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. […]
Built up by so many of my friends and fellow travel bloggers, Prague was another city that I had high expectations for. I was worried that it would end up disappointing me, as Amsterdam did the week before, but from the moment I stepped foot in the Old Town, I felt like I was constantly walking around […]
After spending the last week continually hopping from city to city, I was excited to be settling down for a week’s stay in one city. I couldn’t have picked a better location than Munich, which offered us plenty to do for our week’s stay. Our long bus trip from Frankfurt to Munich had us even more ready […]
Growing up a five-minute drive from my grandma, she often became my babysitter whenever my parents had to go out. When it was hot enough this meant being able to swim in the community pool, but this is Chicago after all, so more often than not I was stuck inside her apartment. It wasn’t all that […]
Making our way from Prague to Vienna, we wanted to break up the journey so we decided to spend one night in Český Krumlov. All week we had heard people mention this small town, and it seemed like no one had actually been there themselves, but had heard it was a great place to visit. We […]
With Halloween quickly approaching this weekend, I thought it was the perfect time to talk about my visit to Kutná Hora! Ever since I had seen photos of the Sedlec Ossuary, I knew it needed to be on my Europe itinerary. This little Gothic-styled church may not seem all that special from the outside, but step inside, […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of the Sedlec Ossuary in Kutná Hora. In honor of the holiday today, I thought it would be appropriate to post another photo from the Sedlec Ossuary. If you missed my last post, just know that this is not your ordinary […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is of the Prague Castle at night. Set high up on a hill, Prague Castle overlooks the city. Dating back to the 13th century, this castle complex is the largest in the world at roughly seven football fields in length. The complex […]