Welcome - Willkommen - Benvenuti to my Travel & Lifestyle Blog SemperViva!
About the blog:
This blog is solely for fun and entertainment. It is designed mainly for our family and friends to stay in the loop and follow along as we are attempting to see as much of Europe in three years as possible. Feel free to browse, even if you are not related or acquainted, but slightly interested in what I am posting here;) Warning: I will try to keep it light but will occasionally point out cultural and regional differences. I don't mean to offend anyone BUT it is MY blog and I will say what I think. You are welcome to share your thoughts via the Contact button. There will be lots of travel photos - not taken with a fancy camera but my iPhone. You might also come across some tutorials on flower arranging or chalk painting furniture;) and articles on how I personally view life and basically issues that interest me. But don't let that scare you off!
About me:
I am creative and open minded. Or as some people like to call me "different". I embrace that!
I am a Mama, a thinker, a Lebenskuenstler, an animal lover/advocate, a web designer and a floral designer among many other things!
The travel bug bit me a long time ago. I left my home Germany in 1987 - all by myself at age 21 and set out to discover Canada. For the past 28 years I have lived there, until July 2015 when we (my husband and I) moved from the outskirts of Canada's capital Ottawa to the Campania Region of Italy. We are literally living IN the Phlegraean Fields (an eight-mile-wide volcanic caldera on the outskirts of Naples).
For me happiness is: traveling and learning new things about this beautiful planet of ours and meeting its inhabitants. I also love sitting in a field of wild flowers or creating something decorative or having a picnic with family or .........it's endless!
Enjoy this blog, most of all ENJOY LIFE!
About the blog:
This blog is solely for fun and entertainment. It is designed mainly for our family and friends to stay in the loop and follow along as we are attempting to see as much of Europe in three years as possible. Feel free to browse, even if you are not related or acquainted, but slightly interested in what I am posting here;) Warning: I will try to keep it light but will occasionally point out cultural and regional differences. I don't mean to offend anyone BUT it is MY blog and I will say what I think. You are welcome to share your thoughts via the Contact button. There will be lots of travel photos - not taken with a fancy camera but my iPhone. You might also come across some tutorials on flower arranging or chalk painting furniture;) and articles on how I personally view life and basically issues that interest me. But don't let that scare you off!
About me:
I am creative and open minded. Or as some people like to call me "different". I embrace that!
I am a Mama, a thinker, a Lebenskuenstler, an animal lover/advocate, a web designer and a floral designer among many other things!
The travel bug bit me a long time ago. I left my home Germany in 1987 - all by myself at age 21 and set out to discover Canada. For the past 28 years I have lived there, until July 2015 when we (my husband and I) moved from the outskirts of Canada's capital Ottawa to the Campania Region of Italy. We are literally living IN the Phlegraean Fields (an eight-mile-wide volcanic caldera on the outskirts of Naples).
For me happiness is: traveling and learning new things about this beautiful planet of ours and meeting its inhabitants. I also love sitting in a field of wild flowers or creating something decorative or having a picnic with family or .........it's endless!
Enjoy this blog, most of all ENJOY LIFE!