Living in Europe starting in mid-April 2022
When U2 lead singer Bono announced a 14-city tour called “Stories of Surrender” to perform stories from his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, I knew that I’d want to go if it included a stop in or near Spain. Of the 14 cities, only four shows would be in Europe, including Madrid, Spain. (Berlin, Paris and…
Where to start? We arrived April 14 and have been living in Barcelona for just about seven months now and it’s been a a good experience. Nik and I have learned a lot about what we like and don’t like about living abroad. We still have about six more months on our current rental before…
While in Prague we made sure to stop at the Sts Cyril and Methodius Church which houses the National Monument to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror. The church was the last redoubt of the Czechoslovakian Resistance fighters after the successful assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. The assassination was dubbed Operation Anthropoid and was…
Nik and I have been wanting to visit the Normandy region of France for a few years now, to explore the rich WWII history there, but we keep striking out for one reason or another. Most recently because mid-November is offseason and numerous hotels are closed for a break. Military History is one of Nik’s…
Prague, the Czech Republic capital, has been on our list of places to visit. When my friend Meredith said she was stopping there with her boyfriend Austin as part of a two week trip, Nik and I wanted to make it work for us to meet up with them. We’re glad we did as we…
Copenhagen, Denmark wasn’t on the top of my list as a city to visit when we set out on this year abroad, but when my stepsister Leyden took a job and moved there, it got on the list as a place to visit. My family decided to meet in Amsterdam as a neutral location since…