Yes, I am alive. And no, I have not joined the witness protection program, although upon thinking about it, that doesn't sound like a bad...

Switzerland was an impulsive add-on to our trip, during the initial planning phase in August of 2023. I had not traveled to Switzerland...

Our final stop in Germany was the beautiful city of Konstanz and the nearby island of Mainau. Once tourism website aptly describes...

We have been home for two months and I have still not finished writing or publishing the blog posts from our summer trip. I have three...

Let me start by saying I am not a Disney person. Like I'm not a Disney person My apologies to all you Disney fans out there who I'm...

When deciding on where our home base was going to be while exploring the western region of the Dolomites (Cortina d' Ampezzo was in the...

Although it seemed we could eat Weiner Schnitzel for the rest of our lives, quite happily, we were excited at the prospect of Italian...

Hold on to your seat, because this story gets a bit strange. When planning our trip, I knew we had a limited amount of time in Austria,...

Salzburg and the The Sound of Music are synonymous. At least for most people. But not for me. I am not bashing The Sound of Music ,...

Berchtesgaden is a true condradiction. On the one hand, it is a serene place with incredible natural beauty everywhere you look. On the...

Tegernsee and Cheimmsee are two of Bavaria's most beautiful and popular lakes. We had the good fortune to be able to visit both when we...

We enjoyed Munich but were ready to embark on the next chapter of our trip, into the Bavarian Alps and southwestern Germany, bordering...

After leaving Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site we headed to the Munich airport to switch out our rental car. Please don't ask why...

From the time I started planning our trip, nearly a year ago, I contemplated the idea of visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial...

Still reeling from the news of Fitzy's death, we were grateful to be in a smaller town, with a slower pace. We had a full agenda for the...

Once I (we) made the difficult decision to carry on with our trip, rather than return home, I also decided it was best if we tried to...

We arrived in Nuremberg Tuesday morning. Despite lacking some of the charm of the smaller towns we had recently visited, Nuremberg had...

Note: This blog post was completed a day before we received the news about our beloved Fitzy. It has been edited slightly and retitled....

Each time I think I've experienced every possible scenario while traveling, I am thrown another curveball. For example, when I lost my...

Before arriving, we read all about the charm of Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, in northern Bavaria. We also saw plenty of images online...

On Wednesday evening we departed Frankfurt for Wurzburg, about 120 Km southeast. But first, we had to head back to the Frankfurt airport,...

After nearly ten months of what felt like never-ending planning, we were off on our long-awaited six-week European adventure. There were...

On May 22, Miles' baseball team, the Cardinals defeated their opponents, the Diamondbacks, Twenty to Thirteen. The game was...