

Fun in Florence - Part One
Italy, and the spring, and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. – Bertrand Russell After my first...


Sunshine & Coastline
This was my second time visiting Italy, but the first time for my mother and my husband. We planned out a week and a half long trip...


Ambiance in Amboise
This was the day of Châteaux! After staying in a lovely bed and breakfast, my mother and I originally planned on visiting 4 different...


Château on the Cher
There are at least a dozen amazing châteaux in the Loire Valley of France. So for our three days traveling through the Valley, we were...


Blue Waters of Brittany
After days upon days of cloudy skies and misty rain, it was so rejuvenating to head to the west and experience a beautiful, sunny drive...


Northbound to Normandy
I have always dreamed of visiting the beautiful old city of Mont Saint-Michel, and was ecstatic for an opportunity to finally visit the...


Monet's Gardens
After ogling the beautiful Nymphéas paintings by Claude Monet at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, it was rather exciting to make our...


Parisian Rain
The first stop on our European Summer: France Edition was, of course, Paris. My mother had flown back from Washington State to Germany...


Winter Wonderland
Our next morning in Garmisch we woke up to a fresh blanket of snow and spots of blue sky with sunshine as the fog rolled out. After...


Top of the World
For my 26th birthday, we took a trip to Garmisch-Partenkirchen on the southern border of Germany. Blanketed with fresh snow, the peaks...