I realized that Sweden felt like home only a few hours into my trip. I was actually rather startled to discover that Sweden was so similar to the USA, although the comparison was likely exaggerated because I had been living in Germany for a year. Experiencing Sweden – the people, the culture, the food – was […]
Category: Europe
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Love Locks in Europe.
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Austria
Visiting the Wurstelprater Amusement Park in Vienna, Austria.
Christmas in Tannheim.
Germany
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Luxembourg
City Break in Vianden, Luxembourg.
Poland
Signs Throughout Krakow, Poland.
Taking a Tour of Auschwitz.
Spain
Visiting PortAventura Theme Park in Tarragona, Spain.
A Sampling of the Street Art and Graffiti in Tarragona.
Sweden
Why Sweden Felt Like Home.
A Day at Kolmården Wildlife Park in Sweden.
Switzerland
6 Interesting Things I Didn’t Know About Zurich.
The Netherlands
Amsterdam from the Water.
The NAP Monument & Visitors Centre in Amsterdam.
Visiting PortAventura Theme Park in Tarragona, Spain.
PortAventura World is an entertainment resort located along the eastern coast of Spain next to the Balearic Sea. In fact, you can see the blue water from many rides. The resort is comprised of five hotels, two golf courses, and three parks: PortAventura Caribe Aquatic Park, Ferrari Land (opening April 2017), and PortAventura Park (which […]
A Day at Kolmården Wildlife Park in Sweden.
Kolmården Wildlife Park is a large zoo in Sweden that opened an incredible wooden roller coaster last year. Paradoxically, the park boasts 370 acres of property, 600 animals from all over the world, and now three roller coasters. It’s an unusual combination, but one that we enjoyed greatly. Over 50 years old, Kolmården is one […]
City Break in Vianden, Luxembourg.
Vianden is a small city in Luxembourg located only a few minutes’ drive from the German border of Rhineland-Palatinate. Despite its small size and inhabitance, Vianden is a popular tourist attraction thanks in part to the recently restored Vianden Castle. Large and beautiful, the towering castle has a checkered history but can now be toured […]
On Traveling Europe Together.
Traveling Europe together with the person you love is an extraordinary experience. It’s something that many couples dream of doing and even spend years planning and saving for. It wasn’t an objective of ours, specifically, until we found ourselves rather suddenly relocating to Germany for Mr. Meena’s training. We began traveling Europe together because we […]
Taking a Tour of Auschwitz.
I was not prepared to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp. I bought tickets in advance, saved the address, and arrived early. I asked others about their visit and educated myself about the history. Still, I didn’t fully understand what I was getting myself into. I was unprepared for the shock of human depravity – for […]
Signs Throughout Krakow, Poland.
If I ever own a brick and mortar store, you can bet that I’ll have a unique sign. I have learned a thing or two from Europe about the value of a lovely sign. One city stood out above the rest, however. Nearly every sign in Krakow caught my eye and made me want to […]
Visiting the Wurstelprater Amusement Park in Vienna, Austria.
This post contains affiliate links; read more here. The Wurstelprater amusement park is located in Wiener Prater, a large public park in Vienna (Wien), Austria. While there is a lot to see and do in the massive park, Wurstelprater is special because it is the oldest amusement park in the world. Publicly opened in 1766, […]
Love Locks in Europe.
Love locks; for some they are physical representation of unbreakable love. For others, they are considered an eye sore or even vandalism. Regardless of how you feel about them, it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to avoid seeing a few no matter where you travel these days. In fact, the only European country I’ve visited […]
6 Interesting Things to Know About Zurich.
This post contains affiliate links; read more here. I had some extra time while I was planning our trip to Zurich and so I happily browsed the internet and soaked up lots of details about interesting Swiss city. While I was a mostly blank slate to start with – I didn’t know anything about Zurich except […]
