Good news - this week has resulted in quite a bit of progress on our move. We basically had three things left to do: 1) get our...

Alex had his first two cross country meets of the season. The first was in Dusseldorf and the second was in Luxembourg. Both meets were...

Part 2: Hitting the road… Alright… you’ve read our ‘part 1’ blog on things you should know before driving in Europe and now find yourself...

So…we’ve been in Amsterdam for three months now.  Well…sort of.  Given we were on the road for almost 3 weeks, it has actually been a...

I’m not sure I can write that title without laughing. There’s no hiking in the Netherlands… at least the way we define hiking in...

Alex has finished his third week at the International School of Amsterdam (though he was sick a lot of this week, so he hasn't actually...

Cross country season has officially started here. As a reminder, there are about 30 kids on the team - grades 5th through 12th. There...

I hate harbor freight. For those of you unfamiliar, Harbor Freight is one of the largest tool sellers in existence with every imaginable...

Part 1: Know before you go…   If you have the opportunity to road-trip around Europe, we can highly recommend it. Driving through Europe...

This last weekend the three of us did something Alex and I have wanted to do for about seven years - attend an Formula 1 race in person....

Alex had his first day of school last Thursday. He's going to the International School of Amsterdam which is taught in English. 52% of...

Living out of a suitcase for 23 days is a trick. Eating every meal at a restaurant is challenging, especially when each meal is in a new...

I’ve waited to blog about this until the end, but now that we’re done and have had time to reflect, I figured I’d share some notes on...

As you all now know, we ended up being super fortunate. Not only did the US women make it to the finals of the Olympics football...

The drive from Prague to Stuttgart is about 485kms, which google says will take you 5.5 hours (lots of construction). We left Prague...

I had heard the architecture in Prague was impressive, but it beat my expectations by a large amount. After spending time in other...

The Czech Republic is another hidden gem within Europe... and much more accessible than my other favorite, Estonia. Because we’re on a...

We spent 2 nights in Poland. [Note to self - do not go to a city where there is a Taylor Swift concert scheduled on the same night.]...

As Americans, our family knew the least amount about the Baltic nations in Europe. We knew a little about Estonia from Laura's and my...

We arrived in Tallinn (our halway point by time and distance) by ferry from Helsinki late afternoon, yesterday. To be honest, we had very...