Sunday, August 6, 2017

"Your blog ended May 21st."

It's July 19, 2017 and I decided that I'd go back to the blog to bring it up-to-date now that Vivi and I are back in Pennsylvania.

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."

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Sharon Ketchledge Out of the mouths of babes!!!!!!!!!!!😊

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 22 at 4:50am
Remove
Sandra Peters Are you sure about that ? The current political climate has me thinking otherwise😕

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
2
May 22 at 6:25am
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti When I travel, I'm asked that question a lot. So often, in fact, that it no longer surprises me. Vivi says, "Penn-syl-VANIA! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" like Dracula.
Manage
Steve Marchetti Of course there are vampires here, we call them "banks".😎

Reply
1
May 22 at 10:52am


I asked Vivi what she wants for her birthday. She said she wants to get a hotel room in Dublin.
So be it.

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Cristi Heiser Marchetti I'm pretty psyched. I'm bringing a bag of bread to feed the birds in St. Stephen's Park.

Reply
2
May 22 at 9:48am
Manage
Cristi Heiser Marchetti for Viv. FOR VIV! I swear!

Reply
4
May 22 at 9:48am
Manage
Leeann Magone Caridi U have to bring bread? They don't have bread there?
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti Leeann Magone Caridi We like to feel like we're bringing the birds gifts.

Reply
1
May 22 at 9:50am
Manage
Pamela Rief My kind of gal: EXPERIENCES RATHER THAN THINGS! 🎉

Reply
2
May 22 at 9:58am
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti She got your card! You gave her the BIGGEST smile. She read it and was really happy. Thank you for making her feel so special!

Reply
1
May 22 at 10:00am
Manage
Kelly Madden When's her birthday?

LikeShow more reactions
ReplyMay 22 at 10:34am
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti 24 May she'll be 8. My wee world traveler.
Manage
Melanie Redman And that's how you know you've raised her right! 

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
2
May 22 at 1:03pm
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti Time will tell, Melanie Redman. We still have to get through the "I hate you" phase and when she'll cut off all her hair. Then we'll know for sure.

Reply
1
May 22 at 2:10pm
Manage
James Evangelisti Kid's got my back.

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 22 at 6:22pm

This is my favorite of your pictures, Eileen. Thank you for posting!

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Paul Andrew Evangelisti What a great picture

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 23 at 6:45am
Remove
Eileen Kelly I liked that one as well, it just captured the happy moment

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 23 at 6:59am
Remove
Sue Crook My fav too! Great capture!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 23 at 6:31pm


Vivi the Kid is 8!

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Mary Rose Perrone Happy Birthday Viv!!! 🎈🎁🎂🎉

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 24 at 9:53pm
Remove
Maureen Hickey Have a great Birthday Viv!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 24 at 10:32pm
Remove
Dot Muller · Friends with Midge Heiser and 3 others
Midge & Cristi , Viv is so cute ! I think I may have met her when she was a baby.

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
2
May 24 at 10:35pm
Remove
Dan Steigerwalt VIVIAN! Hope you're having an blast over there! We miss your face! 

Chickens!

LikeShow more reactions
ReplyMay 25 at 7:58am


Thank you, Tiffany Larson, for the picture!

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Sue Crook Love this! You can label this the "before" for the belly-button piercing! You know that will happen...

HahaShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 24 at 12:34pm

St Stephen's Park in Dublin

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Kristin Rae Love that park! 💚

Reply
1
May 24 at 10:47am
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti Viv's expression cracks me up.
Manage
Sue Crook Love these pictures!

Reply
1
May 24 at 12:30pm
Remove
Sue Crook Love Vivi's dress!

Reply
2
May 24 at 12:30pm
Remove
Midge Heiser Definitely looking like a birthday girl with all the glitter!

Reply
3
May 24 at 1:09pm
Remove
Nuala Quinn Weathers looking wonderful for tomorrow also for the "day after Viv turns 8"

Reply
1
May 24 at 4:30pm
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti We're in Belfast now. Switzerland this weekend. It's a whole birthday week!

Reply
1
May 24 at 4:30pm
Manage
Melanie Redman I like your style, lady!

Reply
1
May 24 at 6:07pm
Remove
Dianne Zenobi Awesome pic!!!

Reply
1
May 24 at 7:16pm
Remove
Staci Wagner What a great picture!!

Reply
1
May 24 at 9:39pm
Remove
Eileen Kelly Sounds like a great plan!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 25 at 7:27am
Remove
Eddiejo Herbst · Friends with Midge Heiser and 6 others
There she is flying again!!!!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 26 at 3:48pm
Remove
Marshall Sella Yeah. Her feet aren't even touching the ground. Be honest, now: Is she actually FLOATING?

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 28 at 8:35am

What a day! Viv had a great time and I can say I was successful getting her through another year.
She wanted to feed the birds for her birthday and it worked out well - she put bread on top of her shoes and got a pile of pigeons. Giggles followed.

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Diane Allison Beautiful girl, give her hugs and kisses from me xox

Reply
2
May 24 at 4:53pm
Remove
Maya Kowalcyk Happy Birthday you awesome girl! 

Reply
2
May 24 at 5:28pm
Remove
Melanie Redman Love the dress!

Reply
1
May 24 at 6:06pm
Remove
Pamela Rief I think bread on the shoes is a great example of healthy risk-taking.

