our european extravaganza.
By Ally 3 Comments
In hopes of not actually forgetting this entire European excursion, I’m sharing the photos and highlights from our autumn trip to London, France, and Switzerland. Eric had to go to London and France for work (tough stuff, but somebody has to do it), so I tagged along and made a grand little vacation out of it.
London
This was our first visit to London, and pretty much everything we knew going in was from either Harry Potter or The Crown. So here’s Eric on that bridge from Harry Potter:
The weather was pretty “meh” while we were there, so the photos aren’t particularly gorgeous or anything, but I will say that I liked London a lot more than I expected. Not being a big city loving gal, I was surprised how much I enjoyed walking around the city.
And here’s me in front of Buckingham Palace (obviously heavily featured on The Crown):
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Filed Under: Europe, hiking, travel Tagged With: England, France, Switzerland
indian point.
The Columbia River Gorge is straight up magic. A few weekends ago, we took a hike through the woods, completely unsure of how the weather would cooperate with our scenic vista hike. It turned out to be a fog-filled journey that obscured most of the views at the top, but it’s hard to find anything…
drift creek falls.
By Ally 3 Comments
I think Oregon has five seasons. Spring, Summer, Sunny Fall, Rainy Fall, and Winter. When Sunny Fall rolls around, it’s all beautiful leaves and cool breezes and pumpkins and long runs and picnics and hikes and boots. But Sunny Fall can only last so long. Then comes Rainy Fall. And it’s cozy and foggy and…
ringers in portland.
By Ally 2 Comments
Eric’s parents and sister came to visit us in Portland for Labor Day weekend. They live in Southern California, so we only get to see them a few times each year. Luckily, they arrived just in time for a delightfully autumnal weekend (no more 90 degrees! no more 90 degrees!), so we spent the weekend…
catching up on the rest of the summer.
This summer has come and gone in the flashiest of a flash. We kept ourselves pretty busy, and almost nothing made it to the blog (hey, grad school time constraints). So here’s a little rundown of everything I missed.
six years.
By Ally 8 Comments
Guys, Eric and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary at the beginning of August. Six years! In some ways, I feel like we’ve been married forever (we’re going on 10 years of togetherness, after all), but I also feel like our wedding was yesterday. But all 6 years have been pretty spectacular.
grad school: one term down.
In case you’ve wondered why it’s just been crickets around the ol’ blog for the past few months, it’s because I’ve spent the past 8 weeks in my first quarter of grad school! I’m in a one-year Nutrition Masters program at NUNM, a naturopathic medical school in Portland. The summer term is the “fun term,” so…
blueberry scones.
By Ally 3 Comments
Blueberry scones can be either really delicious or terribly disappointing. I find that a lot of scones sold in coffee shops are rock-hard and bland. But when you make scones at home, you can make them delicious, tender, and full of wholesome ingredients. These scones are buttery, filled with tasty spices, and bursting with flavorful…
cooper spur on mt. hood.
By Ally 4 Comments
I started grad school 5 weeks ago, and weekends are suddenly incredibly precious. This takes me back to the two years when Eric was in grad school. Each weekend, he would make a designated “Ally Day,” where we’d do something fun (see a few favorites here, here, here, here, here, and here, if you’d like). This…
priest lake, idaho.
This has been one amazing summer. I keep calling every trip (see Colorado, parts 1 and 2, California, and Crater Lake) my “last hoorah” before grad school. But this trip to Priest Lake, Idaho was the “official last hoorah” of summer, since I started school about 11 hours after we got home. We were super…
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