I can't decide if I love Milan for its high-end design, attention to detail, and copious amounts of eye-candy or hate it for its pretentiousness and conspicuous consumption. I only had two day to make my snap judgments, but I am leaning towards loving it. For a designer, being in Milan is wonderfully inspiring. Whether it's walking among the nearly 700-year-old pinnacles and spires on the roof of [...]

"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. [...]

I've decided that the first dances at the reception are my favorite part of a wedding. It's the part the makes me feel all mushy and girly inside. I always think back to my own wedding and my heart melts a little. The nervousness from dancing in front of so many people seems to melt away quickly for most newlyweds as they get lost in each other in a special moment truly made just for them. [...]

As the train doors opened we grabbed our luggage and pushed our way forward along with dozens of other tourists and locals. Like most transportation in Italy, the train to Pompeii was standing room only, and you were bound to get to know your neighbor, whether in a conversation or just their body smell. Jay and I quickly stood our ground in a small corner near the entrance and watched [...]

As usual, we're behind on our blog posts. We have so many stories we want to share, but these things take time, and we always seem to keep ourselves quite busy with little downtime. So, sorry for our usual lateness, but don't expect any huge changes. If you're living and dieing by our updates (crazy person), then follow us on Twitter at @PondJumpers - we do a much better job of staying up to date there! [...]

On Kelly's parents' last day visiting us in Croatia, we decided to take a ferryboat back to the island of Brac. Kelly and I have visited Brac one other time and really enjoyed it, so we wanted to return to see more of the island. Last time, we only traveled by foot from the town of Supetar, so we didn't get to explore the other side of the island, where there is the town of Brac and the famous Zlatni Rat [...]