Reply
1
May 24 at 6:47pm
Remove
Ariel Shiffert what a great kid

Reply
1
May 24 at 6:48pm
Remove
Julia Schock Happy birthday viv

Reply
1
May 24 at 7:21pm
Remove
Martha Mulligan We are celebrating birthdays here, too.

Reply
1
May 24 at 7:32pm
Remove
Rich Armbruster Happy Birthday have fun!

Reply
1
May 24 at 8:13pm
Remove
Susan David What a stunning birthday photo and story to go with it.

Reply
1
May 24 at 9:18pm
Remove
Missi Neumann-Kupetz She is an awesome child, because she has awesome parents

Reply
1
May 24 at 9:45pm
Remove
Elinore Thomas Michalik and the board would read. "A delightful Vivian is wished a delightful day". 💕

LoveShow more reactions
Reply
2
May 24 at 10:17pm
Remove
Bonnie Helmer Happy Birthday Vivian!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 24 at 11:08pm
Remove
Abbey Chase sounds like you have a cool cat on your hands. lucky you

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 25 at 12:03pm

We are consistent. It may be a different country, but we always find a playground. Thanks for keeping our tally going, Switzerland.

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Emily Marchetti Oh my god! It's beautiful there! Those views! 😍😍😍 hope you guys are loving it!

Reply
1
May 27 at 8:44am
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti The view from our hotel room:

Reply
10
May 27 at 8:45am
Manage
Emily Marchetti Gorgeous! Just saved this pic to make my background hahaha! I gotta go there!

Reply
2
May 27 at 8:47am
Remove
Amy Morris Tubb Omg...gorgeous! So jealous!!

Reply
1
May 27 at 9:20am
Remove
Dan Steigerwalt Well. 

That looks amazing.

Reply
1
May 27 at 12:57pm
Remove
Kathy Donahue Waaa? Gorgeous!

Reply
1
May 27 at 9:17am
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti I know! It's crazy pretty.
Manage
Tiffany Larson LOVE it!!!

Reply
1
May 27 at 9:25am
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti I think you mean:
❤️ Switzerland
Manage
Sandra Peters Isn't it amazing how clean the communities are ? They also realize the importance of getting outside ☺️

Reply
2
May 27 at 9:27am
Remove
Maria Katimaris Hafler Omg how beautiful! Vic is truly blessed to be able to experience all these wonderful countries

Reply
1
May 27 at 9:47am
Remove
Midge Heiser The Swiss are certainly good at playgrounds. Love the little chalet playhouse!

Reply
1
May 27 at 9:52am
Remove
Melanie Redman Gorgeous!!

Reply
1
May 27 at 9:59am
Remove
Andrea Schmuttermair Enjoy Switzerland! It's GORGEOUS there!!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 27 at 11:40am
Remove
Kimara Lee Hutton It's so gorgeous! i am jealous!!😘

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 27 at 12:15pm
Remove
Sue Crook Just breathtaking....every view and every angle! Enjoy it to the max and read Heidi when you get home!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 27 at 2:56pm

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."

Author of The Alchemist, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, The Zahir, The Witch Of Portobello, Brida, The Devil and Miss Prym, The Pilgrimage, and The Fifth Mountain
WWW.GOODREADS.COM

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Andrea Schmuttermair That is one of my favorite books!!

Reply
1
May 28 at 3:40am
Remove

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 28 at 4:23am
Remove
Marcie McBurney Stutzman "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." Yes. This.

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 28 at 7:17am
Remove
Marshall Sella Oh my God. That Coelho is such a know-it-all!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 28 at 7:32am


On top of the world at the Matterhorn in Switzerland:


-0:37

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Kristin Hartman Lannoo Hi Cristi! You're daughters is adorable! My son is in Switzerland too

Reply
1
May 28 at 2:58pm
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti Kristin!! 
Wow! Where is he?
Manage
Kristin Hartman Lannoo Cristi Heiser Marchetti he's in Zurich. He has been in Europe for the last month teaching English to a French family. His good friend lives in Zurich.

Reply
1
May 28 at 3:05pm
Remove
Carolyn Geraci Have y'all done the prime meridian yet?

LikeShow more reactions
ReplyMay 28 at 3:08pm
Remove
Cristi Heiser Marchetti Is there a playground there? 
Manage
Carolyn Geraci Cristi Heiser Marchetti there is a lovely park and a billion year old meteorite

Reply
1
May 28 at 3:52pm
Remove
Midge Heiser Looks very different than when you and I were there with no snow and clear skies but still looks really cool

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 28 at 4:33pm
Remove
Amy Kubik Chilly little leg? Awesome trip you are having!

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
May 28 at 9:19pm

One game I don't like playing is: What's That Smell in the Refrigerator?

LikeShow more reactions
Comment
Comments
Martha Mulligan It's worse when it's: What's That Smell Coming from the Back of the Car?

HahaShow more reactions
Reply
1
June 1 at 9:06am
Remove
Robert Madden Hmm. Maybe I'll show up with what's that smell in the bag

LikeShow more reactions
Reply
1
June 1 at 9:30am
Remove
Marshall Sella While you're rummaging around in there, could you be a dove and keep an eye out for that garlic/carbonara dish I left there 8 months ago? Thx!

HahaShow more reactions
Reply
2
June 1 at 9:45am























No comments:

Post a Comment