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New Year’s Weekend: Split, Ljubljana, and Zagreb

Posted on January 9, 2010 at 2:14am Madrid / 8:14pm Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

A light rain fell on and off all weekend, and some weekends we would've just hibernated, but last weekend we were out and about every day. We definitely didn't let the rain dampen our New Year's weekend. Luckily it was never a hard blowing rain, so an umbrella kept us dry for the most part. [...]

Posted in Croatia, Life, Split, Trips | 4 Comments »

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there’s a lot to love

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:30am Madrid / 6:30pm Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

"Jedan, dva, tri, pet, šest, sedam. Jedan, dva, tri, pet, šest, sedam." The monotone counting repeats over and over in my head as I shuffle around and then trip over my own feet and laugh. It is a frequently repeated scene at our new Salsa classes, as well as getting tangled up in each other's arms. Jay and I have just started taking Salsa lessons, and right now, they are pretty comedic. [...]

Posted in Croatia, Life, Split | 11 Comments »

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we just have to laugh (if we aren’t crying)

Posted on October 20, 2009 at 9:26am Madrid / 3:26am Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

Tears started to well up in my eyes. "What do you mean he can't stay?" It was the end of May and we were sitting in the foreigners' office at the police station trying to finish up the last of our official paperwork. The lady didn't answer my question; she just pointed at Jay again and said, "He can't stay," and then muttered a hodgepodge of Croatian to Maja. [...]

Posted in Croatia, Life, Split | 10 Comments »

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Our Fifteen Seconds of Fame in the Jutarnji list

Posted on August 16, 2009 at 11:03pm Madrid / 5:03pm Cincinnati by Jay Larbes

"Young couple from Cincinnati discusses the adventure of moving to another continent. We don't know why they chose Croatia. However, besides problems with bureaucracy, they are fascinated about life in Split." The above sentences are the introductory paragraph to a newspaper article about Kelly and I that just ran in this past Monday's Jutarnji list daily. [...]

Posted in Croatia, Life, Split | 2 Comments »

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Life Update, Twitter Style

Posted on June 17, 2009 at 10:02pm Madrid / 4:02pm Cincinnati by Kelly Larbes

You may have noticed that we added a new section on the right column of our blog called "twitter updates". Considering how far behind Jay and I are with blog entries, we thought it would be a good idea to start twittering. We'll be using twitter to fill in the gaps between our blog entries, since we can publish thoughts and updates in a quick and easy format there. [...]

Posted in Croatia, Life, Split | 3 Comments »

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Just Call Me David Beckham, Jr.

Posted on June 12, 2009 at 10:34pm Madrid / 4:34pm Cincinnati by Jay Larbes

For the past few weeks, I have been playing (well, trying to play, anyway) "pick-up football" (soccer - but I'll call it football going forward, since that's what everyone else here calls it!) with a group of other foreigners who are currently living here in Split, Croatia. My new friend Joel, who Kelly and I met at a free concert performed by the United States Europe Army Band and Chorus*, invited me to play [...]

Posted in Croatia, Life, Split, Sport | 5 Comments »