We love our new house. Every day at least one member of the family does a little sigh and says, “This is such a nice house”. We’ve even baptized the house with the first batch of chocolate chip cookies....
Food from South Africa (brought to you by Woolworths)
Ha! I bet you guys didn’t expect to see the words “South Africa” on this blog again! Don’t thank me, just thank my teenage laziness. Food in South Africa was unlike anything I’d ever known. There were a lot...
Thai Sweet Home
For the first time since mid-January, my bathroom bag is fully unpacked. It’s been a wild ride from Spain to South Africa, through Dubai and then back to Europe, but now we get to stop for awhile (6 months...
Thailand First Impressions
We made it! We have arrived in Thailand! We had a long but somewhat uneventful transit from Milan, Italy to Chiang Mai, Thailand. The entire process door to door took over 24 hours and we counted 2 sunsets and...
Milan, Italy
Our final stop on the Fast-Travel-Through-Italy-Like-We-Are-Running-From-The-Law Tour was Milan. Here’s a photographic journey of what we did in Milan. Wait, what? One picture in all of Milan? Yes. Because taking pictures of girls doing homework, ordering dinner to...
Venice, Italy
The 4th stop on the Shermano Tour of Italy 2017 is Venice! We secured a cute little apartment outside the city and were thrilled when the owner showed us how easy it was to take a bus to the...
Florence, Italy
After a week in Rome, we were ready for something a little smaller and easier to navigate. Florence was smaller but Google Maps seemed more cranky there. But we made it work: We FSO! OH! That church! Okay, so...
When in Rome III
This the last of the blog posts about Rome. I imagine you have enjoyed them due to the picture/text balance which is normally way out of whack but this time is finally somewhat tolerable. Don’t pretend you weren’t thinking...
When in Rome II
Our Roman exploring continues with a few more significant sites around the city… Vatican City and Museum We added another country to our list. But we forgot to buy Zoe her keychain that we promise her in each country....
When in Rome I
Our blog posts from Rome will be titled “When in Rome” followed by a Roman numeral. It just feels right. The posts will also be mostly pictures because you deserve a break from Chatty Cathy I’m a little tired....