Bratislava: Sade, Bagpipes and Cake

Having a weekend free with nowhere to go (rare), we used Eurowings Blind Booking and landed in Vienna, Austria. Having been there before, we searched a nearby trip and made plans to cross the border into Slovakia's capital, Bratislava. We had just been talking about this city in how we should go there because it's... Continue Reading →

Lago di Garda, Italy

Lake Como is famous for fashion factories and George Clooney, but Lake Garda is actually the largest lake in Italy. Staying at the south end of the lake in Garda in Rivoltella, it is almost equidistant to drive there from the Milan airport as it is to drive to Lake Como. It took us about... Continue Reading →

Italia: Gorizia, Grado

We spent the weekend visiting family in Northern Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. We flew into Venice airport in an hour direct from Stuttgart and rented a car to save time. It didn't really save time on the way there as we waited for the rental car for over an hour in line,... Continue Reading →

Birthday in Crete, Greece

Again, this needs to be a Part 1. We had no idea how huge the island of Crete actually was. We had been to Greece for my birthday two years ago for an amazing vacation booked through an Amex travel agent to Athens, Mykonos and Santorini (must stay, or at a minimum have a cocktail... Continue Reading →

Hop on a plane to Sicily

We were home in Stuttgart for the first time in, for me over 6 weeks. In Stuttgart, Marienplatz Festival was going on that weekend and the apartment was on schedule for a much-needed clean. Well... Instead of all that, we booked the cheapest direct flight we could outta here. Our destination that early Saturday morning... Continue Reading →

Copenhagen Beer Celebration

With no better reason to plan our travels than for beer, Denmark was our new country for May specifically to attend the 5th year of the Copenhagen Beer Celebration festival with 65 different international brewers sampling well over 100 beers, ciders, meads, sours, and even some wine. It was sort-of a reunion too since there were more... Continue Reading →

Tulips in Amsterdam

Bucket list item checked. We booked a long weekend in Holland to take the trip out to see the famous tulip fields and botanical garden, Keukenhof. There are more than 7 million bulbs in bloom, with 800 varieties of tulips. Ways to get there from Amsterdam:  Whichever way you decide, buying online ahead of time is... Continue Reading →

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