The smell of mulled wine, gingerbread and roasted chestnuts is in the air at the best European Christmas Markets. Hand-painted ornaments dangle from little wooden huts, scents of sausage waft through the air and the sounds of carolers and horse carriages clacking on cobblestones fill the old town squares. Europe’s Christmas Markets are magical and […]
10 Trips to Take With Your Tax Return
April 15 is fast approaching. It’s a day we all dread, but the IRS reported that 8 in every 10 tax returns filed last year got a refund. And if you got a refund, it was probably a nice chunk of change. The IRS also reported that the average refund amount was $3053. You may […]
10 Reasons to Go to Nuremberg’s Christkindlesmarkt
Christmas markets are absolutely magical. The scents of chestnuts roasting, gingerbread baking, and wine mulling waft through the air. The historical cities that play home to them ooze atmosphere and the chilly and sometimes snowy weather is the perfect excuse to snuggle up with your special someone. I’ve done just that as I’ve dragged Tim […]
Complete Guide to the Ludwigsburg Kürbisausstellung: the World’s Largest Pumpkin Exhibition
Forget pumpkin spice. The arrival of Fall meant more than leaves changing – for me, it was about pumpkin patches, hayrides and steaming mugs of hot apple cider with a cinnamon stick. Long before Starbucks invention of the pumpkin spice latte (that was 2003, in case you’re wondering), I’d wait all year for Furhman’s Cider […]
16 Places to Travel in 2016
As the new year kicks off and you drag yourself back in to the office, you’re no doubt already day dreaming about your next vacation. This year has a lot going on with destinations abroad like Germany celebrating 500 years of the Beer Purity Law and Rio de Janeiro hosting the Summer Olympics. The US’ […]
36 Hours in Regensburg
It’s funny how you end up places sometimes. I’d never heard of Regensburg until several friends sent me pictures of a restaurant called Dombrowski. It was located in a charming square in Regensburg, Germany. I knew nothing else beyond that some town in Germany had a restaurant with the same name as my last name, […]
Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt: The World’s Largest Wine Festival
Time for a confession. Drinking liter after liter of beer while sitting around in a tent with 7500 of my closest friends has about the same appeal to me as eating fried tarantulas in Cambodia. I did it once – the drinking beer, not eating fried tarantulas – and while I’m glad to have experienced […]
Adventure and Wine on the Rheinsteig Trail
The Rheinsteig Trail runs for 320 kilometers from Bonn to Wiesbaden, passing by castles and through vineyards on the east bank of the Rhine River. The perfect combination of adventure and wine, the German National Tourist Office invited me to hike part of the long distance trail to celebrate the Rheinsteig’s 10-year anniversary. Tim is […]
15 Places to Travel in 2015
Each year we look forward to planning our own travels and since we’ve got a community of readers that love to live a life of adventure, just like us, we know you do too! Our 14 places to go in 2014 was such a hit with you all last year, that we’ve once again done […]
4 Northern German Towns That Will Put You in the Christmas Spirit
The Christmas market is one of Germany’s best Christmas traditions and the oldest ones date back to the late Middle Ages. The Christmas market started as a passed down tradition from generation to generation of the farmers from the Nuremberg area bringing their crops to sell at the marketplace during the Advent period. The seasonal […]
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