Category Archives: Europe

Exchange rates. They are quite literally the bane of a traveler’s existence. Unless of course, your country’s dollar is worth more than the one you’re … Read the rest

This Wednesday’s Wonder: Roaming the near empty streets of Salzburg, suddenly surrounded by robots, panic does not ensue. It was a very cold, very crisp Christmas … Read the rest

This Wednesday’s Wonder: Munich’s original Christmas market has a lot of sausages. Our first time ever going to a Christmas market was in none other … Read the rest

This Wednesday’s Wonder: The town of Wengen is just like a snow globe. You know when you were about seven years old, and your entire … Read the rest

This Wednesday’s Wonder: The Swiss Alps are all blue. On day one in the Alps, there was a blizzard. Large flakes of snow fell down … Read the rest

You’ve seen them…By “them,” I mean those travelers with a Selfie Stick: a long, thin protruding metal stick with a rudimentary smartphone holder (usually some … Read the rest

This Wednesday’s Wonder: Tulips Everywhere. When we went to Netherlands, we missed the tulip season by thismuch. We took a steam train along the countryside … Read the rest

This Wednesday’s Wonder: Everybody Looks Like Ants from this view in Dinant, Belgium. Guess what we had to do get to this view. You’ve guessed … Read the rest

This Wednesday’s Wonder: Love Valley in Cappadocia, Turkey is very appropriately named.  “You should hug the rock. I’ll take a photo of you.” “Ok!” And I … Read the rest

Wouldn’t it be weird if we lived our lives entirely on water? Remember when you used to play the lava game where you couldn’t touch … Read the rest