We have been catching up with friends and Nan, our dear neighbor, said, "your blog ended May 21st" and I replied, "oh, I think I went all the way through the end of May." "No. May 21st." I love Nan.
Many people aren't on Facebook, which is how I updated once Blogger got to be a bit finicky and since we hit the road quite a bit and tried to fit in packing, it was easiest to toss pictures up on Facebook since they upload quickly.
Ready for a few months of updating?
Here we go!
I forgot to tell you my favorite part of the school visit in Finland.
A sixth grade boy asked, "so are there vampires where you live?"
"Nope. That's Transylvania. But I get that question a lot."
I asked Vivi what she wants for her birthday. She said she wants to get a hotel room in Dublin.
So be it.
Vivi the Kid is 8!
We are consistent. It may be a different country, but we always find a playground. Thanks for keeping our tally going, Switzerland.
A friend shared this from Paulo Coelho's The Pilgrimage - Coelho puts this Fulbright experience into words far better than I could.
"When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly, and in most journeys you don't even understand the language the people speak. So you are like a child just out of the womb. You begin to attach much more importance to the things around you because your survival depends upon them. You begin to be more accessible to others because they may be able to help you in difficult situations. And you accept any small favor from the gods with great delight, as if it were an episode you would remember for the rest of your life."
On top of the world at the Matterhorn in Switzerland:
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One game I don't like playing is: What's That Smell in the Refrigerator?
