if you follow me on instagram, you know i’m in lisbon right now. it’s our parents’ 40th wedding anniversary so we secretly flew over and, at 7am, we rang the bell at their house ! needless to say, they were overly surprised, and julia and i super excited to be here and spend this date with them. we’ll be taking it easy here, with lot’s of christmas get togethers, family time and catching up with old friends.
if you’re looking for something to read over the holidays, see a few posts from our trips this past year below… Continue reading
julia at 22 months – last week at audubon park, we love going there, for a stroll, chasing squirrels, checking out the ducks on the lagoon, or spending at least an hour at the playground! the other day we found this unexpected swing amidst the trees, and of course, she jumped right in ♡
we’re loving it in new orleans, but sometimes we still think about 
we’ve been living in new orleans for 2 month now, and we’re slowly trying out new restaurants, and creating my list of favorite spots in the city (a little bit like my 
lucky me, it is located only a few blocks from home, and the restaurant is casual enough that i can bring julia for lunch. we ordered a few things to share and a hot moroccan green tea flavored with mint and honey to drink as we sat outside in their patio, it was one of those sunny chilli days. the freshly baked pita bread, baked in their wood fired pizza oven, was constantly being ‘refilled’ popping hot, and delicious.
in november we finally moved to our new home, settling down for good and getting a feeling of the city as residents. we’re no longer tourists here, right? let me tell you, there is a lot going on in new orleans, and it’s sometimes hard to chose with a constant feeling of missing out. also, our boxes should be here this week….it’ll be nice to have more clothes to wear other than what we brought in our luggage – and all the other things that’ll make us feel more at home.
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