Party of 6

On our crash tour of Europe, taking our friends around, we visited some of our favorite European cities; Koln, Brussels, Paris, and Prague. On our road trip we went to Alsace, France in the town of Ribeauville. There are three castle ruins called Les Trois de Ribeauville. The most preserved of the 3 was Chateau…

I am very grateful we had the opportunity to visit and experience Christmas markets in several European cities. And yes, we now have a lot of new cups/mugs. Our first Christmas market was in our (current) hometown of Wiesbaden, Germany. The next market we visited was in Frankfurt, Germany. Our next market came after we…

We spent a day exploring more of Athens. We made a pit stop at a cafe as we walked towards Athens and took in views of the Parthenon. The first place we went to check out was the National Observatory of Athens. Next we visited Athens Ancient Agora. Inside the Ancient Agora is the Temple…

We started our day driving towards Delphi, Greece. We made a stop at Moka Honey and I am so glad we did. We did a tour with the company that was absolutely amazing. We sat down at a table and he told us all about the bee anatomy, life cycle, and the bee colony. We…

We traveled to Kalambaka in Thessaly, central Greece. Here we discovered absolutely breathtaking scenery and monasteries built on sandstone cliffs. There are 6 remaining monasteries that can be visted that are collectively called the Meteora Monasteries. In Greek the word meteora means “suspended in air.” We visited all of them and went into 5 (one…

We headed to the coast of Greece to a thermal lake called Lake Vauliagmeni full of minerals. It’s warm water and minerals provide a therapeutic experience. A crazy part of the lake was it had a fish called Garra rufa. They normally feed on algae and zooplankton, however they also eat dead skin. When you…

Up, up, and away. Seeing and hearing the Greek language on the plane was pretty wild. There are orange trees everywhere, which was just cool to see. They next day after a refreshing night’s sleep we headed out to explore many ancient Greek sites in Athens, Greece. We started our day with a new treat…

We picked two towns in Belgium to explore and of course try their waffles and chocolate. The first town was Brugge and possibly one of the prettiest we have visited in Europe. We walked their streets and tried waffles at Otto’s. Next up was Brussels, the capital of Belgium. We headed to the Grote Markt…

We continued our trip in northern coastal France in the town of Dunkirk.  A town in which a famous mission took place in 1940 near the beginning of WWII. We started on the beach where you can see shipwrecked boats from the Dunkirk mission during low tide. We then went to the Dunkrik mesuem to…

Mont-St-Michel is a town on an island in Normandy, France leaving you awestruck in the architecture and beauty. The town can be seen for miles. We walked around the narrow  streets and steep stairs. We visited the most prominent building on the island, the Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel. We learned that an abbey is a religious…