After three years which flew by in the blink of an eye, we picked up our lives and moved to our new home in Frankfurt, Germany. We said goodbye to amazing friends which have become family, a place we have called home and a country we have come to love. It is only fitting a […]

Brad and I were excited to book a trip with friends to Dubrovnik, Croatia over the long Easter weekend. Dubrovnik was a fairly recent addition to our list of desired places to visit and after doing a bit of research, we were looking forward to sun, good food and wine, and scuba diving. Since we […]

Ever since Brad and I did day-hire of a narrowboat with friends last summer, we really wanted to hire one for a few days or a week. A recent visit from friends was the perfect reason. We hired it from Black Prince Narrowboat from Bradford on Avon. The town is cute and small along the […]

Brad and I were excited for our trip to Jordan. We utilized notes from a friend’s trip to identify our itinerary. Additionally, we used their recommended tour company, Jordan Select Tours. Prior to our trip, they made it extremely easy to build and book our trip. After a few emails back and forth, we set […]

How was this already our last Christmas in England!  Time has flown by!  I was determined to fit as much festive activities into the season to soak it all in.  While Brad was traveling for work, I enjoyed some time with friends, decorating Christmas cookies while in holiday pjs.  It was a fun way to […]

York has been on my list of places to revisit.  We spent an overnight there shortly after arriving to England on our way up to Edinburgh.  Brad and I decided to spend the long Thanksgiving weekend seeing more of York. On our way to York, we made a brief detour in Leeds to check out […]

Somehow time has escaped me and I’m a bit behind in posting. Here’s a recap of a long weekend in the Lake District

Brad and I took advantage of the long weekend with the US holiday and booked a short getaway to northern Scotland.  We flew into Inverness which is a very tiny airport. We rented a car and out first stop was downtown Inverness.  We stopped by the farmers market which was no more than a few […]

After connecting with friends at an airport bar in Munich, we took the train to HBF station. The train ride was about 45 minutes and the hotel was a short walk once we arrived. We checked into the Best Western Atrium hotel and got settled a bit. While expensive, the hotel was clean, nice and […]

Last year, a group of us decided to go to Oktoberfest in Munich in our final year in England. Brad and I tagged a few extra days onto the getaway.  We had an early flight out of LHR and saw plenty of people already dressed for the Oktoberfest tents. We had quite a wait in immigration […]