la joie de vivre

I woke up Saturday morning to ambiguous texts about my travel schedule and events in Paris and knew something terrible had happened overnight. I am full of emotions. Sad. Confused. Scared. Angry. The attacks happened in the area of Paris I’ve fallen in love with and where I’ve chosen to stay on my last visits […]

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The spookiest week

A couple of costumes from Halloweens past. As a reminder, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It’s also not that big in Germany. All day today, I played the usual game I play on Halloween: costume or real outfit? I learned this game works even better in Germany than it does in the US. […]

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Cat Nappin’

Since we’re trucking through the post-Labor Day dog days of autumn, sipping on our Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes and just trying to make it to Thanksgiving (or…Christmas for Germans), I thought I’d share some pics of serious cat naps. In my next life, I want to be a Croatian cat. Also, on a related note, […]

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