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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Back to School, Stockholm Style
All over the world, children are engaged in back-to-school activities. Often with a parent leading the charge, usually their mother. They are having teeth checked, getting hair cut, and being sized up for what shoes, pants and shirts fit after … Continue reading
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Tagged back to school, Europe, family travel, hair cuts, humour, negotiating with children, pacific northwest, shopping, stockholm, sweden
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After two months Abroad, any Canadian is my Friend. Even Dead Ones.
Zevenaar. Our second home exchange. To use a western North American euphemism…it’s a bit of a one horse town. Which is apt since this past weekend one of its big summer attractions was its annual country and western music festival! … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadian, country and western, Dutch liberation, Europe, family travel, Groesbeek War Cemetery, music, the Netherlands, WW2, Zevenaar
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Budapest v. Prague
I fully realize a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. And when it comes to these cities that’s all I have. We spent one night and two days in Budapest and two days and two nights in Prague. Enough to … Continue reading
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Tagged budapest, Czech Republic, eastern europe, Europe, family travel, hop on hop off, humour, Hungary, lice, prague
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The OTHER end of my foodie spectrum!
“It’s in the Palais Coburg…it’s supposed to be right here,” says my husband, looking around with map in hand. We’re in a quiet, non-commercial part of Vienna, with few people on the street in the early evening. The only place … Continue reading
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Tagged Austria, Europe, foodie, michelin restaurant, restaurant, Sylvio Nikol, travel, vienna, wine
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Two Sacher Tortes, A Coca-cola light and a Decaf…
“Two sacher tortes, a coca-cola light, and a decaf coffee,” the waitress parrots back with a heavy accent. I am distracted by her burgundy polyester uniform with gold lettering, “Hotel Sacher” in fancy script. Around us are sneaker-clad tourists with … Continue reading
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Tagged dessert, Europe, family travel, foodie, history, hotel sacher, humor, humour, sacher torte, vienna
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So we got on bikes and saw things from a different perspective…
The Netherlands is famous the world over for its cycling citizens. It is very cycling oriented. Slim, fit-looking 60 and 70 year olds on bikes is a common sight that my husband is not always graciously yielding to. Don’t get … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, cycling, day trips from Amsterdam, Europe, family, Holland, kid friendly, medeival towns, the Netherlands, travel
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