It all started with an old picture of my grandparents. Some five-plus years ago I came across a box of family pictures from my mom’s side of the family. One picture really stood out to me. It was from 1968 and my grandparents were someplace called Mount Pilatus in Switzerland. I told Nik I wanted…
Sometime in the spring or summer of 2021, through Facebook, I became friendly with another woman who was moving from the United States to Spain with her husband and their dog. Though they were moving to Southern Spain, to a city called Malaga, we stayed in touch and became friendly. Nik and I haven’t had…
Following our trip to Germany and Austria, Nik and I had a several week stretch without any travel so we decided to take a roadtrip and spend a couple days in Alicante, Spain before the Christmas holiday. It’s roughly a five hour drive south of Barcelona and would be a chance to take Koval with…
To conclude our Christmas Market themed trip, we decided to spend one night in Vienna. It’s a city we’ve been to previously, most recently this past May, but we wanted to experience the winter and holiday season for a change. Traveling by train from Salzburg to Vienna was pretty easy and even easier to get…
Stop two along our Christmas Market trip was in Salzburg, Austria for a one night stay and a chance to do a little exploring in the city. The Munich train station was pretty bland and could use more signage. Luckily we had no issues finding our train and snacked on a couple pretzels as we…
Nik and I wanted to get a fix of winter and cooler temps so we decided on a short trip to a few cities where we would visit several Christmas Markets. We settled on staying two nights in Munich, Germany, followed by a night in Salzburg, Austria and ending with one night in Vienna, Austria….