Our trip to Italy and Austria
I have gotten a bit behind in blogging our adventures....but we've been busy! As of November 1st we have been here for 7 months! Kind of crazy. Don't get me wrong, I definitely enjoy being here, but something this weekend (which was a long weekend due to "All Saint's Day" yesterday) made me a little homesick for the US. Maybe it's the time of year with the holidays around the corner, who knows. But, I wanted to just curl up in our house in PA with our dog, the fireplace, US tv shows, and eat things I miss. Oh, and my piano, play my piano. I can actually spare some time here to play the piano-for me, and the keyboard is just not cutting it. Anyways, enough of that. On a very positive note I am happy to report that I can comfortably drive our manual car now. Towards the end of August, friends that live about 40 minutes away invited the kids and I to come play during the day. However, I had to drive us there on the Autobahn. So, I practiced and made