American in Norway

Trip of a lifetime.. still smiling with a happy heart.. can't wait til next year's SPRING FLING..

Sigh... I am still having a hard time getting back in to "REAL LIFE"   Venice was perfect in every way...  Spending much needed time with one of my BEST FRIENDS from the US...   I think I am still glowing..   feeling blessed..     Please bare with the picture filled posts to come...  Looked all over for these "Rice Balls" deep fried & filled with cheese.  - doesn't matter that I was walking over 10 km a day.. with all of the food and drink.. I may have broke even.     I have no idea who this lady is... but the abslolute JOY on her face was priceless...       I am a big PEOPLE watcher... I love seeing the joy.. and guessing their story.. I also see the people who are not so happy.. (It is never too late to change your story..)   I love seeing the happy couples taking the trip of a lifetime.. but also see the couples who sit across from each other ...

First stop.. The Liassidi Palace. I had two days in Venice before my friend arrived & I needed to find somewhere to stay.. My first trip to Venice I was 19 & backpacking with my sister & our friends.  I'm sure we stayed at a hostel and were eating from the grocery stores.  I don't remember much from that trip other than a dissapointing trip to a glass factory.  I have one picture from that trip.. For the record, I'll kill my kids if I send them on a trip like this and they come home with one picture! My second trip to Venice was while working on a cruiseship. We, of course stayed on the ship, and when we finally got off work & had time to go a shore, my husband thought Venice was old,dirty & way over priced.  So much for romance in Venice.  THIS time.. I would do Venice the way I wanted.. I would stop counting every dollar & treat myself.  Damn it! I deserve this.. I decided to go for the suite life. I bo...

Summer vacation it was spent in the Best possible place, at home with our American family,in Kansas City.  Please forgive the picture laden posts...  but I have 5000 pictures I need to post somewhere.   Eva with her American Bestie.. Back where I belong...  3 generations.. WORLD CUP SOCCER IN KC!  WOO HOO  

I just wanted to share some photos from 17 May 2014 I like the idea of having all of the pictures in one place (my blog) for the kids to find later.