For spring break, which occurs here around Easter, we set off for a week in Greece. None of us had been before and it was our must see list. My husband’s request was that we roast a lamb. Our daughter wanted to see all the beautiful whitewashed buildings. Come on, did you really go somewhere … More Greece – Beautiful Santorini
When people think of The Netherlands, they undoubtedly think of tulips. Everyone has seen this pictures of huge, multicolored fields. Well, the grand dame of all tulip experiences here is a visit to Keukenhof. This year the park is open March 23 – May 14. Because it is so popular and can get very busy, … More Tulips, Tulips, Everywhere
So I mentioned in my previous entires Adventure Iceland – Part 1 and Adventure Iceland – Part 2, I mentioned our difficulty getting TO Iceland. It was something different, that is for sure. Because we are loyal Star Alliance customers, we try to fly their carriers whenever possible. For this trip that meant taking SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) … More EU Air Passenger Rights
Thanks to flight issues, we lost one day of the trip so we packed a lot into our last two days. Volcanoes Rather than take the 5-6 hour round trip hike to see the Fagradalsfjall volcano, we opted to visit the Raufarhólshellir lava tunnel. This one hour tour takes you through a lava tube formed … More Adventure Iceland – Part 2
Our daughter had the last week off school, so we took the opportunity to head to Iceland to hopefully see the northern lights. Despite growing up in Canada, and doing my share of camping, I had never seen them. Getting there was an adventure, and not the good kind, in itself, but I will save … More Adventure Iceland – Part 1
I have always heard amazing stories about the German Christmas markets, so for our first Christmas here I had to check them out. One of the cities with the most, and reputedly some of the best, markets is Cologne so we headed there first. It didn’t hurt that it was also a 3.5 hour drive. … More German Christmas Markets
Our second adventure came during the fall school break. It is a thing here, and we found out it is in the UK too. There they call it half term. I pulled up cheap flights on Google and let the resident teenager pick – she chose London over Krakow. Someone in my travel club let … More Fall Break in London
One of the best things I have found since I moved here is a ladies travel group. Adventurously Yours was created by a former expat in our community here. She has since moved back to the U.S., but thanks to a wider group it is still alive and thriving. After feeling crappy all summer, I … More Day trip – Haarlem
One of the things we used to sell our daughter on making the move to The Netherlands was the proximity to other places in Europe and the number of places we could see easily on a weekend or a long weekend. This past week, my husband was in Houston for the first time since we … More Weekend in Paris
Red, White and Tulips 