Lisa’s Room

My own thoughts and ramblings
(My "Room of One's Own" as it were. Thank you Virginia Woolf)


Archive for May, 2007

how we are getting around today

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

how we are getting around today

Originally uploaded by Lisa Canter

while it is not raining we are enjoying biking wit the girls. marc has lucy and i have mimi. perhaps this is how the dutch avoid getting fat even eating fries and mayo. biking is the […]

next stop ice cream

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

next stop ice cream

Originally uploaded by Lisa Canter

there is a chain called australians that has incredible ice cream and chocolates. i am keeping it to tasting in this go around…

febo magic

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

febo magic

Originally uploaded by Lisa Canter

here are the girls about to get fries and a croquette at febos holland’s mcdonalds. oh and the have several options of sauce for fries including a mayo and a peanut sauce but the girls still prefer ketchup. the […]

mother heaven

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

mother heaven

Originally uploaded by Lisa Canter

this is one of my favorite parks in the world. it is in vondelpark and has a cafe and some kiddy rides in addition to a really fun playground that is sectioned off and fun for the kids. here i […]

The eagle has landed

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

So what is it like to take 3 flights with 2 kids and luggage? Hard as it sounds. We left our house at 9:30 so as to be there by 10:30 for our 12:30 flight. That went smoothly. Our first flight took us in to where we landed 8ish Toronto time and took off for […]

our bags are packed

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

our bags are packed

Originally uploaded by Lisa Canter

finally we are packed for our big adventure. in the end i have one big red mama bag for me and someof the girls things, one bag for their clothes and 2 carry ons with toys and dvd […]

Prepping for a summer abroad

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Tomorrow begins a 7 day countdown for our summer in europe. The plan is for us to leave a week from Monday spend a week in Amsterdam for Marc to be at a conference and then spend approximately 2 months in Trieste Italy. The length of stay is not 100% certain but the departure date […]