I know, I know… one single blog post for all of 2025. Not exactly the consistency I aspire to. But here we are — and since this is my lone entry for the year, you might want to settle in with a cup of tea. This is going to be a long one, packed with…
As I settle into 2025, I find myself finally sitting down to share a long-overdue post about an incredible journey that took place last October – our unforgettable three-week adventure in Fiji and Tonga. Life at the Out of Bounds Ranch, holiday celebrations, and various commitments kept me from posting this sooner, but some stories…
The year 2023 will forever be etched in my memory – my (step)dad passed unexpectedly in April a couple weeks after I had spent 2 weeks with my parents vacationing in Germany, flew home and had no idea that he would pass 2 weeks later and nobody knows what exactly was wrong with him, he…
And here I am again back in the US from my 2 weeks of vacation in Germany and reminiscing about all the great German food I ate and the 7 pounds I gained in 2 weeks – yes you read that correct – 7 pounds….and it was all worth it :-). Here is the list…
My mum is an outstanding cook and so its not a surprise that I already gained 5 pounds in 5 days. My mum cooked all my favorite German dishes the first 5 days (cold beef salad, Shopperle – dumplings with red cabbage, stir fry with pineapple, cabbage rolls with seasoned ground beef, pork shank with…
I made it! Traveling during Corona times is not an easy untertaking….I almost screwed up the Corona test by taking my test late in the day and not getting get the results back in time prior to check in, but in the end all worked out well, even with last minute vet visits, ensuring the…
Wow what happened – a blink of an eye – and now its 4 months later and lots of stuff to catch up on. Almost a yearly tradition we rung in the New Year with our friends the Sudore’s in Fishlake. We were lucky and had snow this year and Mike motivated us to build an…
Just when you thought I am done with posting a travel blog, I decided to surprise my parents and spontaneously flew to Germany for my dad’s birthday. Our “grandiose” planned surprise was detoured when I walked into the courtyard of my parents condo and my dad run into me….now what are the odds that this…
Wow – it took me 9 months to actually bring our Indochina trip to live on my blog – and today is the day of my final entry – yeah! This was a trip of epic proportions where everything just came together at the right time in the right place. Here in Seattle I run…
Day 16: September 29th: Sapa After a somewhat rough night on the Victoria night express to Sapa we meet Mao, our Hmong tour guide at the Sapa railway station. We arrive at 6:00 am in the morning after maybe a couple hours of sleep on a very bumpy train ride. I “usually” don’t think…OMG…