Snapshots of Prague

We've only made a couple short visits to Prague (plus a couple stop-ins for a quick Starbucks fix while en-route to Germany). A very mystical and magnificent city full of Gothic beauty, it just isn't one of my favorites. For as stunning as the city is to view from the Charles Bridge and the Prague Castle, for me the culinary interests are too lacking.

View of Prague

Return Visit: Berlin

The last stop on our Christmas Market Extravaganza was Berlin. I can sum up our Christmas Market journey in short by saying that if there is a city that knows how to put on a market (or over a hundred..) it's Berlin!

Berliner Weihnachtszeit

Christmas Market Tour: Dresden

In the city of Dresden, there are eleven Christmas Markets. We only attended two of them... The market in which we spent the most time was the Dresdner Striezelmarket which was celebrating the 579th anniversary of the first market held in 1434.

Tis the Season

It is Christmas market season - my favorite time of the year here! Last weekend we were in Wroclaw, where there is a beautiful market. A couple of carnival rides for the children, lots of lights and decor, stall upon stall of traditional gifts and to top it all off, a generous amount of traditional fare to choose from along with grzaniec (mulled wine) to finish. You really can't have too much Christmas..!

Grzaniec

Budapest

I have visited Budapest (Hungary) twice now and I would still like to return at least a couple of more times... I would certainly say that out of all the cities that I've spent time in, Budapest is probably my favorite. Certainly probably.

Chain Bridge

A Look at Vienna

I'm still making my way through the overwhelming amount of pictures that I have taken in the past couple of months... As Vienna is just under a four hour drive away, it is one of our frequented places to travel. The food and beer are similar to those of the Bavaria region of Germany (our favorite) and the crisp whiteness of the architecture has an unruffled tranquil feeling. It's my city of contentment.

View of the city from St. Stephen's Cathedral

Snapshots of Norway

This summer we took a trip to Norway where I discovered the most amazing land that I've ever seen, met the most wonderful relatives and spent a lot of time in the rain - it was glorious!

Boat Tour from Stavanger to Preikestolen.