On our sixth day of the cruise we found ourselves celebrating our 15th wedding anniversary in Istanbul, Turkey! Istanbul was hands down one of our favorite places that we visited during our cruise. This was one of the cities that I was able to plan for us to walk off the ship and visit without an excursion, so it was …
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The 5th day of our cruise brought us to Kusadasi, Turkey. Apparently, it’s actually said Koosha-dasa (according to our guide) but I seem determined to say it like Kewsa-Dawsee. Whatevs. It was a short day in port, arriving at 7am and leaving at 2pm so we signed ourselves up for an excursion to the ancient city of Ephesus. We had …
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Our other expat friends gathered together at our house for dinner on Christmas Day The hardest part about life as an expat is missing your family and friends, I don’t think there is an expat out there who can argue that… and in the age of Twitter, Facebook, and instant messengers, it’s impossible to isolate yourself in your own little …
Read More »Today while I was in town I took this photo of the Christmas decorations in the city center. Everywhere I turn there are people complaining about Christmas decorations and items being out already, but I honestly couldn’t be happier about it. I think here in the Netherlands we are slightly early as well because we have Sinterklaas in early December. …
Read More »I’ve figured out what has been missing from Christmas for me… (other than my family of course). Today while working in the kitchen we’ve had the radio on and mostly all they are playing is Christmas carols. Suddenly it feels like Christmas! That feeling is back and for the first time over this holiday season (even counting the day I …
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Ramona is our Christmas turkey. When I took it out of it’s packaging and had it in the dish it kept wobbling over to the left. Then I looked and realized that one of it’s wings was missing, or half of itat least. When I untied the legs to try to stuff it, the left leg flopped over to the …
Read More »Who keeps a turkey as a pet? Does this seem like a weird question or are turkeys just a regular ol’ pet and nobody told me? Yesterday we went for a drive around Millville and through the country, while we were driving along we see this: These people had this massive turkey on their front step! Truly, the pics do …
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