When planning our trip to Ireland, I knew that one thing I wanted to do was see the Blarney Stone. I couldn’t for the life of me tell you why, but hearing about it and hearing songs about it growing up, I knew it was just something I had to do. Just an FYI if…
Besides Dublin and the Blarney Stone, I honestly had no idea what to expect in coming to Ireland. Using a ton of Pinterest and talking to friends, many said to do the Ring of Kerry, and the Dingle Peninsula. With so many conflicting articles, we couldn’t decide which was the better one to do. Good…
This was our last Christmas as a family living in Germany. Sure, spending it at “home”, would have been nice, but I probably would have killed my kids by the end of the two weeks. Plus, I wanted to spend our time someplace new. Either for Christmas or New Year’s, it didn’t really matter; just…
When my mom found out she was going to Dublin, Ireland for work, she asked me if Dublin was on my “list” of places to go. Ireland in itself was, so I started my research. When I first looked at costs, I found round-trip flights for 80$ – now they were up to almost 400;…
Let me start out by saying, I have never regretted a trip we have been on; and this one was no exception. I think we have been to too many places, and hubby and I have started “comparing”, maybe more than we should. DAY 1 We landed in the Bucharest International Airport (Henri Coanda) at…
BRAN CASTLE When we were planning our trip to Bucharest, we always talked about a trip to the Bran Castle. By Googling how far it is from Bucharest centre, it says it’s 2hrs 45mins – definitely doable for a day trip. In reality, when we left the morning of, it was 3hrs 26mins. Add a…
Selfie :Â A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a smartphone which may be held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick. I can hear it now; ughhh, another selfie! To me, they are completely different than “ughhh”. Sure, maybe my kids and husband feel like that by the end of a…
When we first went to the Neuschwanstein Castle in 2015, we missed one important sight – the Marienbrucke Bridge. This is a bridge where you can overlook the castle from a distance. The first time it was undergoing construction. I always told myself I would never drive that far just for this, but if we…
When we were booking our trip to Budapest, when I saw that Slovakia (Bratislava!) was only a two hour drive away, I knew we had to go. Not only would it be another country we’d get to see, but the Capital of Slovakia as a bonus. Yes, I am sure the entire country has some…
My hubby had to go to Riga, Lavia for work. I was upset about it – but couldn’t dwell as three beautiful little boys were counting on me. Eventually they got so frustrated at just being ME around, that they needed an out. I found flights online to Riga for more expensive than I normal…
When researching what exactly we could do in Turkey – besides staying on the resort all day, every day – we tried to research excursions to go on. We e-mailed the hotel beforehand, and they said to contact our Travel Company – weird. In Egypt we were able to book our excursions through companies at…
Sure living in Europe in freaking awesome, but contrary to what people think, we still go through the same stressors and “life” as we would in Canada. So when winter break came, we needed to seriously get away. Between work and school and hubby’s surgery, it had been a rough couple of months, and we…
So I had just dropped our kids off at the Mini Club at our Turkish resort and I am on my way to meet my husband. He ends up meeting me halfway, and the first words out of his mouth are “so while Nathan and I are ATV’ing, I booked an appointment for a massage…
The morning we were getting to Santorini, had me so excited. This is one place you see in pictures so often, you need to experience it for yourselves! I’d been now waiting two years for this opportunity! We ate breakfast at about 7:00, and right from there headed to get our tender tickets. In reality,…
Every week when we go to our local grocery store, there are vacation flyers always available. There are different trips through each grocery store – whether they are bus trips, two day weekend getaways, or short to long cruises. The kids have gotten so used to us grabbing one to look at, they started doing…
Marcotte in Europe 