Continent Hopping

Dear Friends, Family, and others who care...

I'm sorry. I know, I know. I'm not quite the savvy blogger that some of my child-rearing friends are. I guess it's something that comes with motherhood. Who knew?!

Let me give you a brief rundown of where I've been for the past couple of months...and hopefully I can jump in again with posts and whatnot...and maybe, someday, catch up on the past (haha...right!). We'll see. I'm determined.

Ok. So, my last Europe I post said I was heading to London. I did. From London, I caught a flight to Copenhagen and spent some more time there. Loved it. But, reality did set in, I had to come home. I came back to the USA, grumpy that I had to, on September 6.
[Helsingør...I didn't find anything rotten in the State of Denmark]

I worked, played, spent time with friends and family. A few of those family members are under the age of 2 (check out their blogs for Taryn Michelle and Eric Brian) had a fabulous Thanksgiving/early Christmas because...

[The munchkins: Mari, Eric, David and Taryn]

I went to India!!! On December 10, I headed out on my own to Bangalore, India. My parents were on their way and arrived 12 hours after I did. My youngest brother, Eric, was finishing 2 years of missionary service in India and the three of us decided to pick him up. We spent 2 weeks there. It was incredible!! I promise, someday I'll post the photos!!!
[Eric, Me, and the Taj]

We went to Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur. It was incredible!! I rode a camel, an elephant, saw monkeys, the Taj Mahal, ate the best Indian food EVER. I even got sick!! It was a complete experience ;)

I barely had time to unpack and wash clothes before I had to pack up again for the next round. January 6, I went to Washington DC for a week with one of my good friends, Sheri. We spent the week touring the Nation's capitol...feeling patriotic. We even got to go inside the Capitol Building and the White House! Cool stuff!!
[Capitol Hill...found out it really is a hill. More on that later.]

I continued my East Coast tour by going to Philadelphia to visit a good friend, Jessy. I had a fun weekend with her and her friends. Everyone I met in Philadelphia was very nice. Who knew?! :) I saw the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and even ran up the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art like Rocky!! Yo Adrianne!
[Me, Naomi, and Jen in front of the Rocky statue]

Then I took the Chinatown Bus from Philly to New York City and maneuvered the subways to get to Wall Street where my fab friend, Sara, lives. She kindly let me crash at her place and I spent 4 days seeing the sights of the Big Apple. Great city!!! I'm ready to go back!
[NYC skyline...on a freezing cold day]

On the 18th, I headed to Newark, NJ to catch a $99 flight to Cologne, Germany. Arriving on the 19th, I took the train to Frankfurt, caught a flight to Copenhagen...and am here now enjoying the below freezing weather of Scandinavia in the winter. Brrr. No wonder those flights are so cheap.

The plan: go to my friend, Lindsay's, wedding reception here in Copenhagen, then to Sweden to visit some friends I met this summer, then to Helsinki, Finland to have a real sauna experience, and possibly to Estonia...because I can :)

I promise. Posts are coming!!!