Day Out: Strasbourg
It’s been just one month since we moved to Germany and it’s been packed with all the not-fun parts of adulting (think back to back days of things like registering at your new medical and dental clinics, and getting a drivers license, and registering your car, and choosing new mobile phone plans, and moving into a new house, house repairs, new job, new everything). We’ve snuck in as many days as we can getting out to explore and have fun. One of the days out I really wanted to do before we returned our borrowed car was visiting Strasbourg. It’s just an hour and a half away, just over the border into France, and I lived there for a month when I was serving as a missionary 22 years ago.
Off the Beaten Path: Visiting Schwäbisch Hall
I was watching a Rick Steves something months ago and he mentioned how sometimes the best places aren’t in any of the travel books and I knew instantly what he was really saying. Traveling is amazing, but there is the experience of being a tourist, and then the experience of being a local and knowing the best hidden gems.
Picking Up Mabel
Moving overseas with our beloved doggo has been agonizing and hard, and very expensive. In fact, it cost more to fly her over that to fly our entire family of six! And I have cried everyday about it all since March. But was it worth it? YES.
Joel’s Mission Call
My oldest son, Joel, turned 18 and graduated high school one month ago. It’s been a few months of navigating big emotions and milestones and changes for him…and I think for me too. And it hasn’t calmed down. We moved to Germany three weeks ago and just a few days ago, he learned where he will be serving as a missionary for the next two years for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The weeks of waiting for this assignment haven’t been easy. I think I’ve had as many sleepless nights as he has!
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