I went to a place called Fatima today. Fatima is famous from the Lady of the Rosary apparations and considered one of the most important shrines to the Virgin Mary in the Catholic faith. In 1917, 3 children saw the Virgin Mary and she spoke to them. Mary showed herself to the children 6 time. When the children told the town there were of course skeptics. Mary told them to tell the town to witness a miracle on a certain day. That day the entire town gathered outsi...

I got back from 4 days in Dublin with my friend Kim. It was great to see her! I worked with her on the ship and she was my roommate onboard (aka partner in crime) she moved to Sicily in August. We spent a lot of time just seeing the sights and enjoying lots of Irish food... sooooo good. Of course, we couldnt pass up the chance to get some yummy sushi either so overindulged at a Japanese /Chinese place one night (Lisbon has no good sushi *sad*) Both champions at s...

I just spent a week in Naples for a conference. That was not the most fun I've ever had, but who can complain it took me to Naples and someone else paid for it! I managed to get out a bit to hit highlights of Naples. I took some extra time off and stayed around 2 extra days to catch up on my anthropology/archeology and visit Rome. When you see the pictures you'll get a much better history lesson but I went to Pompeii one of the best preserved exhibits of a city ...

One of the best things about working at NATO is there are 26 different countries there which means 26 different cultures I get to learn about. Some only have 1 or 2 people and some have many more. The Americans, Germans, and British dominate this base. Tom and I have made good friends with a few of the German crowd and yes we generally refer to them by their country ie "The Germans are coming over tonight." Rannier had his wife and son coming this week ...

Hey! Nothing real exciting today, but I did move to my place on Friday. I attached a few videos of the "walkthrough" of my place. I moved in on Friday, but ditched on Sat and went sailing again. I know!!! I've spent a good part of today unpacking and arranging where I want things to go. I think more than anything I've just made a list of what I need to buy!