A Nomad Family

Neuschwanstein Castle, Schwangau, Germany. 

Sophia at Neuschwanstein Castle. 

Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

First Anniversary celebrated at Venetia, Italy.

Tower of London, England.

Barceloneta beach, Barcelona, Spain.

Monument commemorating WII soldiers at Bratislava, Slovakia.

Budapest, Hungary.

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France.

Right now, I am eleven weeks pregnant, which means I am getting closer to the three months mark. I have been feeling so much better since my encounter with severe heat and dehydration. As a result, I have started to think more about all I have to do before the baby is born.

As I mentioned in a previous post, we are going to move soon. We are a military family, so we move a lot. Most of my friends say that they could not live the way I do: moving every three years. I genuinely do not mind it because I believe my personality is built for this life. I get bored easily, and in consequence, I do not like to stay in the same place for a long time. Since I was a kid, I dreamed about traveling all around the world and learning about diverse cultures. I studied history in the university. I hold a bachelor’s degree in American History (concentrated in the entire American hemisphere rather than only the United States), and a master’s degree in European History.

Currently, we live in Virginia, but before here, we lived in Germany. I LOVED the experience of living in Europe. We were fortunate enough to travel to eighteen European countries and about 100 cities while living in Germany. Most of the time, we drove from country to country in our old BMW. Cars over there last longer. Also, we chose Ryan Air when flying because they only charge taxes. It is remarkably cheap. I would not mind living in Germany again. We visited hundreds of significant historical places, which I am passionate about. It was a dream come true.

Of course, we took a huge quantity of pictures. I have many imprinted but believe or not, not the majority of them. This digital age has affected our ability to prepare albums. As a historian, I believe that it is preferable to have evidence of your travels; therefore, the necessity of imprinted pictures. Already once, we lost some pictures when my husband’s computer crashed down.

Therefore, one of the most important things that I have to do before baby number two is born is to organize the memories from our travels and finally prepare the albums. Certainly, when the baby arrives, we are going to take hundreds of new pictures.