Belgium Day 2: Brugge, Gent and Gravensteen Castle
We had a fairly early start, so that we could beat the crowds to Brugge which was successful to a certain point, but we were all really hungry so we needed to stop for breakfast. Heading into the city, we walked past a Chocolate and Beer shop which is the perfect comparison of Becky and I, and […]
Belgium!
We traveled to Belgium by train today. At the train station, we finally figured out what train to take only to find out that the train was cancelled. Found a new route — fun fact, when you purchase Intercity tickets they basically get you to from Point A to Point B. It doesn’t matter if […]
Day 2: Birthday in Amsterdam
The whole reason that this trip happened (three weeks before our already planned European trip) is that I am turning 30. Now 30 has not been setting well with me basically since I turned 29, and my amazing husband decided that he would plan a trip to take my mind off of 30. We literally […]
We finally made it to Amsterdam!
This adventure includes two guests — my friend Becky and her boyfriend Rob. You will see them periodically. The fun thing about this trip too is this is Becky’s first trip abroad, so everything is so new and exciting. I love seeing people experience the world for the first time. Mattie also made her first […]
Day 16 – Last Full Day :(
Today is our last full day abroad. While we are sad about leaving, we are ready to sleep in our own bed. European beds are not the most comfortable with a lot of down pillows and their ‘queen’ beds are actually two twins pushed together with a big crater in the middle. Not exactly a […]
Day 15 — Walking in the clouds
Have you ever walked in the clouds before? No? Yeah, I hadn’t either until today. What a crazy experience we had hiking up Mount Pilatus… It was raining when we woke up, so we almost called the day a rest day but I’m glad that we didn’t. I would have had a pretty sad boy […]
Day 14 — Travel Day
First off — if you didn’t notice, I posted the adventures of the last two days with pictures from Cinque Terre. Today was mostly a travel day for us having to be at the train station by 9:30 to catch our first train and arriving in SWITZERLAND at 7:30pm. One more country crossed off the […]
Day 13 — Oh the hiking…AGAIN
I’d like to preface this post with a story. When we were in the beginning phases of planning this trip, Kevin was quite distressed that he wasn’t going to get to do any hiking. So the nice wife that I am said ‘oh we can do some hiking on my part of the trip’. So […]
Day 12 – We Found the Sea
Today we traveled from Rome to Riomaggiore which is one of the five towns that make up Cinque Terre (chink-kay tare-eh) which is located right on the Mediterranean Sea. The train ride up was quite uneventful other than the two little girls that sat next to us – they were probably 11 and 7 and […]