Our journey “home”
As terribly hard as it was to leave mamie and papi and “the most beautiful region of the most beautiful country in the world”, we had a wonderful trip home. […]
Being Challenged Through Our Differences
It is human nature to surround ourselves with the teachers, coaches, employers, church leaders and peers who will reinforce our everyday paradigms. That’s why everybody close to you is largely […]
On Sophie & Serge
I have wanted to write a blog post about multilingual parenting for a few weeks now. Thanks to an article I read yesterday, written by an exhausted multilingual mother, it […]
Lavazza-lounge
Yesterday we drove yet another 550km back to mamie and papi’s place. That brings this week’s travel distance to 1700km, spread across 20 or so hours in the car. And […]
Vertrauen ist gut. Kontrolle ist besser.* Seen today at Edeka supermarket in Kandern to explain that alcohol should not be sold to youth irresponsibly. Wow. So German. *Trust is good. […]
Poop to go
We drove a further 500km yesterday to Cologne and back to meet up with my great friend who drove down from Brussels. We walked around the town together with her […]
Breast is Best!
If there is anywhere that you’d imagine would be breast-feeding friendly, it would be Europe, right? Well, after meeting the husband of the chick who brought La Leche League to […]
German stroller watching
Yesterday we drove 6.5 hours from the Haute Savoie region of France, through Switzerland to Heidelberg, Germany – making Germany Ayo’s fourth country to visit ex-utero. We stopped frequently for […]
Le paradis terrestre est où je suis. -Voltaire
Une journée en France*
Following yesterday’s long travel day, we bathed Ayo in his borrowed blow-up duck bath and then we all went to sleep fairly early. We cocked open the windows to enjoy […]
A 24 hour blur
Ayo got to see the Rockies, the Statue of Liberty and Geneva’s Jet d’Eau in 24 hours. That was kind of fun. Less fun was to discover we had no […]
Packing list (for 3.5 month old)
Tall mountain and I try to do most of our travel with carry-ons. We like to bring only what we need and are known for packing deep into the night […]
TCK and Pregnant
When I returned to my passport culture a few years back, I was forced to face my webbed closet of pent up prejudices and questions surrounding both my identity and […]
Hi there!
Welcome to my blog! I’m a 32 year old Third Culture Kid (TCK) who grew up in France but has lived in a couple of countries in Europe, Asia and […]