Category: Places Visited

Fascinating foods in Europe

Up until this point we’ve tried some fun and tasty foods along the way. Some of our favorites are the deep fried scones from Hungary called Lángos that we chose to have topped with...

La Tomatina – Video

La Tomatina – Video

In the small town of Buñol, Spain there’s an annual festival held on the last Wednesday of August called La Tomatina. This festival involves thousands of people throwing rotten tomatoes at each other and is...

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Au revoir in Paris

In French a common farewell or goodbye term is, “au revoir” which means “until we see/meet again.” Paris was bitter sweet for us. It was an enchanting city to visit, but it was also the...

Plitvice – Video

Plitvice – Video

Everyone has their own idea of what Heaven is like, and occasionally we’re blessed with experiencing places on Earth that are similar to our imaginations. In my mind that’s exactly what it was- Plitvice...

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The Venice of Venice

Like a lot of people in the World, I’ve been wanting to visit Venice ever since I knew it existed. However, unlike a lot of people (I’m guessing) I’ve had a strange fear that...

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A little piece of Pisa

Back when the planning for our family trip was in motion we were all wanting to go to Pisa to visit the Leaning Tower, but weren’t quite sure how to squeeze it in. We...

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Our Lives in Ruins

There were mixed expectations from the group of what Athens would be like. A few people were expecting nice sandy beaches and probably what a lot of the islands off of Greece look like....

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Shenanigans in Barcelona

Let me just say, the start of our Barcelona trip did not begin well. Our AirBnB canceled on us right before we were getting ready to hurry to the metro at 1:30 AM to...