Tag: family
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Second summer abroad
I eagerly anticipated our summer plans for months, and now they’re all in the rearview mirror. As I look back on the summer, I am grateful for all the friends and family we spent time with, especially those we hadn’t seen in several years. Since we first moved to Philadelphia in May of 2013, we…
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Bank holiday weekend road trips around Ireland
If there’s one thing that Ireland has plenty of compared to the US, it’s bank holiday weekends! With miles of gorgeous countryside just past the Dublin city limits, it’s easy to find ways to explore the country of Ireland and still make it home for Sunday roast dinner. My family and I have had so…
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Ski season review!
Our 2025 ski season has officially come to an end, and I can confidently say this has absolutely been the highlight for us so far in our year abroad in Europe. In the past 12 months we have skied Zermatt, Switzerland; St. Anton, Austria; and Les Arcs and Val d’Isere, France. All are unique locations…
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Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes later
On a cold, partly rainy morning one year ago today we landed in Dublin with absolutely no clue how this new adventure would work for our family. The kids were partly excited, mostly scared, and we were all super jetlagged. The first three months anywhere always feel like you’re walking on the moon for the…
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An alternative Thanksgiving
In 2016 we celebrated our first Thanksgiving away from home. Our oldest (and at the time, only) son had just turned one and I had this grand idea that we needed to mark the occasion with a big trip. We had just moved to Asia, and I wanted to prove that we were a family…
An Ocean Away 