Visitors to Greece and the Cyclades flock to famous islands like Santorini and Mykonos. But with 220 islands making up the Cyclades, there’s plenty of other islands where you can get a more authentic taste of Greek island life than just tourist trodden Santorini. Folegandros, one of the best small Greek islands near Santorini, is far […]
Wine Wednesday: Sunset at Santo Wines Winery
Wine has been produced in Santorini since ancient times, and being one of the only wine regions to escape the grape phylloxera makes Santorini the oldest wine region in the world. We tasted plenty of wine during our trip to Santorini and visited more than half of the wineries on the island! (Okay, so there […]
Tallinn Wool Market
I loved the quaintness of Tallinn’s Old Town and wandering through the fairytale like city, but a girl still likes to shop! I was immediately drawn in to the colorful wool knits in the stalls at the outdoor Tallinn Wool Market. Estonian craftswomen set up shop to sell their hand knitted products in the shadows […]
Tallinn’s Old Town
Like most visitors to Estonia, we arrived in Tallinn via the two hour ferry ride from Helsinki. It was the very last day of our trip to Finland and while I had tried to talk Tim into ferrying over to Estonia for weeks leading up to our trip, he didn’t think we had time. We […]
Wine Wednesday: The World’s Oldest Republic Makes Wine Too
Perched atop a craggy cliff and completely landlocked by Italy, the tiny country of San Marino has stubbornly held on to its independence for centuries. Italians flock to the tiny country because of its tax-free status and tourists just generally want to check another country off their list. It’s probably safe to say that not […]
Rotterdam from the River
Rotterdam is a young city by European standards. The city was essentially obliterated when 1,150 50-kilogram and 158 250-kilogram bombs were dropped during the Rotterdam Blitz on May 14, 1940. Most of the 97 tons of bombs hit and ignited buildings in the heart of the city and uncontrollable fires rapidly spread. The firestorm was […]
What Happens to that Coin You Tossed in the Trevi Fountain?
If you’ve been to Rome, you’ve probably tossed a coin into the Trevi Fountain like thousands of other visitors do every single day. The tradition gained popularity after it was the theme of the 1954 romantic comedy Three Coins in the Fountain, but it started long before the movie. Originally, it was said that a […]
Castelvecchio: The Friuli Winery That Was Once a WWI Battleground
We seemingly find ourselves at a lot of wineries steeped in history, like Faust Wine Cellar in the vast labyrinth system beneath Buda Castle that served as escape routes in the middle ages. But World War I and World War II history feels like current history and Azienda Agricola Castelvecchio Winery served as a glorious […]
Schiopetto Leads the Italian Whites
We drove up the winding road through rolling green hills and vineyards stretching as far as the eye could see to Azienda Agricola Mario Schiopetto, one of the Friuli Venezia Giulia’s leading wineries. Located in the Capriva del Friuli, Schiopetto is also one of the Collio’s historical wineries. Mario Schiopetto started producing highly controversial wines […]
8 Fun Facts about Amsterdam Canals
Alongside wooden clogs, windmills, and tulips, the Amsterdam Canals spring to mind when anyone mentions Holland. A canal cruise along the Amsterdam Canals is undoubtedly the number one attraction and for first time visitors like me, a canal cruise is a great introduction to the city. The Amsterdam Canals also celebrate their 400th birthday in […]
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