Andrew’s friend James had contacted us about going to Norway to surprise their Swedish chef friend Tobias in September. Tobias was most likely going to take a job in Switzerland soon so this was probably going to be his last … Continue reading
Category Archives: Europe
Avignon, Entrechaux, etc. – July 2019
This July we took the train down to Avignon to meet our friends Margaret & Guillaume. We visited the Saint-Bénézet Bridge (also known as Pont d’Avignon) which is listed as an Unesco World Heritage Site. This bridge was built in … Continue reading
Amsterdam – August 2018
In August we found ourselves back in Amsterdam. It is definitely a change to visit in the summer rather than the winter. We hadn’t initially planned on visiting again so soon and our visit was supposed to serve a different … Continue reading
Montenegro & Albania – July 2018
Time for official summer holidays! Over the last 4 years, I’m sure it seems that we’re always on holiday. It’s not exactly true, but we are trying to take advantage while we are able to do so. Who knows how … Continue reading
Spain – June 2018
We took the overnight bus from Paris to Bilbao, Spain. I know we had vowed to never take the overnight bus again, but I wanted to save some money so here we are. We were better prepared this time with … Continue reading
Paris (January-July 2018)
January 2018 We started off the New Year with Andrew’s version of black eyed peas and by the looks of it we were catching up on Top Chef. For dinner on New Year’s Day, we had champagne, foie gras, and … Continue reading
UK (London, Woodcote, Oxford, & Wallingford) – May 2018
We took a short trip to the UK to visit some friends of mine that I had met in California while volunteering at the bay. We were also going to meet up with some friends that had just moved to … Continue reading
Paris (August 2017 – December 2017)
August 2017 We went to Caprice Café to celebrate Keri’s birthday. It was our first time seeing Donna perform and the birthday girl also got up there for a song (or two or three). We made a mental note that … Continue reading
Stockholm – December 2017
We had thought about going home for the holidays this year, but for many reasons we decided that it would not be the best decision for us. Instead we decided to brave the cold in Stockholm. It really wasn’t as … Continue reading
Scotland – September 2017
Scotland has to be one of our favorite places that we have visited so far. It was beautiful and the people were so nice. I know that can easily be said about many places and I’m sure it’s true, but … Continue reading