We left Sintra today after a great couple of days exploring this historic town about 30 minutes outside of Lisbon. As you can see from the picture below, the entire place is gorgeous, which is why the whole town has been named a World Heritage Site. Because of it’s beauty and status, naturally there are […]
Meant to add this picture at Big Ben with the other post. Here it is!
That’s how you say “good day” (or “good morning”) in Portuguese, and that’s what we had today. I’ll start by saying CR had the best day of all because he got to be strapped to his favorite person in the world all day, although the rest of us did really well too. It started right […]
Karen and I have flown to Europe many times between the two of us, but CR wasn’t the only one having a new experience during our flight a couple days ago–we’ve always taken overnight flights, but this time we left Chicago in the morning and landed in London around 10:30pm. After customs, etc., that put […]
When you and your spouse hear this several times a day, there’s maybe something to it. This isn’t a phrase we normally hear (at least not her,) so I’m guessing it must have something to do with the trip we’re taking. Tomorrow, we leave for London. We’ve been there a few times already. In fact, […]
This past week has marked a couple of pretty big milestones for me, which is nice because they really belong together. Ten years prior to Wednesday, I met my wife, Karen, at the youth hostel we were both staying at in Dublin, Ireland. That’s us on that day with my brother Paul (who I was traveling with […]
We’re still working on getting him excited about solid foods. Some things (fruit) he loves, others…not so much. Strange rice dishes with an egg in them definitely fall into the latter category.
The above structure is the actual Temple of Heaven (at the middle of the park where the retirees hang out.) Henry is comfortably napping in his stroller/car seat/plane seat/high chair. It’s called a Sit-n-Stroll and if you’re about to do a lot of travel with a baby, I’d highly advise getting one. It has a […]
Here is Henry with his little Shanghainese (since moved back to Missouri) friend at a hot pot restaurant in Shanghai. You’ll note that unlike the previous picture where Henry had a clear advantage in both height and reach, this time the battle is much more even–Henry is strapped in and Carsten’s mom is helping. No […]
Happy rainy Tuesday from Chicago! Did I say before that Henry is a great, good natured child? I guess that was before we spent the last few nights dealing with his jet lag. So, let me restate: Usually, he is a very happy and good natured kid. When he’s low on sleep, however, he becomes […]