Our sweet little guy turns 2 today! It's hard to believe, the time has flown so fast. Here's to another great year with lots of adventure ahead!!
Something About Zürich...
Sharing our life with the ones we love... from across the ocean
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Monday, July 14, 2014
Istanbul!
Not only was this our first getaway without Noah, but also our last getaway while living in Europe (at least this time). I think we made a good choice- Istanbul would have been a lot harder to see with Noah in tow.
It was an amazing city- totally hectic and chaotic, but also so ancient and full of history. It was amazingly different than the rest of the places we've been in Europe (although technically Istanbul straddles both Europe and Asia).
...and Dessert in Europe. Turkish symbols made from Baklava |
Grand Bazaar entrance (one of many) |
Inside the Grand Bazaar |
Hagia Sophia- built in 537! |
Blue Mosque (really named the Sultan Ahmed Mosque) |
Inside the Blue Mosque. Turkey is a secularized country and one of the only places in the world a non-Muslim can actually enter a Mosque. |
Inside the Blue Mosque |
Inside the Blue Mosque |
Inside the Blue Mosque. It is nicknamed the Blue Mosque because of all the blue tile work inside. |
Inside the Blue Mosque |
Suleymaniye Mosque |
Inside Suleymaniye Mosque |
Suleymaniye Mosque |
Suleymaniye Mosque |
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Another lost in translation (I hope)
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Zoo Day
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Recycling!
A bit further from home, but totally worth it since it is just the perfect height for toddler recycling.
Friday, March 21, 2014
St. Patrick's Day in Dublin
We decided to celebrate St. Paddy's Day in Dublin this year with some good friends of ours, and it was really a great trip (minus a 15 hour bug that we almost all managed to acquire at some point during the vacation). We managed to see a lot and although the two toddlers we were toting prevented us from really celebrating the Irish way, we still had a lot of fun.
Happy St. Patrick's Day from Noah & Aidan!!
Incidentally, there was an Irish Craft Beer & Cider festival going on in Dublin while we were there. It was certainly small relative to the beer fests in the US but it was neat to try some local brews.The boys had fun... maybe too much fun.
Unfortunately I got sick just in time to celebrate St. Patrick's day, so we got off to a slow start. We sadly missed the parade, but eventually got out the door and checked out the Jameson Distillery.
Tuesday morning Matt, Noah, and I headed out to Kilmainham Gaol, a famous Jail from the Irish Famine days. Youngest inmate: 5 years old! He was incarcerated for stealing a length of chain. During that time there was massive overcrowding, people were intentionally getting locked up just to get food!
In the afternoon, we met up with the Goguen's again to go to Howth, a shore town about a half hour outside of Dublin. We had some incredibly fresh seafood and enjoyed a somewhat sunny but VERY WINDY day before heading back to Dublin.
Once we were back in Dublin, we strolled around Merion Square to see some Georgian doors, and moseyed our way back to the apartment.
On Wednesday we went to the Guiness factory, Mike grilled some amazing steaks for us and then it was time to get on the plane back to Zurich.
Happy St. Patrick's Day from Noah & Aidan!!
We started our tour of Dublin off with some beers at the Porter House Microbrewery.
Luckily the boys let us enjoy |
Noah & Aidan |
What's St. Paddy's Day without some clovers? |
Aidan LOVING his babychino |
Checking out Irish ducks at St. Stephen's Green |
More St. Stephen's Green- a lifesaver when trying to tire out toddlers |
The most crowded playground I have ever been to in my life |
Incidentally, there was an Irish Craft Beer & Cider festival going on in Dublin while we were there. It was certainly small relative to the beer fests in the US but it was neat to try some local brews.The boys had fun... maybe too much fun.
The animals came out at the Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival |
Noah & Aidan hanging with the revelers |
Stopping to smell the flowers |
Whisky tasting at the Jameson Distillery |
Feeling Irish in his new cap |
Christchurch Cathedral |
Kilmainham Gaol |
Kilmainham Gaol |
Behind bars at Kilmainham Gaol |
In the afternoon, we met up with the Goguen's again to go to Howth, a shore town about a half hour outside of Dublin. We had some incredibly fresh seafood and enjoyed a somewhat sunny but VERY WINDY day before heading back to Dublin.
GIANT oysters |
I guess this is how you spell Lynn in Ireland? |
Location:
Dublin, Ireland
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