Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Happy New Year

One of my resolutions this year was to stay on top of my blogging, as it was starting to become ridiculous trying to recall details from a trip 5 months ago. Hopefully I'll find that New Year, New camera and Newly predictable napping baby will be a good combination and keep us in the present!
But before I can close the door on some of the posts I'd been meaning to make from 2012, I thought I'd do a quick recap from our first full year in Belgium.

January: We escaped the cold and headed to Rome for a long weekend. We stayed right by the Spanish steps, ate delicious Italian food outside in the mild weather, visited the Vatican, Colosseum, Trevvi fountain and toured the Roman ruins.





February: Had a chilly weekend in Paris, our "baby moon" trip. Spent the day in the Louvre, and had a wonderful dinner at Le Maison Blanche, overlooking the sparkling Tour d'Eiffel




 


















March: Chris goes on a boys only snowboarding trip in Switzerland...no photos are returned...;)

April: Chris' 30th birthday trip to the Netherlands.  Saw the Keukenhof gardens, Van Gogh, canals of Amsterdam.


May: Sofie Mai Arrives!


June: The King family visits. Fun times around Brussels, Bruges, and Waterloo


July: The Thompson family visits. Had a blast hanging out around Brussels, Ghent and Grimbergen.

Our Anniversary trip to Ireland where explored Dublin, Galway, The Cliffs of Moher, Ring of Kerry and more




















August: Chris and I headed to the Olympics in London for a day.  The Andiolas visited us for a few days.


Finally we got to see the Flower carpet! Happens only once every two years!

 Next was our true European "holiday" a 2.5 week road trip through France,Barcelona, Nice, Monaco, Montelpulciano, Lucerne and Strasbourg!

Guell park, Barcelona



Our beach in Nice

Cortona, Italy





September: Cherron visits, had a great time in Brussels and Bruge, and even a girls trip to Champagne!


Had a fabulous time in Prague


October: Janine and Christine visit Brussels, and football season


Football season! Go RU

November: Paris to see the Musee D'Orsay, Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysses. Megan visits for Thanksgiving!



December: Stockholm and New Jersey :)

No comments:

Post a Comment