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.

Castle Trekking: Silesia (Part Two)

Another day, another castle... The first castle today is Siewierz and the tour will end with my favorite of the bunch, Ogrodzieniec.

Ogrodzieniec Castle

Castle Trekking: Silesia (Part One)

This weekend we spent a total of two hours driving to visit five pretty cool castles in the region of Silesia. I'll cover three of them today and follow with the remaining two on Thursday.

Zamek Bedzin (Bedzin Castle)

Katowice: Airshow

Perhaps one of the greatest attributes of life in Katowice is that you just never now what you'll stumble upon.

Katowice Airshow