Adventures while living in the Netherlands… and Minnesota
Newsflash: Minnesota gets really cold in the winter. Minneapolis/St. Paul ranks as the coldest urban center in the United States. Having moved here in July, our running joke for the first couple of months of sunny, 70°F days was, "We hear the weather is like this all the time, right?" Nope. Let's just say that … Continue reading Algarve and Tavira, Portugal (Kristen’s January Get-Away, Part 1)
So, in continuing with the stories and photos from our July sabbatical trip, here is the third and final installment: the Lakes! 19 July – Travel to Lake ComoAfter our overnight in Verona, we took the train to Como and then transferred to a bus to continue up the coast to a small lakefront city … Continue reading Sabbatical Part 3 – Lake Como and Lugano
Warning: this post is going to have a ton of photos, especially photos of mountains 🙂 For the second of three parts in our July sabbatical adventure, Matt and I spent 10 days in Trentino, Italy - the region that is home to the Dolomites! If you're like I was before this trip you may … Continue reading Sabbatical Part 2 – the Dolomites
You may have noticed that I said we were leaving the Netherlands ended at the end of June, and arrived in Minneapolis at the end of July... so what happened during that month in between? Matt has worked enough years at PWC that he was eligible for a sabbatical. It seemed like the timing could … Continue reading Sabbatical Part 1 – Sicily
(This is a continuation from my previous post, The Hebel's Visit to London Town.) After a fantastic trip all together in the U.K., my mom had to head back to Ohio but Dad was able to stay with us for an additional week in the Netherlands! Matt and I were less than a month away … Continue reading Dad’s Visit to the Netherlands (plus Cologne)
The final group of visitors to come over from the USA while we lived in Europe were... my mom and dad (aka the Hebels)! We met them in London and spent a week there together, then my dad was able to return to the Netherlands with Matt and I for another week. The trip was … Continue reading The Hebel’s Visit to London Town
Matt's parents had planned to visit us and take a trip through Italy together in April 2020... needless to say that plan was cancelled thanks to a little virus known as COVID-19. Thankfully, we were able to reschedule a similar trip for this April once travel was open between the USA and Europe again. In … Continue reading Barb and Dave’s April 2022 Visit – Netherlands + Italy
When we moved to The Hague and went through the process of apartment-hunting, we intentionally chose a place that had a second bedroom/bathroom to be able to host the friends and family we expected to be visiting from the USA. However, we did not expect that the visits would take on such a "barbell" distribution... … Continue reading Springtime Visitors from the USA
We're baaaack!! The last photo we took in the Netherlands - on the plane ready for take-off from Schiphol! We always knew this day would come, but it was sad to see our time living in The Hague come to an end. Matt's work contract had been for two years with an option to extend … Continue reading The Bowersoxen RETURN from Abroad
I had high expectations coming into Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland - Sir Walter Scott dubbed it, "Yon Empress of the North", after all! And, somehow it managed to even exceed my expectations 😀 Continuing from my previous post about my solo trip to the British Isles, here is part 2 about Edinburgh. (P.S. For … Continue reading “Yon Empress of the North” (British Isles Trip part 2/2 – Edinburgh)
The Bowersoxen Go Abroad 