DAY 1 Sunset and city views from Lycabettus Hill The trip started with a 4-hour flight from Amsterdam to Athens, followed by a 30-minute taxi to our hotel. We checked in and quickly settled into our room before heading…
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Our 2-Week Whirlwind Tour of Athens & the Cyclades Islands
This trip was a long time in the making. Greece had been on our travel bucket list for years. Finally in 2020, we decided it was time to cross it off the list. I dove head-first into research and…
After over a year of various forms of lockdown in the Netherlands and even longer since our last visit home to the US, we were beyond ready for a change of scenery. So in April of 2021, we decided…
Winters in Amsterdam are generally dark, grey, and rainy… very rainy. We typically get just a couple of flurries over the course of the winter. Absolute best-case scenario, the snow sticks enough to turn the city white for a…
DAY 16 Morning walk around Carcassonne & afternoon walk of Sarlat-la-Caneda After a lovely little breakfast at our B&B it was time to pack our bags and check out (a shame we were there just one night!). Before taking…
DAY 13 Castellane, Verdon Gorge, and the lavender fields of the Valensole Plateau After four days in Villefranche-sur-Mer (the longest we’d stayed in any one place on the trip!), it was finally time to continue on to the next…
DAY 9 Continued drive along the Route des Grandes Alpes, evening stroll around Villefranche-sur-mer The rain had passed by morning, so we took a brief stroll around Mont-Dauphin, checking out the many local artisans’ shops before returning to our…
DAY 6 Paddle boats on Annecy Lake, walking tour of Annecy’s historic old town After breakfast, we were back in the car to continue further south. We were headed to Chamonix in the French Alps, where we’d stay the…
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France Road Trip Part 1: Alsace & Burgundy
DAY 1 Drive from Cologne to Strasbourg Our trip actually began the day before in Amsterdam. After work, we drove to Cologne, Germany, where we worked remotely for a day before continuing onward. So our vacation officially after work…
2019 was filled with some pretty memorable trips. We spent two weeks traveling around Morocco, skied the Swiss Alps for the first time, spent a long weekend eating the world’s best pizza in Naples and ferry hopping and hiking…