by Julie Pennell | May 5, 2015 | across the ponderings, british things, harry potter, oxford, Travel
I often feel like I’m walking around Hogwarts when I’m in Oxford. That’s because not only are some of the scenes in Harry Potter inspired by the city, they’ve also been filmed here. My friends Laura and Molly came to visit last weekend, and we...
by Julie Pennell | Apr 28, 2015 | across the ponderings, florence, italy, Travel, venice
As I said last week, thank you all again for making us go to Italy (the best crowdsourcing outcome ever, I’d say!) It was such an amazing trip. Our bellies are still full (you’d think that would stop us from making homemade pizza tonight, but it...
by Julie Pennell | Apr 23, 2015 | across the ponderings, food drink, italy, Travel
We just got back from our anniversary trip, the one you guys helped us plan. I can’t thank you enough for choosing Italy! It was perfect–our best trip in Europe this year! I’ll do a bigger recap post next week, but in the meantime here’s a...
by Julie Pennell | Apr 16, 2015 | across the ponderings, food drink
Samosa time!While Christopher and I have had some amazing experiences living abroad this year, one of the things we’re going to cherish forever is our friendship with our neighbors Aleks and Greg. I seriously can’t imagine this year without...
by Julie Pennell | Apr 8, 2015 | across the ponderings, dublin, guinness, ireland, Travel
What do you do when you have a four-day weekend and you live in England? Jet off to Ireland, of course! Well, at least that’s what we did… It’s still crazy to me how cheap and fast flights are over here. We flew from London to Dublin in just one...
by Julie Pennell | Mar 29, 2015 | across the ponderings, british things, oxford
I feel like we have a thousand people coming to visit from now until we move home at the end of June, and we’re so excited to play host and show those of you who are coming a fun time in our temporary town. For those of you who can’t make it to see us...
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