Tag: Travel
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5 Favorite Travel Destinations in Europe
We’re often asked which are our favorite travel destinations. We have really enjoyed everywhere we’ve been, but there are a few spots that really stand out, and we’d like to visit again. So here they are, in no particular order, our Top 5 Favorite Travel Destinations in Europe.
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Helsinki for a Day
On our trip to Tallinn, Estonia, we decided to take a ferry to Helsinki for a day trip. It’s always a bonus when you can easily visit a nearby country, especially when the ferry ride alone is a fun adventure. The Tallink Silja ferry is a small cruise ship with multiple decks of duty free…
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Visit to the Baltic Countries: Part 3 – Vilnius, Lithuania
In part 3 of 3 of our visit to the Baltic Countries, we travel from Latvia to Lithuania. We have a great friend from Lithuania, and we were really looking forward to seeing her home country. So far, we found the capital cities of Tallinn and Riga quite different from each other, and we were…
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Visit to the Baltic Countries: Part 1 – Tallinn, Estonia
The Baltic Countries include Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, located on the Baltic Sea, across from Finland and Sweden, and bordered by Russia, Belarus, and Poland. When we first started planning to visit one or more of the Baltic Countries, we asked other travelers for advice on where we should go. The answer consistently came back
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Touring Germany: Rhine River Cruise
A Rhine River Cruise from Mainz to St. Goar is a fun and relaxing way to see the sights of Germany’s Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO world heritage site. We met up with friends for an early morning 2-hour train ride from Stuttgart to Mainz, then took a 5-minute cab ride across town to the…
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Ireland by Campervan
Trying new things, we flew to Dublin and rented a campervan from Retro Camper Hire to explore the beautiful Emerald Isle. Touring Ireland by campervan is a great option for the beautiful sights, a flexible itinerary, and always somewhere to sleep. Our route took us from Dublin up to the Giant’s Causeway, Game of Thrones…
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Touring Germany: The Black Forest
The Black Forest region, located in southwest Germany, is full of spectacular scenery of mountains, forests, and rivers. We took a day trip in Rocky, our Mini Cooper, and drove to the village of Triberg, home to Germany’s highest waterfall. The Gutach River falls 160 meters through 7 cascades into the valley, and continues on…
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Summer Travel Reads
These are our recommended summer travel reads, some of our all-time favorites. These include both fiction from Barb and non-fiction from Rob, and we both liked the first-hand account of the multi-day hiking trails around Europe by Reg Spittle. These stories provide insights about the history of different cultures, inspiration for travel, and help discover…
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Touring Germany: Cologne and Ritter Sport
Cologne Touring more of our host nation, Germany, we headed out on a 4-hour drive to Cologne in Rocky the Mini. Along the way, we stopped to see some of the last tulips of the season, mid to late April is usually the best time to see the big tulip fields in this area.
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Treasure Hunting in Venice
Once in Venice, we saw a real treasure that would be amazing to own. We didn’t buy it at the time, so we thought we would go back and try to find it again. The narrow streets of Venice are full of special finds, from ancient parchment journals and books, inkstands and pens, lion statues,…