Exploring is Self Care: mom’s time out in Augustow Poland

Exploring is my very best self care. “Self Care” is a buzzy phrase for millennial moms. Maybe the rest of you hear it a lot too, but as a millennial mom I am frequently reminded on various platforms that it is important to take a time-out to take care of myself. In our modern world, […]

a family visit to Patarei Prison: the importance of lifelong learning

Last month we went on a two week long road trip, touring in a big loop around the Baltic States. We drove from our home in Northwest Poland, down to Warsaw, then up through Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia- hugging the eastern borders of these countries- all the way up to Tallinn, where we turned back […]

live life in Europe, 10 ideas for an at-home experience

So, whats it like living in Europe? Its difficult to describe, because living in Europe is so subtly close to living anywhere. Mostly everything is the same, yet just slightly different enough to remind you daily you’re somewhere new. Try these just-for-fun steps for your own at-home experience. 1. To immerse yourself in foreign language […]

Polish pottery in Boleslawiec: expert pottery shopping tips for you (even if you don’t like Polish pottery)

If you don’t really like Polish Pottery, I was 100% you. If it’s not your “style”. LOL. Yes it is. You just don’t know it yet. I freaking love Polish pottery. But I didn’t always. I mean, I admired its artistic style. I even had a couple of little coffee mugs that we like to […]

Kolobrzeg, Poland beach weekend. Baltic Beaches are beautiful.

We are able to travel a little bit now and we recently got back from our first weekend away since our trip to Warsaw. We were were a little rusty. But not too bad. I now realize how efficient we had become at packing and getting away. We only forgot two major items: our portable […]