Located in the heart of historic Florence, on a street that overlooks some of the best upscale shopping, is a bed and breakfast that’s equally as chic– Florence Chic B&B. Arriving later than expected, thanks to lovely Italian trains, we decided to walk from the Santa Maria Novella train station. It was almost 10pm, we were […]
After a long bus ride from Munich, I was so excited to finally reach Prague. A little too excited maybe. We were going to be splitting our time between two hotels and in all my excitement, we tried to check in at the wrong hotel first. Set in a former baroque palace, The Mark Luxury Hotel Prague, previously […]
I’ll admit our trip to Italy started out pretty rough. Stepping onto my first-ever overnight train in Vienna, we looked at the seats in our sleeper car puzzled. How exactly do these fold out into beds? Tugging on the seats, we soon realized they didn’t. Pulling out another 5 inches or so, you’d have to […]
Despite living 10 minutes from the state line, a majority of my friends growing up had never been to Wisconsin. Even in my area, most people seem to have this perception that Wisconsin is nothing more than dairy farms and cheeseheads. If it hadn’t been for my dad’s side of the family being from there, I too, probably […]
Bratislava wasn’t in my original Europe plans. I honestly had never given the city much thought and didn’t know much about it other than we had extended family ties there. But when I was invited to visit as a day trip from Vienna, I thought it would be the perfect chance to explore the city. […]