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Astute observers will have noticed there was no newsletter sent out last Sunday. No, it didn't wind up in your spam filter, we simply didn't send one out. The choice was between doing some things we wanted to do and doing something we needed to do... and "want" won. Nothing more sinister than that. And now, it's time to make up for lost time.
Read MoreOur last week in the UK was a fun one! And it was made even more special by visits with some familiar voices!
Read MoreHappy Easter! We hope the Easter Chicken brought you lots of chocolate eggs. Easter is a Big Deal in England, with chocolate eggs so big you'd think one of those face-sucking things from Alien might jump out.
Read MoreThe last week has been one of transition -- physical, mental, branding... there's a LOT to talk about. So enough with the preamble, Evo.
Read MoreLet's just pretend this newsletter went out on time this week, OK?
Read MoreRemember last week when we celebrated the coming of spring? It seems we angered the weather gods, because winter showed back up again. Oh, England. But it is Mothers Day over here. Everyone tell Sheila Happy Mothers Day!
Read MoreThere's this blazing orange ball in the sky. I seem to recall something like that in Arizona. We called it "The Sun". But it sure seemed a lot hotter over there.
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There's a big difference between "being on vacation" and "traveling the world." But we're taking it as it's offered, knowing we've got many miles ahead of us.
We can scratch "stayed at a hostel" off of our bucket list. You know, that thing that most people do in their early 20s? We waited until our mid-40s. And while neither of us are likely to wax poetic about the experience -- with age comes jadedness -- we survived it well enough. And we'd probably do it again, as it's much cheaper than hotels.
Being in downtown Copenhagen was the right call. Living 30 minutes outside the city center means at least an hour out of the day just commuting. That doesn't sound like a lot to us, as we've had commutes of 1.5 hours before. And it didn't seem like a lot while we were doing it, but when we didn't have it? Wow. What a difference!
For those who haven't (or simply don't) listened to yesterday's podcast episode, a lot of our time in downtown Copenhagen was spent meeting with local entrepreneurs in a couple different coworking spaces. There's a fantastic vibe of innovation happening in this multi-cultural city, and they greeted us with open arms.
We also rounded out the list of "must drink at" craft beer places, hitting up Fermentoren and Lord Nelson. Both were quite excellent, but Fermentorem gets an extra special note for giving us a free bottle of beer from a tasting event we'd just missed. So do we call that bad or great timing?
And now, we're just outside of Brussels, Belgium. We spent a few hours in the city on Friday, but have mostly been shut-in at the home of Sidar, a random Facebook connection of Evo's who offered up his home while we're in the city. And it's not weather that's keep us in, it's the nasty cold that Evo picked up. He was out most of yesterday, but feeling mostly human today, so we'll venture out and do some further exploring this afternoon.
Sending postcards is a sort of retro fun, so we're letting others besides our nieces and nephews in on the action. Go to http://ShEvo.wtf/postcards and sign up to to receive one of three types of postcards from us each month. The standard post card of where we've been, a personalized postcard with a hand-written message just for you, or a personalized postcard with a little something extra that we call personalized plus.
On Tuesday, we head out on a super-fast train to England, and then hop a couple of trains through London and Stockport before we reach our final destination in Knutsford. And then it's back to work for us, as we're house sitting and caring for two dogs and three cats while their owners are bound for Australia. You know, to escape the cold. They're leaving that to us.
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Our second housesitting assignment is coming to a close. So far, we're two for two! No lost pets. No burned down houses. And no international incidents in either country!
Read MoreOut of the country and into the city! Where we were with maybe a few hundred, we now find ourselves in a city of a million or more. It's a welcome change!
Read MoreIn case you've missed Sheila's photos, we're across the lake (more of a pond) from a castle. Not a damsel-in-distress-in-the-high-tower castle, but a castle all the same. It's mostly in ruin now, but it makes for a nice backdrop. Look up Le château de Corlay if you're curious.
Read MoreIt’s a cool and cloudy mid-morning on what promises to be the last rain-free day for the remainder of our time here in Corlay. Our goal was living somewhere with increased humidity, so we can’t complain too much.
Read MoreWell… we’re here. That’s here as in not there, where there refers to the good old US of A. We’ve met our first “host” family and have come to know them as fine people, become familiar with their place we’re looking after – including the animals we’re responsible for keeping alive while they’re away on holiday. And all without speaking more than the barest of words in the local tongue.
Read MoreIt’s beginning to look like squatters live here. In the last 7 days, we’ve sold both beds, the couch, most of the things other things sit on, all three TV and their respective media devices, and a bunch of things we used to use every day.
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