10th May 2014 / The Netherlands / 1 comment

King’s Day in the Netherlands is one of the many festivals I’d wanted to attend while living in Europe, and this year I added it to the “done” list. When we moved here, the yearly […]

5th May 2014 / Albania / 2 comments

When last we left our intrepid travelers they were stuck in the mud in the middle of Albanian farmland. I know you’ve all been biting your nails and wringing your hands and wondering whether we ever […]

22nd April 2014 / Albania, Macedonia / 0 comments

I have sort of wanted to visit Albania ever since I saw the “Teachers Pet” episode of the TV show Cheers way back in 1985. You’ll see why after looking at this short clip from […]

20th April 2014 / Germany / 0 comments

While I was looking for some information about the Brothers Grimm for our visit to Steinau an der Straße, I came across a map that had several towns highlighted.  One of them was Gelnhausen, although […]

8th April 2014 / France / 0 comments

Verdun, France has been on my list of places to visit for a couple of years.  Visiting this year made it more meaningful, though, as it’s the site of a World War I battle and […]

4th April 2014 / Germany / 0 comments

If someone had told me 2 weeks ago that I would spend 4 hours at a defunct industrial site and enjoy the heck of out while taking 299 photos (I promise only a fraction of […]

26th March 2014 / Great Britain / 2 comments

I absolutely loved our 4-night stay in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, as well as our day trip to Glasgow. Although Scotland has a capital it is not an independent country, even though you may see […]

1st March 2014 / Spain / 0 comments

I had off the Friday before Presidents’ Day weekend in February, so we used the opportunity of a 4-day weekend to visit Madrid. Sean booked an apartment that was pretty central.  Some downsides to renting apartments are that you […]

22nd February 2014 / Germany / 0 comments

Oberwesel is a town on the Rhine River about an hour’s drive from where we live.  It’s pretty amazing that we have not yet run out of great places to visit that are less than […]

11th February 2014 / Germany / 0 comments

On the first Sunday in February, we took a drive to the town of Steinau an der Straße, hereafter referred to simply as Steinau. This town is famous for being the home of the Brothers […]