Scribbles


A Change of Pace, a Change of Name

Well, some (okay so like two) big things have happened in the three months since I last posted. The first big thing is that Jeff and I moved in together! We found a nice little town home and promptly set about to decorating it with all sorts of geeky paraphernalia (okay, […]

Cherry blossoms at the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

The famous Condomeria in Amsterdam.

The Cost of One Week in the Netherlands 1

We only got one week in the Netherlands, which we split between Amsterdam and Den Haag. It was rainy and cold most of the time we were there, so we ended up spending a majority of our time playing board games. We visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and […]


The Cost of Three Weeks in Germany 1

After saying goodbye to Jeff’s parents in France, we hopped a train to neighboring Germany. The weather was starting to get colder and the leaves were just beginning to change, perfuming the air with that crisp autumnal fragrance. It felt like a fairy tale come to life. We visited the […]

Oktoberfest 2015

Paris, France, as seen from Sacre Coeur.

The Cost of Three Weeks in France and Switzerland

We spent three weeks between France and Switzerland, two weeks of which we were joined by Jeff’s parents, who were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. Despite these being two of the most expensive countries we visited on our entire trip, we all had a blast! Note: Most of our purchases […]


The Cost of Two Weeks in Italy

Italy was one of the countries that I especially was looking forward to, mainly because I am Italian. (My last name, Osani, is not Japanese as many people believe–admittedly I sometimes don’t bother to correct them–but Italian.) It was sweltering and a little jarring to see how dirty some of the […]

Venice, Italy