Just Checking In

Well, there's nothing huge to report right now, so I thought I would just check in and give a general update. Everything is continuing to go well here.

We had a thunder/electrical storm on Saturday that you can definitely classify as a torrential downpour. Marco and I had been out walking earlier in the day, but luckily we got home before the storm hit. There was thunder and lightning and rain like nothing I have ever seen before. The parking lot in front of our apartment literally started to flood as the water rose up above the level of the curb. I read in the paper this morning that there were actually flash floods in other parts of town, so I think what we saw was mild by comparison. Ugghh!!!

We are getting really excited because we have started to plan some of our "European adventures"! We will be travelling to Paris the first weekend in July for about 5 days. Marco has been there, but it will be my first time. Everyone tells me it's beautiful, so I can't wait to go. I just hope the weather is a tiny bit better in France than it is in Galway. :) Next, we will be going to Zurich, Switzerland the first week of August. Marco's sister, Carol, lives there with her husband and 2 kids. Marco's brother and his girlfriend (Carlo and Katie) are coming from Illinois for a visit, so we decided to meet them in Zurich since we wanted to see the whole family. We'll be there for about 9 days, but we are possibly planning a little side trip to Prague in the Czech Republic while we're there. If you don't know, citizens of some countries (including Peru) are required to have travel visas for most of Europe. Many of the EU member countries have joined together and have a common visa called Schengen. Basically, there are no more borders between these countries, so if you get the visa you can visit lots of different countries. France was nice enough to give Marco a 90-day multiple entry visa for our Paris trip, so we feel like we should take advantage of it! We don't know where we'll travel after that, but we have a pretty good list of places that we'd like to see.