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Happy Monday – Breakfast
Breakfast at Tiffany’s… This is one of those wonderful posts you all seem to enjoy about food. And while I’m at it, this isn’t just a Monday post but an everyday post. I love breakfast. It may well be my most favourite meal of the day. While I was working in London, I was so tired all the time I stopped eating breakfast in order to sleep an extra ten minutes in the morning. It meant I was always hungry when I got to work and sleepy too. I would snack all morning and stuff myself during lunch. Not something I recommend. However, in Germany, breakfast is epic. As we…
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Mandela
Twinkle twinkle little star… Maybe it’s a Japanese saying, but my grandmother told me that when someone passes away, they go up into heaven and when it’s night time, they poke a hole into the earth’s sky and peek through to look at us down here. That’s what we see as stars. I always loved this idea. That whenever someone looks up into the sky and sees the stars, their loved ones are looking down at them from up above. It gives my grandmother comfort and me too. When I heard about Mandela passing away it shook me for a second. I remember watching him walk out of prison on…
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Guest Blog: Jen and Pat Butler
So what do you get when you take a sister fascinated with different cultures and a desire for adventure and a brother who likes sharing in adventures and is great at taking awesome photos?? – Jen & Pat visiting Poland, Germany and the UK for 11 days this past September 2013. Some background – Jen is me, Jennifer Butler, American, proud Mississippi-native currently in Tennessee. Pat is my older brother, Patrick Butler, currently still in Mississippi but willing to share adventures when I get the travel-bug in me. A few years ago, I decided it was time to head to graduate school to continue in my favorite field of study…
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Happy Monday – Kinder Surprise Advent Calender
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… This should really be a HAPPY MONTH post, as an advent calender lasts lot longer than just one Monday but it’s what’s making me happy this fine Monday, so there you have it. I love advent calenders. As children, we were never allowed a chocolate advent calender, but at least my brother and I got a paper calender each, so we wouldn’t fight over opening a door each morning. Now that I am allowed to choose my own advent calender, I am obviously going to go with a chocolate one. The more and bigger chocolate the better. And I have always been…