February Happenings

Blog Post About February 2021

How many men does it take to hang curtains?

I'm just kidding, of course. I was so thankful Doug hired these guys!

They hung curtain rods in 6 rooms, and in two of the rooms, they added custom curtains and/or blinds.

These (and the kitchen blinds) are the only two sets we bought from their store.

They weren't too impressed with the curtains we already had for each of our other rooms, but they faithfully hung them anyway, and it was nice to get a little privacy.

February 17, 2021

February also means the time of the year when we have to renew our visas. 

I think this was the last year we will have to drive two hours north to get our particular visas.

They are building a new highway, which makes the drive faster and smoother, but I must say it was a little frightening to drive on it.

Can you see the arrows facing us?

There were cars coming from the other side (since our side wasn't complete and we had to drive on the wrong side of the partition). Some cars obviously didn't know they were on a highway with two-way traffic, and we had one or two incidents where we had to swerve to miss oncoming traffic. 

That evening we travelled that same road back in the DARK!

I'm always SO glad that Doug drives us :)

February 23, 2021

We also visited a coffee shop up north and discovered they had "Prmkin" spiced lattes. 

My boy's first shave :)

February 26, 2021

Karis teaching one of her ballet classes :)

Family Style Honeymoon Suite?

We recently had to re-apply for visas, and because of some changes, we had to travel to a different city to get new ones.  The kids and I had never stayed in a hotel in this country besides the apartment-type resort on the mountain. 

Doug has spent the night in two hotels, but when he booked this one, it was an "unknown."

None of us knew what to expect.

But check out the room decor...

These fancy-framed portraits were all over our entry room.

The kids' room was surprisingly large, and we were thankful that only Keira had to sleep on the couch in the entry room.

And our room...

I was kind of speechless.

Neither of us had slept in a circular bed before, and I must say, it's not the ideal situation for a man that is 6' 2".

I kept thinking, "It must be very difficult to make this bed."

Besides the air conditioner not working, it was a spacious area for the 6 of us, and the buffet breakfast was pretty good.  I don't think we'll ever stay there again, but it was definitely fun for a one-time family-style honeymoon-suite experience.