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…
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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…
Last year we spent the month of May in Paris, crossing off nearly every must-see attraction in the city over the course of three weeks. This left us with only a few opportunities for trips outside of the city…
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12 Days in Morocco: Marrakech, Merzouga, Fes & Chefchaouen
This April, we crossed a big one off the bucket list and made our first trip to Africa! Morocco has been on my list for quite some time. I’d seen countless beautiful photos online over the past several years…
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3 Days in Barcelona: Picasso, Modernisme, and Tapas Galore
I’ve been to Spain once before, back in 2009 when my sister came to meet up with me while I was studying abroad in Krakow, Poland. We visited Barcelona, trained to Sevilla, and then went on a multi-day road…