Ramble On - Foreign Service Specialist

One big thing I look back on at the end of the year is personal finances. This year I'm sharing something about that since it was a big ...

It's hard to believe we've been in Stockholm 6 months already! That's 1/4 of the way through my first Foreign Service assignment...

Yes, I started with the Foreign Service back in February of this year. Yes, I brought along copies of my personnel record and filled out ton...

Julmagi på Skansen translates to Christmas magic at Skansen. I didn't see any magic but it was a sunny cold day for strolling around the...

Daylight is getting shorter with an 8:13AM sunrise and 2:58PM sunset right now. The shortest day of the year will be here on Dec 22nd when i...

I assumed at some point in life we would travel to Europe and visit Rome. We looked at flights and prices from the U.S. several times and it...

We had our first friend fly from the U.S. to visit for the weekend. We spent most of the time checking out different restaurants and bars fo...