Laura Beth in Germany

Fun fact: I am soon to be featured in more local newspapers (and/or publications with my face on it) in Germany than in Missouri. If my memory serves me correctly, here's the tally of places you can, or could at some point, find my face: MISSOURI FAME newspaper: Soil and water conservation poster contest, 2nd place winner, 7th grade newspaper: Scholarship recipient to Borgia High School brochure: Webster Global MBA flyer: Webster Admissions   advertisement: giant Webster ad shown at sports stadiums in STL newspaper: article on our marriage in the Washington Missourian     placard: graduate portraits in Sverdrop building at Webster U. GERMANY FAME      flyer: Berlitz Heilbronn grand opening newspaper: "Old Lady Mardi Gras" 2013 (dressed as a cowgirl clown) newspaper: "Old Lady Mardi Gras" 2015 (dressed as a jester) newspaper: Art show opening in Großbottwar newspaper: article with Marlene, my original host sister, Marbach-Was...

We have returned from our 2-week romp about the central coast of Croatia, and here are some photos and short highlights from each location! Our first week was spent in a suburb of Zadar, and week two was on the island of Pag, with a day trip to a national park in between. Naturally we spent many days on the pebble and rock beaches, but also putted around a bit in our little blue car and explored! Downtown historical Zadar Zadar has been around since Roman times, was then an important trade city for Venetians in the 1400s, and thereafter spent many years under Austrian rule. Now the city boasts a sea organ, an impressive harbor, a university and a bunch of tourism each summer. The planned streets of its old city area have been the same since the city came into existence and the white stones on the street are worn smooth and shiny by all the pedestrians over the years. Ship sailing into the Zadar harbor The sunsets (it was vacation, I did get up to see any sunrises) were abso...