing, Europe, Health & Fitness, Hiking, Life in Germany, love, photography, Switzerland, Travel
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Our Anniversary in London
Ryan had to go to England so we squeezed in a trip to London for our anniversary. We hadn’t planned anything other than seeing a show. We had wanted to see Jersey Boys since our engagement weekend in NYC a … Continue reading
Vienna, Austria
We went to Vienna for the masked ball (below) but there was so much more to Vienna. I didn’t realize just how eventful this trip was until writing this post The first thing we did upon arrival in Vienna was … Continue reading
Thanksgiving in Athens, Greece
Planning our Thanksgiving trip for this year, I noticed Thanksgiving 2011 was still in draft! We’re playing catch up on some older trips now. I know I’m just awful at keeping up with this. We decided to spend Thanksgiving 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged coffee, Europe, food, gluten-free, Museums, photography, ruins, Travel
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Something About London
This morning I kissed Ryan goodbye in a warm, cozy London hotel room. I stepped out into the rain where the doorman hailed a cab for me at 5:15am. There is a lot to say about our weekend trip to … Continue reading
Posted in Randomness, Travel
Tagged Europe, Holiday, Life in Germany, London, love, Travel
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Spicy Mango Pineapple Quinoa Recipe
With a trip to the beach coming up soon and shopping for bridesmaid dresses for what is sure to be an amazing fun, romantic, mushy wedding of two great friends in Mexico in the Fall (That’s Juli & Dan on … Continue reading
Woodberry Kitchen Gluten Free Review
There isn’t one thing I don’t absolutely love about this place. The concept of the restaurant is based on using sustainable, local agriculture and reclamation. Even the space is recycled. The restaurant is located in the beautiful circa 1870 Foundry Building with … Continue reading
Meet 27 and Sweet 27
This is my first restaurant review post so let me start with why I’m writing it. It’s simple. I’m writing this review because I benefit from so many bloggers who write gluten free reviews and I wanted to share my … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Review, Travel
Tagged Baltimore, cupcakes, Family, food, gluten-free, Maryland, Travel, vegetarian
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Gluten Free Baltimore
Last week was our first trip back to the States since I learned of my gluten allergy (our first visit in over 10 months!). I always worry about what I’ll find when we travel. This trip turned out to be … Continue reading
Half Marathon Lessons
After not running a half marathon in a couple of years, I was reminded of a few things and learned a few new lessons. So, I though I would share what I learned during the Weinstrasse Halbmarathon (half marathon). Weinstrasse Halbmarathon is an … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged Europe, Half Marathon, Health & Fitness, Life in Germany, race, running, Travel
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Weekend in Würzburg
Our trip to Würzburg was a last minute decision. Planning around Ryan work-related trips has become increasingly difficult so we had to get creative. Since Ryan had to head south to Bavaria on Sunday anyway and Würzburg was on our list, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged Europe, Family, Family Tree, Germany, Life in Germany, love, picnic, Travel
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Cimetière du Père-Lachaise
After visiting the Antique market at Marche aux Puces de Saint-Ouen last spring, we took the metro to Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, the famous cemetery where Jim Morrison and Édith Piaf and many other notable French citizens are buried. The cemetery is also just a beautiful place to wander around. Maybe that sounds … Continue reading
Lisbon Half Marathon…Almost.
Two weeks ago we went to Lisbon for the half marathon. To make a long story short, it was probably for the best that I screwed up, missed the fork where the half marathon course diverged from the the 7K course. … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged Europe, Health & Fitness, motivation, race, running, sangria, Travel
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Easter Egg Market
Last weekend after I drove Ryan to the train station and Kate drove her husband, Brian to the airport, Kate and I spent a few hours shopping for Easter eggs at the Easter Egg Market at Kloster Eberbach. Kloster Eberbach … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany
Tagged Easter, Europe, Germany, Holiday, Life in Germany, market
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Istanbul, Turkey for Ryan’s Birthday – Part 1
I know this is really over-due. I’m sorry! About six weeks after I presented Ryan with his trip by wowing him with dancing skills and filling his belly with delicious traditional Turkish food, we were off to Istanbul! Istanbul is … Continue reading
Fairytale Night in Vienna
The Rudolfina Redoute is the oldest, most traditional ball organized by a student fraternity. The Rudolfina Redoute is the only masked ball that still survives today in Vienna. The ladies wear masks until midnight and can invite the men to … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged coffee, dance, Europe, Germany, Life in Germany, love, Travel, Vienna
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How Do You Steer This Thing?
