I agree. No matter where you go or where you are from there are positives and negatives. Your children are fortunate that they get to experience different countries, yet it comes with a price of being an ocean away from family. So excited for you and your family being able to return to Europe for vacation this summer and immerse yourself back into the pieces of that culture you love!
We’re so glad you’re here — and coping so well with our country’s quirks and the hard-to-understand passions of some. I completely agree with you about the abundance of nature and beauty that we enjoy in Michigan. This might sound funny in the middle of a cold Michigan winter, but we’re actually quite spoiled! My son Connor, who just returned from living a year in a major urban center, says he missed the wide open spaces and green meadows and forests. The big skies. The enormous Great Lakes that surround our state and the smaller lakes inland that heavily dot our lands. While many big cities have a plethora of beautiful urban parks — and Canada’s Montreal is one of them — Michigan’s natural beauty all around is something we take for granted. Admittedly, many longtime Michiganders dream of getting away, ESPECIALLY in the winter (like me!). But too often we forget to pause and soak in the beauty of our state, dubbed a “Winter Water Wonderland.”
I agree. No matter where you go or where you are from there are positives and negatives. Your children are fortunate that they get to experience different countries, yet it comes with a price of being an ocean away from family. So excited for you and your family being able to return to Europe for vacation this summer and immerse yourself back into the pieces of that culture you love!
We’re so glad you’re here — and coping so well with our country’s quirks and the hard-to-understand passions of some. I completely agree with you about the abundance of nature and beauty that we enjoy in Michigan. This might sound funny in the middle of a cold Michigan winter, but we’re actually quite spoiled! My son Connor, who just returned from living a year in a major urban center, says he missed the wide open spaces and green meadows and forests. The big skies. The enormous Great Lakes that surround our state and the smaller lakes inland that heavily dot our lands. While many big cities have a plethora of beautiful urban parks — and Canada’s Montreal is one of them — Michigan’s natural beauty all around is something we take for granted. Admittedly, many longtime Michiganders dream of getting away, ESPECIALLY in the winter (like me!). But too often we forget to pause and soak in the beauty of our state, dubbed a “Winter Water Wonderland.”