With the Plitvice Lakes, Dubrovnik, Split, and the rest of the Croatian coast being such huge draws, Zagreb usually ranks pretty low on travelers’ wish lists. When Andy and I were in Croatia a little over a year ago, I had hoped to spend a couple of hours in Zagreb while in transit, but it […]
Tallinn is one of those cities people rave about. It’s not as well known as Rome or Paris or Prague, but for Eastern Europe, it’s one of the more popular places to visit. And yet, I just couldn’t get into it. It’s cute, and I loved the medieval look of the old town, but it […]
After spending more than two weeks in Russia on a Russia river cruise, Andy and I hopped on a train from St Petersburg to Helsinki. In my quest to get to every country in Europe, I couldn’t resist going to Finland when it’s RIGHT THERE. Since there’s a lot more to Finland than Helsinki, we […]
The first part of our Russia river cruise with Viking included Moscow and several other towns as we sailed north. If you missed it, check out scenes from a Russia river cruise part one over here. Now I’ll pick up where that post left off. Here’s the rest of what we did on our Moscow […]
This summer, Andy and I took a Viking River Cruise from Moscow to St Petersburg. We spent 12 nights on the ship, plus we booked extensions for two nights each in both Moscow before the cruise and St Petersburg after the cruise. While being on a fully organized extended tour like this isn’t exactly our […]
I totally botched my short visit to Macau years ago, so I was determined to see more this time around. Andy and I booked 3 nights in Macau in the middle of our Hong Kong trip. Our intention was to see at least one temple, plus check out a casino or two. Here’s how we […]
This year’s winter escape trip was a little different from ones in the past. Normally we go to places like Southeast Asia or Central America, or we pick a base in a location like Sevilla, Spain so we can work from somewhere else. But this year it made more sense for us to just take […]
After spending a week in Slovenia, Andy and I headed south and spent one week in Croatia. Our first stop was Plitvice Lakes, which are supposed to be incredibly gorgeous. But luck was not on our side. We only had one day there, and the skies decided that was the day to open up and […]
Slovenia has been high on my list for years. YEARS. Everyone who’s been there raves about it, the photos look amazingly beautiful. And we were supposed to go a few years ago, before I got really sick and had to cancel the trip. So when we finally got the chance to reschedule and meet up […]
Andy and I are slowly working our way through as many Polish cities as possible. I can’t even really articulate why it is that we love Poland so much, but we both feel strongly that it’s a wonderful country. So next on our list was the city of Wrocław, located in southwestern Poland. Here’s how […]