So, a lot of random thoughts today. First, an afterthought from yesterday. I finished reading Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson. It was amazing, and it was actually a very fitting book to read in light of Dachau. Without revealing […]
So, a lot of random thoughts today. First, an afterthought from yesterday. I finished reading Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson. It was amazing, and it was actually a very fitting book to read in light of Dachau. Without revealing […]
So I made us walk a bit faster on the trek to the train station today so we could get our heart rates up and burn more calories. While we only logged 8.2 miles today, emotionally, it was not an […]
So I didn’t write anything about yesterday because truly, there wasn’t much to say. We checked out of our hotel, sat in their lounge for a few hours reading and watching Gilmore Girls dubbed into German, had the front desk […]
Short recap because I am tired… We went to Mass at the Dom, which is the cathedral here. It was beautiful. The choir was amazing but I didn’t understand a word. Well, I understood the Latin and I knew what […]
Ok, so many thoughts from today. Salzburg is just beautiful. It’s clean and so much fun to people watch and explore. Erin doesn’t think the people here are very friendly…they don’t acknowledge her when she says hi or smiles, but […]
So as I write this blog, I’m on the way to Salzburg from Zurich. Switzerland is beautiful. Its mountains rise high above the train tracks and they are forest green and grass green. Homes scatter the hills, and I’m not […]
First, can I tell you how nice it was to be on retreat and to NOT plan it? It was incredible. I loved not having any responsibility. And I came away really enjoying the St. Mary’s faculty even more. I […]
So this last week has been a mix of great and awful, with very little in between. What’s dwelling on my mind right now is the awful: how my sister and I who had been getting along so well had […]
Well, we’re at a few halfway points. Mark has been in Iraq for more than 100 days, and by the time I get back from Europe at the end of the month, he’ll be home in 100 days for his […]
Author’s note: All discussions below (religious or otherwise) are based on my understanding, inputs from the Iraqis and Wikipedia. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong. Terrorists, please don’t shoot me for my ignorance. I know it’s been a while (hell, it’s […]