Author: Katina
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We Are Family!
Read more: We Are Family!My dad, Steve Papulkas, comes from a small village in Greece called Ethniko. Throughout the 1900’s a number of the Papulkas families moved from the village to the “new worlds” for better opportunities, which included Canada and Australia. One Papoulkas family however, moved to Germany. So, while we have been overseas we were able to…
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A Proper Swiss Fondue!
Read more: A Proper Swiss Fondue!I decided to do a post just on fondue in Switzerland, not only because it’s delicious, but it’s important to know how the Swiss really do it! Thanks to our wonderful teacher friend Iniyal, for connecting us with her highschool friend Amy, who is currently working in Geneva. Amy and her partner Joao brought us…
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Housesitting in Divonne les Bains
Read more: Housesitting in Divonne les BainsWell we are now at our next housesitting experience in Divonne les Bains. It’s a small mountain village in France right on the border of Switzerland. We are staying for the next week and a half at a beautiful home and taking care of an energetic Shorthaired German Pointer dog named Truffle. Our hosts, Stefani…
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We’re With the Wedding Party!
Read more: We’re With the Wedding Party!Venice, Italy – what more can I say! After parking our car and taking a water bus, we went to our flat we rented through VRBO. It turns out we were just doors away from George Clooney’s Cipriani hotel when he was getting married! There were paparazzi outside our door and when we would leave…
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Another Surfing Success!
Read more: Another Surfing Success!Amidst our WWI and WWII explorations, we came to meet another wonderful family through Couchsurfing. The De Vuyst family were a super energetic group of 5 who had just recently returned from their own amazing travel experience in New York City and California. The family took us on a night time tour of Bruges which is…