We’ve lived in the Netherlands for five and a half years now. It’s amazing how time flies. Not to mention the two plus years where the world pretty much came to a halt just two years into our stay. Time is weird and it’s funny that the pandemic almost feels just like a bad memory now. Life seems, for the most part, pretty much back to normal.
Earlier this year, Dani and I were scheduled to take our first ever cruise, a five day mediterranean cruise from Barcelona on the Disney Magic. Unfortunately the week before, covid finally hit our house. We made a quick pivot and rebooked for a cruise our friends had already scheduled; a 4-Night Very Merrytime Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral. It was really just the best time.
The past weekend I joined my wife and a group of friends traveling to Athens Greece for the Marathon Weekend. The event consisted of three races, a 10k on the Saturday evening and a 5k and Marathon on Sunday morning. Of course there would also be some sightseeing to be done and some really delicious food to eat.
I had always said I would never do a marathon. Half marathons were challenging enough and already demanded too much training time. But then a year ago, I got inspired. I had such an amazing time spectating Dani’s London marathon that I thought to myself, “hmm, maybe I could do this".
It was my birthday on Monday and it could be summed up in a word, uneventful. Dani was on a long haul trip back from Colorado for much of the day. I’m between clients at work, so that was quite quiet as well.
Earlier this month, Dani and I took a long weekend in Lisbon. It was the first time either of us visited this beautiful city and we had a genuinely lovely time.
If you don’t know Tokyo Kawaii Club, it’s a monthly curated box of goodness from Tokyo Disney. When you sign up, Michael reaches out and asks you for your favourite Disney characters. Every month he heads to the park shops to select a variety of items to send you, doing his best to get the characters you love.
A few years back, l saw a blog post about visiting Malta and it quickly jumped up on my list of places I wanted to visit. Our friend Antionette told us about a 50k ultra race on the Maltese island of Gozo and that was all it took to get Dani on board for the trip. I swear we do take vacations other than just race-cations.
