Travel recap: Selva (Wolkenstein), Val Gardena, Italy
The second week of my trip home was spent in Italy. South Tyrol, to be exact. As previously mentioned, my parents took my sister and me skiing in Val Gardena every year ever since we...
Category: nostalgia
22: The Causeway Classic
Today it was time for J and I to attend our obligatory annual football game – the Causeway Classic – again. It’s the annual Football Game between UC Davis (Aggies) and Sacramento State University (Hornets) and it’s named after the...
That time when we went to Vegas…
J and I hadn’t really taken a real vacation in quite some time when we decided to take a little trip for our anniversary (which was in May). I was more than thrilled. Originally I...
The little reminders
Today is my great-aunt’s birthday. She would have turned 91. It’s hard to accept that I won’t be able talk to her today. In a way, since I’ve lived so far away form her for...
A different kind of goodbye
When I was perusing the Antique stores last weekend, I came across a set of china which kind of stopped me in my tracks, because it was so familiar to me. This is the china...
Where to begin…
I’ve felt a little lost the last few weeks. I just got back from this whirlwind trip back to Germany. I am behind on blogging, reading blogs and everything else. I am tired, I have...
Happy Nikolaus!
Today is Saint Nicholas Day (German = Nikolaus). Unfortunately my shoes turned up to be empty this morning, might be due to the fact that there’s no “Saint Nicholas Day” in the US. Oh well, but I...
What we’ve learned
Yesterday was J’s and my anniversary. I can’t believe we’ve been married for 6 years. Sometimes, it feels like we just got married yesterday, in many ways it seems much, much longer than 6 years....