Zaanse Schans is just a short day trip from Amsterdam and this well preserved town feels like an open-air museum full of traditional Dutch handicrafts and culture. I felt like I was on sensory overload when I stepped off the bus and took in my first view of the village. This was exactly how we […]
Race Car Driver for a Day at Nurburgring
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am a car fanatic. Last fall I was able to visit the Paris Auto Show and fell in love with the Subaru BRZ. For those of you who don’t know, the car was a joint effort by both Toyota and Subaru. In Europe it’s called the […]
Wine Wednesday: Dutch Wine
As wine lovers, one of our favorite things to do is seek out unique wines or wine-related experiences. So imagine my excitement when I learned that The Netherlands produces Dutch wine! There are actually over 200 vineyards in The Netherlands, though most producers are very small and make wine as a hobby. I visited Wijnhoeve […]
Flying High at the Sinsheim Car and Technology Museum
I was driving back to Italy last week and drove by a museum in Sinsheim, Germany and was immediately interested when they had a Concorde on the roof of it. It just happened I was headed back to Germany the next week, so I made a point to plan my drive up so I could […]
A Humbling Visit to Dachau Concentration Camp
We’ve driven by the sign for Dachau Concentration Camp numerous time over the four years we’ve lived in Europe. Usually we are on the way to and from somewhere when the camp is closed. Well, I made a point this trip to plan my day so I could visit Dachau. All was going well this […]
The Best Little Swedish Village You Never Heard Of
In Lapland, the Torne River divides (or in the winter, unites) Finland and Sweden. The villages of Kukkola lay on both sides of the Tome River: Kukkola, Finland and Kukkolaforsen, Sweden. Our travel schedules are often so hectic, that we were more than thrilled to spend a relaxing day getting to know the quiet little […]
Suomenlinna: Castle of Finland
Located at the entrance to Helsinki’s harbor, Suomenlinna was built in the second half of the 18th century by Sweden for the purpose of serving as the main base of Sweden’s armed forces that were stationed in Finland. Suomenlinna was originally named Sveaborg, its Swedish name, and changed names to Viapori when Russia occupied it […]
Foodie in Finland
Local fish and game play a prominent – and delicious – role in Lappish cuisine. Lappish cuisine features many unique ingredients found only in the sparkling clear waters, the forests, and the bogs of the north. Lappish cuisine lives according to the season and is very much based on the natural resources available. Many traditional […]
Oulu Market Hall at Market Square
Oulu Market Hall has been an important part of the Market Square for over 100 years. Located at the sea front, the Market Square has and continues to be a popular meeting place for locals. The famous Market Square Policeman statue, erected in honor of the policeman that once patrolled the square and kept order, […]
Up Close with Arctic Animals at Ranua Wildlife Park
Arctic animals are ones many of us will never see in the wild in our lifetimes. My very first experience with Arctic animals was at Ranua Wildlife Park in Arctic Finland. I first visited in December 2011 during Finland’s Polar night, when the sun just barely rises above the horizon. Winter at Ranua Wildlife Park […]
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