By: MJ + PJ Before we started this adventure we talked to others, hearing insights about all sorts of things from those who had traveled.…
Category: Europe
By: MJ + PJ The background on this post is this: While in Munich, our Sandeman’s tour guide had explained that children could not go…
By: MJ + PJ We took a look at Bohemia after Bavaria, continuing our exploration of the beauty, variety and chaos of the middle of…
By: MJ + PJ Because of the vast number of things we saw over our nine days in the Czech Republic, we had to split…
By: MJ + PJ Heading north from Austria, we planted ourselves for another nine day stay. It is an ideal period of time – we…
By: MJ + PJ We took a look at Bohemia after Bavaria, continuing our exploration of the beauty, variety and chaos of the middle of…
By: MJ + PJ While we spent a whole day crossing Germany in a train to get to Austria, we only had two action packed…
By: MJ + PJ Since we were staying near the German border while in Salzburg, we decided to spend a few days in Germany. It’s…
By: MJ + PJ We were surprised at the diversity of things to see and do in the Salzburg area. Take a look at our…
By: MJ + PJ Stopping at Salzburg on the western border region of Austria, we were able to explore beautiful Bavaria for about 8 days.…
By: MJ + PJ See our photos of this fabulous country here – PHOTOS: The Netherlands. It isn’t far to the Netherlands from Belgium, so…
By MJ + PJ There is so much to see in Europe! To read more about what we saw and did during our exploration of…
By: MJ + PJ Check out more of our photos from Belgium HERE! You’d think that the rest of our train ride to Belgium would…
By: MJ + PJ People rave about Belgium for some good reasons. We headed there to test out these reasons. This is a album companion…
By: MJ + PJ There was a lot to see – check out our Barcelona photos here! Taking a high speed train through eastern Spain…
By: MJ + PJ We had about 1500 photos from Barcelona that we had to cull down to something reasonable. Talk about an almost impossible…
By: MJ + PJ This post is a guide to and reflection on the use of a Eurail Pass to travel in Europe for extended…
By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Twelve – Italy, Switzerland, France, and Cambodia (May 2nd to June 1st, 2019) Made it! 12 months, 52 weeks,…
By: MJ + PJ Returning to where we had started our honeymoon a decade ago, we hit Madrid hard over three days and still had…
By: MJ + PJ On the first days of our honeymoon here a decade ago, we had stayed at a small hotel called the Francisco…
By: MJ + PJ On this adventure we have had a few truly exceptional expriences as a family. These were occasionas where we were all…
By: MJ + PJ While we had seen other parts of Spain, we had not seen the heart of Andalusia that beats in Seville, nor…
By: MJ + PJ We had Visited Spain on our honeymoon, and wanted to bring AJ to see some of the things we had seen,…
By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Eleven – Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Greece and Italy (April 2nd to May 1st, 2019) In covering five countries…
By: MJ + PJ Usually it takes a few days for us to get a feel for how locals interact with each other and with…
By: MJ + PJ We had a lot of fun in Portugal, as you can probably tell from our post about our time there PORTUGAL:…
By: MJ + PJ Flying from Tunis via Paris, we arrived in Porto. We had noticed by this stage of this travel game that every…
By: AJ This is a video of AJ’s stuffed animals discussing some of his favorite places from month SEVEN of our adventure in the United…
By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Ten – Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, & Austria (March 2nd to April 1st, 2019) After exiting Portugal at the turn…
By: MJ + PJ Sometimes you visit a place and it just doesn’t work out as planned for whatever reason. This post looks back on…
By: MJ + PJ Is was a chilly but fun visit to the far north of the United Kingdom. We spent our entire time there…
By: MJ + PJ A ferry took us across the Irish Sea from Belfast, where we connected with a regional bus in Cairnryan. This took…
By: MJ + PJ We had a quick visit to Northern Ireland, staying in Belfast but visiting some iconic places nearby. See our post about…
By: MJ + PJ Taking a train north we were able to see some of the coast, regional towns, and farmlands along the way. A…
By: MJ + PJ Ireland was as green as they say, and as green as any photo you’ve ever seen of the country. The people…
By: MJ + PJ If you can read this post with an Irish accent, that’d be great. Ok now. Where to begin? It was a…
By: MJ + PJ To help with reducing your initial confusion upon arriving, heads up on the following nuances of the United Kingdom: On Sunday,…
By: MJ + PJ We showed up in England at the start of December, intending to stay a week or two on our way to…
By: MJ + PJ We had seen flamenco dancing before, but we were not expecting what we experienced on our arrival in Seville. The reason…
By MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Nine – Tunisia and Portugal (February 2nd to March 1st 2019) We had a few days in Twickenham and…
By: MJ + PJ Serendipity is sometimes a royal flush. MJ had picked up a free community copy of The Skinny a few days prior,…
By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Eight – United Kingdom and Ireland (January 2nd to February 1st 2019) After heading back into London for a…
By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Seven – South America & United Kingdom (December 2nd, 2018 to January 1st, 2019) We exited South America on…
