While in Lauterbrunnen recently (aka the most beautiful little village in the world – more on that later), Brian and I met some travelers from the U.S. who were on a 3-week tour of Europe. When they learned we were living in Germany, one of them asked me: “Do you miss anything about the U.S.?”…
On our recent tour of Scandinavia, we spent a day in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. I’m not going to pretend like I knew what the capital of Estonia was (much less where Estonia was) before this cruise was booked. In fact, and this is pretty embarrassing but we’re all friends here, the only reason I…
I’ll start this post by telling you that Russia does a very good job of making someone less inclined to visit due to the strict and expensive tourist visa laws (that apparently tend to differ from embassy to embassy). The process of applying for a visa looks roughly like this: 1. You must first be…
Brian and I returned just a few days ago from 10 days in Northern Europe, and while we’re both exhausted (and one of us is battling a cold…. cough Brian cough), we wanted to give you a quick rundown of our time there, to be followed up with many more detailed posts! We got to…
It seems that no matter where we go, the most outrageously gorgeous buildings are churches, and Copenhagen was certainly no exception! The skyline is littered with beautiful buildings, and 90% of them are churches. Here are some of my favorites.
After a last-minute cancellation, Brian and I were unable to go to Milan this past weekend (I know, I know – first world problems). Instead of moping about the fact that we were not, at that very moment, gawking at the stupid prices of goods in Milan’s fashion district, we decided to take a day…
Since moving to Germany in August, Brian and I have been to three of the biggest festivals the country has to offer. These include Oktoberfest, Carnival, and most recently, Frühlingsfest. All of the festivals themselves have been great fun – there was dancing, there was drinking, and there were celebrations galore! I’ll preface the following…
Here’s Part 2 of our weekend trip through the Alps. This section includes Füssen and Neuschwanstein. You can find Part 1 here! Füssen and Neuschwanstein (aka Cinderella’s Castle) We arrived in Füssen on Saturday night, having only spent a few hours in Liechtenstein. Füssen is the closest, decent sized city to Neuschwanstein. It’s quite…
Our friend Katie came to visit about a month ago, and one of the highlights of her visit (besides her glorious presence, of course), was a weekend car trip to Lucerne, Liechtenstein, and Neuschwanstein (aka Cinderella’s Castle). This is Part 1, which includes Lucerne and Liechtenstein, and Part 2 includes Neuschwanstein. I didn’t want you…
Sorry again for the lag time between posts – we’ve had an incredibly busy (and amazing) March! A quick recap of activities: first, we traveled to Belgium to meet up with one of my best friends from childhood (and her beau), then we had K Mau here from RVa, and ended the month with my…
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