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
a sunday hike.
It’s finally warm! The temperature topped 50 degrees on Sunday, so Eric and I headed out for a hike in Shaker Village (just another stop on our tour of Kentucky). We visited Shaker Village a few months ago and enjoyed the cute little craft stores and freshly baked cookies. We picked up a map of…
the treasures of the peddler’s mall.
By Ally 4 Comments
This was a weekend full of randomness and laughter, a winning combination, in my book. We started the weekend with the BCM’s Dinner Theater production of “Star Woes.” Dinner Theater is always the most hilarious and wonderful BCM event of the year, and I am thrilled to say it did not disappoint. We have some…
six months later…
By Ally 2 Comments
Hey, all (not to be confused with “hey ya’ll”)! Today is mine and Eric’s 6-month wedding anniversary. Eric is really against calling things ‘anniversary’ if they don’t actually mark a year of something, so we are technically celebrating our ‘6-monthiversary’ in the Ringer house. It’s hard to believe that just 6 months ago, we weren’t…
Here’s to Kentucky.
I, Eric, have spent my entire life in Kentucky (minus some pretty great vacations here and there). I even lived in the same house from the time I was born until I got married! Because I’ve lived here for so long I guess it’s been pretty easy to dream of far away places. Going into…
chicken chili.
Hello, there! Today brought the glorious joy of temperatures above 45 degrees, which pretty much feels like summer these days. Seriously, I saw people walking to class in shorts and flip-flops. But of course, with any warm day in winter comes some sort of precipitation and drastic temperature dives. So now it’s a bit of…
my crappy day.
By Ally 3 Comments
Yesterday may have been the most ridiculous day in recent history. I told you before that I am a nanny for two adorable children, a 4-year-old girl and a 6-month-old boy. Our daily routine is supposed to include the girl going to preschool until noon while I stay at home with her brother. Then we…
careers and stuff.
By Ally 7 Comments
Hey, everybody! We’re talking careers today, as they are suddenly in the big picture. Eric is currently embarking on his career as an engineer. I am about to end my career as a student. Careers, careers, careers. I’m currently in a class called “Personal and Family Finance”, which is comprised of approximately 200 girls and…
lessons from a married woman.
By Ally 3 Comments
I felt like I was pretty well versed in all things about relationships and life in general before we got married. After all, we dated forever, so I knew Eric pretty darn well. Still, marriage has been a total learning experience. Allow me to share a few life lessons from my 5 months, 1 week,…
I Can’t Believe I’m Doing This Again (but actually I can).
Two years ago Ally and I ran the 2009 Kentucky Derby Festival Mini-Marathon. While slowly and painfully trotting across the finish line I’m pretty sure I remember saying to myself, “Ugh, I’m never doing this again.” Welp, as it turns out, I’m going to do it again. You see, now that I have a big…
let the travels begin.
Hey folks! We’ve been saving up all of these exciting Kentucky travels to share with you for several months now. If you live in Kentucky, you should visit these places. If you’re planning on traveling to Kentucky, you should visit these places. If you don’t have any plans to ever come near Kentucky, perhaps we…