Take Your Kids to Europe by Cynthia Harriman

During their retirement, Mary Ellen and Dale proudly became snow-birds for many years in Sarasota, FL. Both enjoyed touring the country by car and traveling to Europe for the 45th Celebration of D-Day. They were long time active members of Wesley United Methodist Church. Throughout their lives, Mary Ellen and Dale enjoyed assisting their parents, their children, and their grandchildren with whatever was needing to be done. They shared over 60 years of marriage until the death of Dale in 2012. Mary Ellen married the love of her life, (William) Dale Harriman, October 05, 1951. Her final years of employment were for (IU Health) Methodist Hospital on the Post Partum Unit. She was employed in hospital and private duty settings. In 1951, Mary Ellen graduated from Marion County General Hospital Nursing Program, fulfilling her dream of becoming a Registered Nurse. Mary Ellen's formative years were spent in Indiana Birdseye, Brookston, New Albany, and Burnettsville, where she and her sister, Amanda Lou, graduated in 1947 from Burnettsville High School. Mary Ellen was born at home near Birdseye, Indiana, on October 08, 1929, along with her identical twin sister, Amanda Lou (Polen) Roller, to Bertha Mae (Weeks) (Reese) (Polen) Emery and George Samuel Polen. Mary Ellen Harriman died March 8th of natural causes at the age of 92 years, at the home of her daughter, Cynthia (Harriman) Gelman.

We're also considering Australia/New Zealand, Costa Rica, Buenos Aires, or South East Asia.Indianapolis – Mary Ellen (Polen) Harriman: We haven't traveled much in Eastern Europe or Scandanavia. Our only languages are English and some Spanish, but we're not intimidated to learn (although it would be helpful if a little English now and then would be okay).Īny suggestions? Where would you go if you had five months with your young kids? Where would a good base be? We love Italy and France. Our goals are to have a lot of family time in an interesting place that is safe and has some conveniences for families (parks, children's museums, family-friendly restaurants, etc). We have two kids who will be 2.5 and 5 years old next fall - not ideal ages for travel but minimal school conflict. One idea is to rent an apartment in a large European city (Paris?) and organize occasional trips from there.

My family is considering a 5 month sabbatical in Fall 2010, and we're currently debating where to go.

Take Your Kids to Europe by Cynthia Harriman