5, 4, 3……..How Europe Changed Our Marriage!

***Note on 5 and 4….. It is not that I didn’t have anything to say…but, if you know me at all, you know that I take my weekend time with Law Man very seriously.  We do not have a lot of family time together during the week, so the weekend is Family time….not enough time to blog.  Sorry! 

Now, back to How Europe Changed Our Marriage!

Law Man and I had been married for two years, he had just taken the Bar Exam and we opted to spend our one month between school and the “real job” in Europe.  We had been talking about it since the summer we got married and several of our friends missed the wedding because we were studying at Oxford.  We decided then, that we would go and we really wanted to go together.  I loved the time we spent there…. but more than that, I love how it changed our marriage.

1. I realized that we would be okay, just the two of us.  I know, it took me two years, but I am slow.
2. We both discovered how much we LOVE to travel….and by travel I mean…see every site, walk instead of ride, eat everything, sleep little….except when I am on a train.
3. Italians will kick you off a train and leave you in a town where no one speaks English.  This is how we learned to handle conflict.  ***this is also how I became Methodist…long story.
4. Law Man finally understood how big my imagination is…..I thought the Eiffel Tower would be bigger and the London Bridge would be small enough to “turn the key and lock us up.”…I know this is not the “real London Bridge,” but in my mind it is…..and that is all that counts. 
   
5. There is no place more romantic than Paris at night.
6. Forget New Mexico and Colorado.  I want to “summer” in the Alps.  I *heart* Switzerland. 
7. I get grumpy when it is hot, I am hungry, and there are too many people….Italy in August is rough.
8. You can go to Europe on a Credit Card….and pay it off in a few short months.
9. We should have bought a digital camera on before mentioned Credit Card.
10. It would be EIGHT years before we got to spend another full week just the two of us….Canada, here we come!