Saturdays are sacred in our household. For a long time, no matter what is going on, on Saturdays, Daniel and I get out for an adventure. Sometimes it’s small and local and not really all that adventurous. Sometimes it’s pretty big like a trip out of town. We try really…
Category: Portland, USA
London
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Day 1 ~ A plot twist before the story begins
I’m writing at the end of Friday, but the time change makes it feel like two full days have passed since my last post Thursday afternoon. Boy, what a long two days it has been! Soon after yesterday’s post, I heard a text arrive but I was too busy passing…
Portland, USA
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Day 0 ~ Crossing the Threshold
We’re leaving tonight! If all goes right, we’ll leave this evening and land “tomorrow” in Brussels in the evening, putting aside the 9 hour time change. As if on cue, today has been dominated by last minute work popping up, mostly last-minute decisions on our basement renovation. I’m happy enough…
Portland, USA
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Day -1 ~ Refusing the Call and Meeting a Mentor
Today was another big day of work, more so on my normal obligations than on this trip. My attention and time were fully occupied by some surprise bad news about the basement renovation. When Stef and I finally settled in to re-packing and prepping, it was already late evening. But…
Portland, USA
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Day -2 ~ The Call to Adventure
We’ve done our months of planning, weeks of preparation, and days of packing. Now, the departure date is just two days away! I set up this blog tonight so we’ll have place to post and a link to share.