Friday, September 25, 2026

First View of Amsterdam

​A SEA of BIKES!๐Ÿ˜‚ It’s what they do here ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚! 


And then, just around the corner, an old, refurbished train-turned-hostel! 


And before long, the canals ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿค—…

But I’ll never get used to seeing fresh eggs on a supermarket shelf! ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ณ


Off to sleep now. I just cannot hold my eyes open any longer. ๐Ÿ’•

Outer Edges

​๐Ÿค—As promised, the Airbnb from the OUTside. ๐Ÿ’•


Amsterdam Airbnb

​WOW!! A historic fire/police station smack dab on a canal!  And SO CHARMING! ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ˜ฑ

And the front door view…


An amazingly fun hometel for the next three days! I will take more pictures when the sun begins to set.  And the streets clear some of children. There’s a school just around the corner.๐Ÿ’•


First Pay-to-Wee ‘Loo

​Only cost 4 euro! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ And I don’t even like beer!๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚


When a girl’s gotta go…..๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคท‍♀️

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Bittersweet

​As I was going through the photos on my phone last night, trying to make some space for the photos that I will be taking over the next 14 days, I realized I had several that I just couldn’t bear to part with.  They evoke too many wonderful memories…

The ‘Stairway of Doooooom’๐Ÿ˜ฌ

NORWAY!

North Carolina❤️

A random vendor in Italy my brother told me to look for, and I FOUND HIM!๐Ÿ˜ฑ

South Carolina๐Ÿ’•

Zoey and Alex ๐Ÿ’•

Family Reunion๐Ÿค—

Medora๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Virginia ๐Ÿ’•

Italy!

Hatchet man!๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Shaun’s idea๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚  

Israel ๐Ÿ’•

Israel๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ

Florida ๐Ÿ’•


Uganda๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿค—

What a blessed life I live. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ™

Ambitious Morning

​I must say… I enjoy these mid afternoon flights! I have always been a person who gets a lot of things done under pressure, so I fit quite the schedule into my morning! The most important, the location for the Jabs family reunion 2027 has been settled on, so during my 1st cup of coffee, I booked an Airbnb for the family, reserved a 15 passenger van to take us all there, and tentatively made plans for us to travel onto Medora after the reunion๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘!

“What is Medora?” Adryan asked in the text. 

๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

“ Just a whole lot of magnificent wonderful,” I exclaimed!


Medora๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿค—

Leavin’ on a Jet Plane

​The fall has arrived to Montana  in all of its beautiful splendor. I couldn’t help to take a picture of my view as I head out for my walks in the early morning hours…

I will be leaving soon for the airport to catch a mid afternoon flight. One connection in Minneapolis, and then we are off to Amsterdam! It will be so nice being able to get off at our first European stop, and not have to make a connection to go on yet again after a lengthy flight. That has been probably the most difficult part of traveling across the ocean for me as I get older. The connections. While Dean was still traveling with me internationally (I think it was after our Israel trip), we agreed that we should have our first landing  on European soil be our first overnight stay, if not two overnights. Just to ‘right’ ourselves. So in actuality, this fits into that plan very well! ๐Ÿ˜‚ I am looking forward to visiting Europe once again!  Our weather is supposed to be just perfect, and much like it will be at home. So stay tuned for ‘Adventuresinlateryears’! ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’•

First View of Amsterdam

​A SEA of BIKES!๐Ÿ˜‚ It’s what they do here ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚!  And then, just around the corner, an old, refurbished train-turned-hostel!  And before long...