Category: Europe

  • A New Tradition for your Family this St. Patrick’s Day

    A New Tradition for your Family this St. Patrick’s Day

        To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day I want to share stories and photos of this beautiful land, but I also wanted to encourage you to add a new tradition to your celebrations this year.     An abbey we stumbled upon in near Cong, Ireland  Our Love for Ireland Our family recently returned to America after living in…

  • 5 Simple Pleasures of Paris

    5 Simple Pleasures of Paris

    After our recent third visit to Paris, I have a deeper appreciation for the City of Lights from a new perspective: simplicity. To visit Paris in three days, you must keep it simple. Honoring our son’s 10th birthday wish, our family returned to the famed city, which had so captivated his heart and imagination when…

  • Best Things To Do in Loutraki, Greece

    Best Things To Do in Loutraki, Greece

    Perhaps the most cosmopolitan town we visited on our ten-day tour of the Corinthian Riviera, the seaside hot spot of Loutraki, Greece is filled with allure and archaeology, and is sure to resonate with every kind of discriminating traveler. Things to Do in Loutraki, Greece Go out on the bay in a boat Travel into…

  • Christmas Celebrations from Around the World

    Christmas Celebrations from Around the World

    One of our favorite ways to travel has been exploring different Christmas celebrations from around the world! Last year, we were blessed to visit Old Quebec City in Canada and absolutely fell in love with the lights and European charm of the only walled city in North America in winter! One of our favorite family memories ever…

  • Vote for Long Term Family Missions

    Vote for Long Term Family Missions

    Three years ago, our family sold most of our belongings and bought one-way tickets to Northern Ireland. We joined a missions organization there, to serve as support staff. It was a leap-of-faith, to say the least! Leaving behind our home, family and friends for the unknown was a risky move, yet, we had a peace that’s hard…

  • Parisian Poem

    Today I’m sharing a poem that I wrote a while back after returning from a trip to Paris. The last time I sat at your feet oh, great Tour Eiffel… we sat- clock stopped- and sipped French bubbles on your damp lawn reflecting twinkly lights watching the boys burst in laughter with your sparkle in…