As we are slowly making our way to Prague via a six hour long train ride, I figured I could use some of this time to relay our experiences of yesterday visiting Dachau. I am not sure what my expectations were, having never been to a concentration camp before I only had pictures and history […]
Munich and it’s “Resting” trees
Wilkommen Munchen! It’s our second day in Munich, first day of feeling rested. We toughed it out yesterday to avoid feeling jet lagged for the entirety of our trip and, I must say, we were quite successful and maintained the usual manic level of activity normally reserved for the first and last days of any […]
…and off we go!
Officially on our way. It’s hard for us to believe that we are once again headed across the pond for another round of adventures in sightseeing, galivanting and carousing for the fourth (count em, FOUR!) time. What is even more unbelievable is that we have been up since 7 AM, already had one flight, and […]
Celebration!
The giddiness is starting to set in about our upcoming trip and it has made me think of all the things that this trip is supposed to be honoring. Graduating with my Masters in December, our 4th year of marriage in April, the return to fun and snarky blog posts…and yet as I think of […]
And the winner is…
Here is our rough itinerary for our 2011 trip across the pond: March 11 – Fly into Munich, Germany Visit the following cities in 16 days: Prague, Amsterdam, Bruges, Paris March 27 – Fly home from Paris. I told you it was a rough itinerary…we are so so thrilled to be continuing our new ‘tradition’ […]
Don't stop til you get enough…
Grab life by the horns, take big bites, the world is your oyster, grab the bull by his….well you get the picture! Adam and I decided to ‘not stop til we get enough’ of this whole travel thing…so we now know where the travel bug will be bringing us come March 2011! Here are some […]
Interesting article…and our take on it
This sign should probably be posted at the departure gates of all International flights leaving the U.S. and heading towards Europe… http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/07/13/european.nudes/index.html?hpt=C2 The article (link above) is written by Rick Steves – a quirky, slightly nerdy traveller extraordinaire whose videos and books helped Adam and I plan our recent trip. To give a quick synopsis […]
Travel worn, travel stained, hardly travel weary
We are back in Charlotte safe and sound. Over the past week I was doing some tallying and came up with some interesting figures so I thought I would share a few… 3 – number of clothing items torn and stained 5 – number of eye drop bottles 1600 – number of pictures taken 1 […]