A few years ago we visited Scotland, with Edinburgh as our base. On our trip to Edinburgh we also wanted to explore outside the city a little bit. We had a few days in the city and we decided to spend one day doing a highlands tour. There are a lot of tour packages available from one day tours to… Read More
Visiting Edinburgh with Kids
Of all our travels in Europe when we lived in Zurich, Edinburgh was my most favorite city to visit! Maybe because I was really into Outlander at the time. Or maybe because it’s the birthplace of the Harry Potter series. Or maybe the cute, winding cobblestone streets, seemingly untouched by time and filled with fun shops and coffee houses. Whatever… Read More
Northern Europe Disney Cruise on the Disney Magic
Last summer we wanted to do a big blow out trip before we moved back to the US and we decided to go for a Disney cruise! I’d really wanted to see the Nordic countries so we were between the Norway fjords cruise and the Northern Europe Disney cruise. After talking to some friends from the area we decided to go… Read More
Weekend in Zermatt
Over the long Easter weekend we drove down to Zermatt for a little mini-holiday! Zermatt is a cute little mountain town at the base of the Matterhorn and is one of those places you definitely have to visit at least once when you’re in Switzerland! It’s about a three and a half hour drive or train ride from Zurich… Read More
Harry Potter Studio Tour
In the fall we took a vacation to the UK and one of the things on my “must do” list was the Harry Potter studio tour! I am a huge Harry Potter fan and I was super excited about this part of the trip! I took a ton of photos and it was hard to narrow down which ones to… Read More
A day at Königssee, Germany
Königssee is a very beautiful glacier lake in Germany, right over the boarder from Austria. It’s about a 40 minute drive from Salzburg, so if you’re staying there it’s an easy day trip and definitely worth it! We visited Königssee when we stayed at the Kinder Hotel Post in Austria recently and we loved it! As you can see from the… Read More
The Ultimate Travel Guide to Celebrating Christmas in London
If you love Christmas time and you love London then we’ve got you covered with this detailed guide to celebrating Christmas in London from one of my fellow expats and friend, Kelly! We cover everything you need to know from shopping to special Christmas activities to where to stay! It is a fact that the British love Christmas. Christmas decorations… Read More
October Photo Blogging Challenge: Water
This month’s Photo Blogging Challenge theme was water, and it was pretty easy to complete this challenge! It seems everywhere we go there are lakes and rivers just waiting to have their photo taken! These photos are each from different places we happened to find ourselves in October. This one is my favorite so I decided to put it first! This… Read More