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February 27, 2018
Porto was a mistake. It was never suppose to happen but it did. After landing in Barcelona to meet with my friends from Turkey we got a call from one of my two friends. He had some health issues and could not make it. That meant that the whole post Barcelona to Madrid southern coast […]
December 28, 2017
If you are gluten free and going to Madrid, You need to read this to not sacrafice a moment with good food!
December 23, 2017
It started off just like any other fireworks show at la Mercè. Thousands of people huddled together on a large street, bumping arms, with street vendors walking around selling single beers. We watched in awe as in the distance fourth of July like fireworks lite up the sky and closed it’s distance to where we […]
October 7, 2017
It’s coming full circle. 13 years later I end up back at the first destination that ignited my passion for travel. It is here that I married my young 16 year old heart to Picasso’s Guernica and vowed to return. It had embodied for me then and it embodies in my memory now – the […]
October 4, 2017
Andorra is an obscure little country centered between France and Spain. It speaks Catalan (the only country to do so – however, after October 1st, we will see) and it’s surrounded by the Pyrenees mountains. There’s less than 100,000 people who live there and they do not even have a University. There’s also no train […]
September 25, 2017
On our way from sightseeing around the Netherlands to Brussels we decided to spend a night, 36 hours total, in Bruges. We had heard from many people, including reading about it, that Bruges was an idyllic must see, an adult disneyland, where romance runs wild along with good food, aromatic beer, romantic canal rides, […]
September 16, 2017
My husband and I headed to Brussels for the sole purpose of seeing our friends Samet, Maria, and their baby girl. I had zero expectations for the city of Brussels and only had the goal of eating fries and drinking beer (of which I did plenty). Both my husband and my friend Samet proclaimed, “Brussels […]
September 8, 2017
Arriving in Amsterdam after what felt like a forever train ride on an uncomfortable sleeper train from Austria was like…. But we persevered and rode into the station early in the morning after little sleep. After a brief and unnecessary sleep deprived couple’s argument we left our bags in the storage area of the railway […]
September 4, 2017
After traveling for a month around Asia: Mongolia, Thailand, Cambodia, Bangkok, and China we finally landed in a familiar place: Austria. Christian grew up in Austria with his parents after they moved from Germany so for us it was like coming home. While we took a day trip to Salzburg to enjoy the Sound of […]
July 30, 2015
I lived in Istanbul for over a year. I moved there for 6 months as a student at Beloit College for study abroad. After graduating and working for a year I moved back for 7 months and ran out of money and had to come home. Istanbul to me will always be a magical place […]
July 2, 2015
My grandma is definitely one of my most favorite people in the world. Everywhere she goes she leaves such an impression on the people that she is never forgotten. Her personality and humor are bigger than her petite 5’2 frame and she takes on the world with a lightness and love that makes her everyone’s […]
December 30, 2013
We spent a few days in Lisbon, Portugal and something that amazed me was the street art. Here’s are some of the photos of the amazing artwork. Lisbon was full of artwork, great food, beautiful buildings, and friendly people. It had a grundy feel similar to the Mission district in San Francisco before the dot-com […]
January 30, 2013
What would you do if you only had 10 hours in Gilbraltar? Well, If you’re like us— you’d be a total tourist and you’d attempt to take the journey to the top Rock of Gibraltar in a day (Hint: We did not make it to the top but had fun nevertheless). You’d take on monkey’s […]
July 30, 2012
(Above image copyright Adrian Michael) Ah, Widder Bar in Zurich. My favorite place in the entire city! It has such a calming, relaxing atmosphere. Classy, upscale look. An amazing selection of Whiskys — indeed, their Whisky menu is separate from their regular bar menu because it is so big. Sometimes I would come here for dinner just […]
September 18, 2010
Ah, Nice — the French riviera, or as they say, Alpes-Maritimes. My favorite part of France. How could you not like a place that has palm trees like this as you step out of the airport: Indeed the airport is in walking distance to the town center, which is something I did on occasion. I […]
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