Our friend, Dani, sent us an excellent link to a blog for the Geilenkirchen area - livingingk.blogspot.com. It has such a great wealth of information! I only wish that someone would do something similar for the Aviano area. This really would help people.
I would totally write one, except that we are moving soon. So, someone who will be here for the next couple of years should consider doing it!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Welcome, Baby George!
My newest little nephew, George, was born early Monday morning! My sister went into labor on their wedding anniversary, about a month earlier than the due date. Everyone is doing well, and I can't wait to see the newest baby!
My baby boy is still about a couple weeks away from his due date. Unlike his cousin, he appears content on staying with Mom for a bit.
This weekend, we were honored with a beautiful baby shower thrown by some good friends here. It was a tea party-themed shower (don't worry, plenty of masculine blue accents), and my friends did an amazing job putting it together. We had a lot of great people there, and were spoiled beyond belief with way too many presents.
Thanks, girls, for the fun day!
My baby boy is still about a couple weeks away from his due date. Unlike his cousin, he appears content on staying with Mom for a bit.
This weekend, we were honored with a beautiful baby shower thrown by some good friends here. It was a tea party-themed shower (don't worry, plenty of masculine blue accents), and my friends did an amazing job putting it together. We had a lot of great people there, and were spoiled beyond belief with way too many presents.
Thanks, girls, for the fun day!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Busy, Busy!
We have actually been pretty busy lately! Today is the last day of Chris' reintegration break before he heads back to work, and we've really tried to take advantage of the time.
On May 31, we celebrated Cantine Aperte with some friends from the squadron. Cantine Aperte is a day where most of the wineries in the Friuli region open their doors for wine tasting. I was Chris' designated driver, and we traveled around sampling wines. Our group started with a nice lunch in San Daniele (famous for its prosciutto), and then we hit Bulfon, which we agreed was our favorite stop of the day.
In total, we stopped at three wineries, and Chris bought 54 bottles of wine to add to our collection! The nice lady at Bulfon even gave me a free bottle of their delicious Moscato Roso, just for being enormous and pregnant, and clearly a good sport.
Chris and I spent the following night at CastelBrando, which is a gorgeous clifftop castle near Vittorio Veneto. Just for fun and to say we spent the night at the castle. The next day, we hit up some prosecco wineries (since we were in the prosecco region), and had a lovely lunch in beautiful Vittorio Veneto at a great find - Leon D'Oro. I had only a plate of pasta for lunch (Italians typically have more than one course for a meal), and for this, the woman serving us kept making reference to the fact that I was not eating enough, and NEEDED to have dessert. This kind of remark only makes you fast friends with me.
We rounded out last week with a nice day at the Caorle beach, which is only an hour away. I love this beach. It's clean and gorgeous, not too crowded (especially the day we went), and you get your pick of nice chairs with umbrellas for free.
It's been a nice break to have Chris around so much over the past couple of weeks. Now, it's back to work and waiting for the baby to arrive! It can happen any time now. I'm 36 weeks, and ready to go!
On May 31, we celebrated Cantine Aperte with some friends from the squadron. Cantine Aperte is a day where most of the wineries in the Friuli region open their doors for wine tasting. I was Chris' designated driver, and we traveled around sampling wines. Our group started with a nice lunch in San Daniele (famous for its prosciutto), and then we hit Bulfon, which we agreed was our favorite stop of the day.
In total, we stopped at three wineries, and Chris bought 54 bottles of wine to add to our collection! The nice lady at Bulfon even gave me a free bottle of their delicious Moscato Roso, just for being enormous and pregnant, and clearly a good sport.
Chris and I spent the following night at CastelBrando, which is a gorgeous clifftop castle near Vittorio Veneto. Just for fun and to say we spent the night at the castle. The next day, we hit up some prosecco wineries (since we were in the prosecco region), and had a lovely lunch in beautiful Vittorio Veneto at a great find - Leon D'Oro. I had only a plate of pasta for lunch (Italians typically have more than one course for a meal), and for this, the woman serving us kept making reference to the fact that I was not eating enough, and NEEDED to have dessert. This kind of remark only makes you fast friends with me.
We rounded out last week with a nice day at the Caorle beach, which is only an hour away. I love this beach. It's clean and gorgeous, not too crowded (especially the day we went), and you get your pick of nice chairs with umbrellas for free.
It's been a nice break to have Chris around so much over the past couple of weeks. Now, it's back to work and waiting for the baby to arrive! It can happen any time now. I'm 36 weeks, and ready to go!
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