With a new year, comes new goals, but more specifically for today, travel goals! You can bet that I already have a list of places I would really like to visit before we leave Germany this summer, but I am also slowly starting to fill in plans for when we get back to the states.… Continue reading New Year, New Adventures: Setting Travel Goals for 2024
Happy Boxing day from Beautiful Bavaria! As I sit here and try to put the finishing setup touches on my 2024 planner, It shocks me to say that our time here in Germany will be ending this summer. The Army has spoken, and we'll be moving back to the states in 2024 and it's bitter… Continue reading From Germany to…
Plzeň, Česká Republika 🇨🇿 With winter being here, I figured it was about time for me to start sharing the adventures we had almost a year ago, so that people can get ideas of what to do on a day the weather warms up and the skies are clear. Last February, AJ and I decided… Continue reading Day Trip to Pilsen, Czech Republic
Praha, Česká Republika Let me start with saying that Czech is the country most visited by us outside of Germany, which caused us to do some extensive research in order to make this visit special since we would be there over Christmas. Our search options told us that although majority of European Christmas markets close… Continue reading Prague, Czech Republic – Christmas 2022
Unfortunately, most of last year's Christmas markets were closed after being open for only a few days (COVID), or they didn't open at all... so it should be no surprise that I wanted to hit the ground running this year! Well at least as much as working full time allowed for... Amberg First on our… Continue reading Christmas Markets – 2022
With the year coming to an end, I have had some time to reflect on my favorite purchases that have left their mark in our home, or become one of my go to's for trips. Check them out -- and let me know what you think! Amazon in general has been an absolute life saver… Continue reading Jacklyn’s Best Buys of 2022
When it comes to holidays and Germany, everyone almost always brings up Christmas Markets in Germany! Lucky for us, we love a good reason to get out and explore and I LOVE all things Christmas so this was something I was especially looking forward to this holiday season. Usually the markets open the later half… Continue reading [German] Christmas Markets – 2021
We're at just under two months at this point living in Germany and we still can't believe it. While we really didn't have ultimate say in almost anything, and we encountered more than one curve ball to say the least, we're in a pretty good spot after being up in the air for a while… Continue reading Two Months in Deutschland, 34 more to go!
Beautiful early November sky - CHECK. Weekend off - CHECK. Day trip Destination Picked - CHECK. AJ was in Virginia for a class last fall that lasted a month. While the class was crazy demanding, we were able to schedule a few days late birthday celebration for AJ! I drove up to Fort Lee from… Continue reading Colonial Williamsburg, VA
What a day in Charlotte, NC looked like during a pandemic. #Oktoberfest