We can be in France in an hour

How cool is that?! I'm never leaving this place! So, yea we went to France this weekend. The drive is a litlle over an hour. I entertained myself by taking pictures of licenses plates. I've always been interested in license plates, as a little girl I would sit in our driveway and write down all the plate numbers that went by. 

Is this weird?

Anyway, Strasbourg is cool. Apparently, it has flipped from belonging to France and Germany over the years, so you feel both influences.

ich liebe diesen Park

I organized an outing for the ladies. Luisenpark in Mannheim, Germany. A beautiful place, I can't think of an equivalent park in the US, maybe Central Park. A small fee to enter, but it's worth it for the cleanliness and lack of riffraffs. We spent this visit walking around the park, which is 41 hectares according to Wikipedia (no source). I plan to bring Chris back here, I see us just hanging out at the park, packing a picnic and lounging under a tree!

Me

They have animals here too!

The ladies

It was a great day. I love this Park!

Road trip

I keep hearing about this amusement park of flowers in the Netherlands and well...I have to see it. So, a road trip it is!

We stayed in Amsterdam for a bit, the architecture is lovely, but there didn't seem to be much to do. I didn't do too much research, the Anne Frank house didn't excite me and the Heineken brewery was closed for remodeling. We walked around I don't remember even seeing a museum in the immediate area of our hotel. We ate at a cuban restaurant which I later found out was a chain-restuarant *Rolling eyes*. We also ate at quaint restaurant, the name I can not recall, but I ordered swordfish and was surprised and delighted that the little guy was staring at me when he arrived steaming on my plate.

I took approximately 5 pictures in Amsterdam, that's how uninspired I was. The red district did have some beautiful women in the windows, I wanted to take pictures of them. But, I didn't.

Next we went to Kuekenhof - the world's largest flower garden in Lisse, Netherlands. I don't know how excited Chris was about this, but I was excited enough for both of us. See...

Ugh... I look so tired, night shift is killing me. But, these crazy work hours do allow me to travel for long weekends. Anyway, Kuekenhof was beautiful.

How can I miss someone I don't know

I've had this overwhelming feeling of missing my little nephew, my brother's son, lately. The funny thing is I have never actually seen the little guy in person. This, I believe, is a testament to the strength of family love. So, little DAB I made a video for you.

Latter-day Saturday Post #1

So I decided when I don't have anything too interesting to share with you I will post something from past the timeline of this blog.

That Day
Latter-day Saturday Post #1 is our wedding day, which I still believe to this day, was the best, most perfect, most romantic wedding ever...in the history of weddings.

 This is the location, The Byodo-In in Kaneohe, Hawaii. It rained earlier in the day, so the ridges in the background had waterfalls running through them. Gorgeous!

 We were married by this nice Buddhist priest. Only our immediate family members were in attendance-just the way we wanted it. Despite my make-up bitch lady not showing up our day was perfect.

This is at the hotel after the ceremony, this location is where chris proposed to me after I repeatedly botched his plan for a proposal. Our reception was a Paradise Cove Luau. Not only did this day go exactly the way we wanted, we shared it with the people who matter most, and we didn't get caught up in the event. My rant on consumerism and the crock "they" sold as the American Dream will come later.

On your 30th Birthday...

...we shall go forth to thy Holy place

Look how happy my guy is! I'll have to check our wedding photos to see if he was grinning like that on  that day. Anyway, we loved Dublin. The people were gracious and down to earth. Of course we had our fill of fish and chips and beer; I was introduced to cider. Cider is good, but not worth 6lbs in 2 days (I really enjoyed the cider). We didn't make it outside of the city, but we will definitely be back.

Good times on the Irish music pub crawl.

Even our shadows are in love at St Patrick's Cathedral

speaking of Holy and St. Patrick's Cathedral...it's sponsored by Bailey's Irish Creme.

Gotta love it

IRISH OUT!

NYE - Danger Edition

New Years Eve in Heidleberg is c-r-a-z-y. It's like (I imagine) being in a drunken fire fight. People actually shoot fireworks everywhere, even at each other. This pic was taken shortly after a fireball bounced off my head. Chris didn't tell me until the next day, I thought it was a cork.