April 2012

The “What I Will Miss” List

April 30, 2012

Guest Post by David (In the past few weeks, guest posts on the blog have been quite popular! Hope you enjoy another!) As we’ve both been saying goodbye to friends and colleagues over the last couple of weeks, the number one question I’ve been asked is ”What are you going to miss?” I’ve actually given that a [...]

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Goodbyes

April 27, 2012

With my departure date only 7 days away, I’m in the throes of several goodbye dinner/drinks. This has not been good for my running regime, by the way. Only 30 miles logged for the month, which is half of what I did in March! In the end, the memories and moments with friends and colleagues will [...]

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The Moving Plan

April 24, 2012

In my last post, I mentioned that our Venice trip was David’s attempt to keep me from going crazy. This is why: I assumed moving back to the States would prove easier than our move to London, and up to this point, this has been true. I have negotiated airline pet travel before, I have [...]

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Basilicas and Bellinis

April 21, 2012

I’ve been calling this last minute weekend holiday the “Get AT out of London so she doesn’t stress about moving in 2 weeks” trip. David planned this getaway 6 weeks ago, and I give him due credit for forcing us to make the most of our final weekends in Europe. It’s been cold and rainy [...]

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I Married a Muggle

April 19, 2012

Guest post by David: Disclaimer, I’m a big Harry Potter fan.The first Harry Potter book I read (and coincidentally my favorite) is the 5th, Order of the Phoenix. It pulled me into its magical world almost immediately and even though the characters were long established, the book did a stupendous job of continuing to develop [...]

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Field Notes from Dad

April 15, 2012

Last week I shared a few tips for expats when they host their parents in their new city. Apparently, we did a pretty good job with the task because I received a 4,000 word email from my father recapping the trip. 4,000 words, I kid you not. My father is naturally a writer and has [...]

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Tips on Hosting your Family Visit

April 9, 2012

In the past three weeks, we hosted David’s grandmother for a few days, and then over Easter my parents visited for 5 days. Both were fantastic visits, and we feel have the hang of how to successfully host family members in our city. Rather than detail our day-by-day itinerary, I think it would be more [...]

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Pardon the Interruption to Regular Blogging

April 7, 2012

Mom and Dad arrived from Virginia for the Easter holiday weekend! Even though my Dad considers himself an English aficinado, he had never been to ol’Blighty. We’ve been touring London and made a day trip to Oxford yesterday. The weather has been rubbish, but it hasn’t put a damper on our spirit. Especially when we [...]

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Happiness on Film

April 1, 2012

After 4 weeks of patiently waiting, I got a happy package in the mail last week – our photo shoot files! David and I take a lot of photos on our travels, and David’s quite skilled at iPhone Instagram, but we have never taken professional photos before, so we were not quite sure what to [...]

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