We were excited to visit Hamburg. How cool is it that people that live there call themselves “Hamburgers” and that the origins of the hamburger patty are actually from the Hamburg steaks immigrants …
Trust Me
After a series of apartments and hotels with no room to run, we decided we would book a vacation cottage for our time exploring Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. When we arrived, after driving …
Silver Linings and French Fries
It has been raining and cold for days. What began in the Schwarzwald Region of Germany has continued in Belgium and the Netherlands. I was determined as a native of the Pacific Northwest, to not let …
What Tourists Can Teach You About Appreciation
"To unpathed waters, undreamed shores." ~ William Shakespeare As we wandered through the halls of a mountainside, chalet-style apartment building looking for our unit, I was transported by my senses. …
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You Can Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
Every summer, as a child, we would travel to Harrison Hot Springs in Canada for my grandmother’s birthday weekend. This trip always involved a jaunt to a fantastical bakery straight out of my …
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Facing Rain on Germany’s Romantic Road
Helen Keller said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” As we carefully planned our castle-clad, scenic route along the Romantic Road in Germany, the possibility of …
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