December 25 – 26: Heather and I spent Christmas morning with my brother and parents, Christmas afternoon/evening with my Granddaddy and my aunt and uncle, and Christmas night with Heather's family (including my new niece, Anabelle!) in Moorestown, NJ. The next morning and early afternoon was spent with Heather's family, and after saying goodbyes, we drove to my Grandmommy's (yes, I still call her that) house for more time with my family. We spent that night packing the car...
December 27 – 30: Early Saturday morning we bid farewell to my family and started our road trip to Omaha via Ohio! We got to spend two days with a handful of our college friends in the Cedarville area: Josh & Abbie Cobb, Daron & Ashley Day, Aimee Auclair, and Robert & Rebecca Reid. Then we spent a night with Ryan & Bethany Dunlap in Cincinnati (and stopped at the vacant house of John & Kim Patton in Iowa) before continuing to Omaha.
December 31 – January 1: Shortly after arriving at Heather's parents' house in Nebraska, we got back in the car for yet another road trip. Heather and I spent New Year's Eve at the Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, MO with Heather's best friend Brittany and her husband, Andrew. We ate at Bristols (best. salmon. ever.) in the new downtown area and dropped in on the local new year's party/club scene before retiring to our rooms to play card games like the unashamed old married couples we are.
January 2 – 3: Heather and Brittany were bridesmaids in their childhood friend Morgan's wedding. Good times were had by all.
January 5: January 5 marked our first anniversary! We spent the night in downtown Omaha at the Magnolia hotel (highly recommended, btw) — when we returned to our room after dinner at Vivace's, we found a bottle of sparkling wine and a plate of chocolate covered strawberries! A fabulous end to a fabulous first year of marriage.
January 7 – 11: On January 7, Heather and I packed our bags, bid farewell to her parents, and boarded a plane to Vienna, Austria (by way of Chicago and Washington Dulles)...finally arriving 30 hours later at 9 a.m. Central European Time. Our new boss, Barb, and her executive assistant, Anne, met us (and, thankfully, all our bags) at the airport and drove us to our office in Bratislava, Slovakia for a welcome party. Most of the next few days were spent recovering from jet lag, but our new coworkers arranged a few activities for us as well...from a jazz concert at a local pub to a brief tour of the city. The picture below was taken from the top of St. Michael's Tower looking toward Bratislava Castle.
January 12 – present: Heather and I officially began work at Trans World Radio on Monday, January 12! With nearly two weeks down, working for TWR and living in Eastern Europe is already starting to feel...well, surprisingly normal. Granted, we can't speak the local language, our ceiling comes to a point, and quality coffee is nowhere to be found, but life is undeniably good. For more on our adventures in Slovakia, click here. Until next time...
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