After an amazing few days in Interlaken (which you can read about here), we headed to Lucerne. We were so sad to leave our sweet Airbnb in Interlaken with its incredible view, but thankfully our new place also came with a fun surprise: a rooftop patio!  Our host doesn’t advertise the patio on the listing because […]

Our adventure to Switzerland started out rough. Like really rough. After spending the entire day at a theme park in Germany, Cardin booked us another night train (if you saw my Portugal post, which you can read here, then you know I tend to have bad luck on those). This particular train didn’t have sleeper cars, […]

Four words: Chocolate sprinkles for breakfast. Let me introduce you to our new favorite foreign specialty: Hagelslag. You get a piece of bread, spread butter on it, and top with the most delicious Dutch chocolate sprinkles. REAL chocolate—none of that imposter brown “chocolate-like” substance we eat in America. Truly a breakfast for champions. We loved […]

While visiting Madrid a few months ago, we met a couple of girls at our hostel who live in Hamburg. We told them that we were visiting Berlin and Hamburg soon and asked which city was their favorite. Both girl’s immediately responded with: Hamburg. Because it’s so “posh.“ As we walked through the Altona neighborhood […]

Welcome to beer heaven! After a month in France, Spain, and Portugal, where all we drank was wine and sangria, Cardin was more than ready for the land of beer. Before heading to the nearest beer garden, we wanted to check into our Airbnb. A few days earlier, our host informed us that she would […]

In May we had the chance to travel to Denmark with our friend Rachael from Orlando (pictured next to me above). She has two friends, Megan and Maddy, who currently live there and work for LEGO, so we figured it was the perfect opportunity to visit. We spent the first three nights in their town—Vejle. […]

“What was your favorite place?” I can’t tell you how many times we’ve been asked this question since our most recent Europe trip. Well, folks, Portugal was our favorite. (Paris was a very close second!) Before I start explaining why, I want to share a little bit about our overnight train adventure. The last time […]

Let me begin this post with one word: food. Madrid is a foodie’s heaven! Between the tapas and the churros, I think we each gained ten pounds during our four days in the city. We started our food trip with the famous Mercado de San Miguel. The market was packed and offered a wide variety […]

Four trains and nine hours later, we finally made it from the South of France to Barcelona! Unfortunately, our first night in Spain wasn’t quite what we expected. Accommodations in Spain are more expensive than France, so we opted for hostels instead of our usual Airbnbs. I’ve stayed in numerous hostels before and previously vowed […]

Once we finished our week in Paris and Bayeux (click HERE to read that post), my husband and I headed to a city located in the Loire Valley region called Tours. This place is straight out of Harry Potter and Beauty and the Beast! Shortly after arriving, we went to Les Halles de Tours—a popular […]