We didn’t do much on our last day in Bologna as we had a midday flight and Chris’s parents wanted to get to the airport nice and early. We just had breakfast and went out for one more coffee as…
England via New York
For various reasons, we ended up going to England and Italy this summer. I realize to many Americans, this probably sounds like a treat. It wasn’t actually for tourism though, and either way, it ended up being quite a grueling trip.…
Dodge-y Electrics
We had quite the drama with the car recently. We just wanted to pop up to Target to pick up some peppers when it wouldn’t start. Not only would it not start, we both had to use the manual spare…
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Obviously lots and lots of spoilers ahead. Only read if you have already read Harry Potter and the I was unsure what to think of a new Harry Potter release after so long. So often when X thing gets done…
Arrival in Arizona Part 2: Sleeping and Surfing
We woke up extremely early, but we have decided to attempt to go with this a bit. Arizona has an amazing big sky. Even on the few cloudy days, the sunrise is worth seeing: Now that we had an apartment…
Downtime
Yesterday was fairly stressful with the unexpectedly dental hijenx since Chris had never had any dental issues before (not so much as a cavity) and we had to deal with insurance much sooner than we were hoping or expecting to. Plus, we are still…
Navy Pier, Amtrak, and Arrival in Onalaska
After watching the sun rise over Michigan Avenue from the Congress Plaza Hotel, we set off to see Chicago. We started off with breakfast about 7 AM. It was extremely windy and cold for mid-May. We stopped into a coffee…
Chicago Style Pizza and Jet Lag
On our first night in the US, we managed to stay up till all of nine o’clock, but that was long enough to go to Lou Malnati’s and have a Chicago deep dish pizza. The pizza was indeed extremely deep and in an order…