lisbon

My husband and I just returned from an awesome trip to Lisbon.

The kids return from their trip to Disney late tonight.

I am on my way into NYC to meet my husband for dinner (why not take advantage of no kids).

Lots and lots of details to come...

bon voyage

Bon Voyage by No. two.

It reads:
1. "I hope you have fun on your vacation."
2. "You too."
3. " You to Mrs. Peck."
4. "I'm going to Florida."
5. "I'm going to Lisbon."
6. "I hope all of you have a good time."

baltimore

My husband took the day off on Friday and we took the kids down to Baltimore. The day was a success, the kids had a blast. We got there a bit later then planned, but had a nice lunch and then walked around the inner harbor for a bit. We then took them to the science museum which was a hit. They have a "wet lab" where the kids got to do their own experiment which they loved. We then went onto one of the ships and took a tour. Then it was a fast ice cream break and on to the next thing. The next activity was requested by the kids, and for the kids, a ride in the harbor on the chinese dragon paddle boats. We then went over to Fort McHenry which was very interesting. On our way home we stopped for dinner and then home to bed.

It was a long day, but lots of fun for the kids!

washington dc

Our dc trip was a success. The weather was perfect, something rare lately. We changed up what we saw a bit, (the first time in five years) and for the first time with the kids we made it over to the Lincoln Memorial. We spent a lot of time at the zoo, one of their favorites and spent a bit of time at the natural history museum. We headed over to Georgetown for dinner and while there I got a bunch of new paper for cards. I hope to get some done and posted soon.

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When we lived in Philadelhia there was a great flower market that I passed on my way to work depending on the route that I took. I would often stop on my way home and pick up flowers for the house. In Amsterdam the flower market was amazing. The colors were stunning and the assortment was mind blowing. Stuck in the suburbs, one often craves a nice flower market!

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Boat rides on the canal are a popular attraction in Amsterdam, but not my cup of tea. I am much happier sitting outside watching the over crowded boats go by. Needless to say we did not take a canal ride.

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It is hard to believe that we just got back one week ago, it feels like it was a lifetime ago. While we where there we started to plan our next trip, which if we keep up our current rate of travel will be in exactly ten years (I hope not!).

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During our stay we rented bikes for two of the days. The city is very bike friendly and it helped us cover almost the whole city. I had the best bike, a green cruiser with tulips, I was wishing that I could take it home.

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The arhitecture of Amsterdam is amazing. Like most of the other european cities that I have been to it is hard to compare it to anything that we have here in the states.

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After almost missing our flight to Amsterdam the rest of the weekends was stress free and lots of fun. We ate tons of great food, walked forever and rode rode bikes all over the city.

amsterdam

Tomorrow evening we will be on our way to Amsterdam!

away

It is hard to believe that my husband and I leave for our trip this week. It will be the first time we have gone away and left the kids for more than 24 hours since having our first over nine years ago. Our last trip was to Spain and I think we left ten years ago to the day. I will be so nice to get away.

I honor of our trip I thought it would be fun to have a contest. Guess where we are going and you will win a pack of cards. The contest will end when someone gets it right or Thursday at 2:00 pm eastern time. I will start giving clues tomorrow if no one gets it before then.

Good Luck!