Looks like Ryan and Brian are having fun, right? We were just getting started! When we heard there was a 4km toboggan run down the mountain, we were all intrigued. Who doesn’t want to go sledding down a beautiful mountain … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Christmas, cross country ski, Europe, Holiday, love, ski lesson, Snow, toboggans, Travel, white christmas
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Thoughtful…
That’s my husband. Last summer, when I learned that I had an issue with gluten, neither of us knew anything about it. We didn’t know what gluten was or where it was found. We read and researched for weeks. We … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged food, Germany, gluten-free, Health & Fitness, Life in Germany, love
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Lucky Runner
In 2007, I was also lucky enough to get to travel to Europe a few times for conferences. While on those trips, I often saw runners out early in the morning. I was in Paris and then Stockholm and Berlin … Continue reading
Cross-Country Skiing
When we talked about writing this blog, I asked Ryan how he would describe cross-country skiing. The first thing he said was “challenging.” The second thing, “addictive.” It was certainly both for us. In the days after our first two-hour … Continue reading
Katzen Pension
When we go away on a trip, so does Fisher (most of the time). Although, he isn’t nearly as happy about it. Normally, Ryan takes care of getting Fisher into the carrier. He doesn’t mind being the bad guy. Ryan … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged Cat, Family, Germany, kitty hotel, Life in Germany, Travel
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Winter Wonderland
The day we arrived for our cross country ski vacation in Kandersteg it was raining and slushy. So the following day, when our ski lessons were to begin, was pretty icy and the ski instructors recommended we hold off for … Continue reading
We’re Sorry!
The last few months have been kind of crazy and we are really far behind on our blog. We know that our families rely on this blog for the details of our trips and the crazy things we learn in … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life in Germany, Randomness, Travel
Tagged Christmas, Europe, Family, Germany, Holiday, Life in Germany, love, Travel
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Istanbul Not Constantinople
For Ryan’s birthday I surprised him with a Turkish Dinner, Turkish music, belly dancing and a trip to Istanbul! While he was away for a few days on a work-related trip, I learned some belly dancing from a website and … Continue reading
Gluten-Freedom
“You will feel like you have the flu.” That is the best description a doctor has ever given me for a Hashimoto’s flare up. Before I heard that, I just always thought I was crazy. Now I know that sick … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel, Travel Inspired Food
Tagged chocolate, Crepes, Europe, festival, food, France, gluten-free, Health & Fitness, Life in Germany, market, Paris, Travel
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Before it’s Wine…
Ryan didn’t know what he was getting us into when he forwarded the email to me about the grape picking event that another American organization here was putting together but he did remember that I mentioned wanting to do it. … Continue reading
Legit Renaissance Fest
When I invited my mother to visit, I asked where she wanted to go. After reading our blog post about Rothenburg ob der Tauber, she said she really wanted to see Rothenberg. So, I wanted to make sure she and … Continue reading
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Baden Baden
This is the Friedrichsbad bath house, the primary reason for visiting Baden Baden. We’ve thought about taking a drive to the Black Forrest for a while and we’re so glad we finally got around to it even if it wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged chocolate, coffee, Date Night, Europe, food, Germany, Life in Germany, love, Spa, Travel
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Christmas in Paradise – Part 3
A couple of days before Christmas, Ryan’s mother, Joelle very thoughtfully planned a family party to introduce Danette to the family and allow Ryan some time to reconnect with aunts, uncles and lots of cousins he hadn’t seen for a … Continue reading
Heidelberg, Germany
Our Day in Heidelberg was one of my favorites with Cody. We dropped Ryan off at work and then continued down the autobahn to the pretty town, which sits on the Rhine River. Heidelberg is famous for the enormous castle … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged coffee, Day Trips, Europe, Family, Germany, Life in Germany, Museums, photography, Travel
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Two Years Ago…. She Said Yes
We planned to spend the weekend in New York City to celebrate our two-year anniversary. We had lots of fun, romantic activities planned. We drove up to NYC on a Friday and had awesome sushi that night in a tiny … Continue reading
Christmas in Paradise – Part Two
After a few days at the bungalow in Grand Baie, we went back to the plateau (marked on the map below) to spend the rest of our trip and Christmas with Ryan’s mother. We were so thankful to have so … Continue reading
Île aux Cerfs
During our trip to Mauritius, we took a day trip to Île aux Cerfs. Île aux Cerfs is a tiny island near the east coast of the island of Mauritius. As a special Christmas gift to our selves (we decided when … Continue reading
Christmas in Paradise – Part One
In December we traveled to Mauritius to spend Christmas with Ryan’s mom, meet the most of Ryan’s maternal side of the family and see where Ryan grew up. People usually ask us, “Where in the world is Mauritius?” So, we … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Randomness, Travel
Tagged Beach, Family, Health & Fitness, Holiday, love, photography, Travel
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Marche aux Puces de Saint-Ouen
We love to visit antique markets. Even if we have no plans to make a purchase, we can spend hours looking though the antiques. You could spend days browsing through Marche aux Puces. This is the largest antiques market we … Continue reading
Friday Night Train to Paris
The luxury of living in Germany is that on a Friday night after work, we can take the train to Paris (or any other beautiful European city). We have already been to Paris a few times but nothing about it … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Germany, Travel
Tagged Crepes, Europe, France, love, Museums, Paris, Travel
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Peanut Butter Cup Baked Oatmeal
I didn’t start out intending to make peanut butter cup oatmeal but I had a craving while making breakfast (yes, breakfast) for peanut butter cups. I was planning to make our old stand-by quickie breakfast, oatmeal with bananas and peanut … Continue reading
Posted in From Our Teeny Tiny German Kitchen
Tagged chia seeds, chocolate, oatmeal, recipes, vegetarian
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Cha Cha Cha Chia Protein Brownies
This recipe took a lot more work than I anticipated but I guess I should have expected a challenge when I decided to try to make brownies with black beans. The recipe itself is not hard at all but it … Continue reading
