EXPLORING THE WORLD
Knowing the weather was not going to be the greatest during our visit to Karlovy Vary, we intentionally chose to
The positive: there are almost zero tourists in Karlovy Vary in early November. The negative: the weather is mostly overcast,
Before concluding our series on Prague we decided to briefly mention those places we visited during our vacation in 2009
Karlštejn is very small town in the middle of nowhere. Okay, it is only about 30 kilometers / 18 miles
Independent Czechoslovak State Day is on October 28, celebrating the country’s declaration of independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.
In 2009, we used Rick Steves’ Prague & The Czech Republic to plan our day-to-day activities. Not this trip. We
Of all the places we visited in Prague, perhaps none was more eagerly anticipated by Stephanie than Zoo Praha. We
We were in Prague less than two days before deciding to take off to Český Krumlov for a night. Looking
Pražský Hrad (Prague castle) is a definite must repeat visit for us. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, considered
Well, this ought to be interesting. For the first time we are returning to a city that we visited previously.
Opactwo Benedyktnów (the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec) is located several miles from the center of Kraków, situated on a hill
There was never a discussion about whether to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau Memory Place and Museum while we are in Kraków. It
A week after our visit to Wawel Castle we were back on Wawel hill to visit the Katreda Wawelska (Wawel
Rynek Główny, the largest medieval town square in Europe, is about a 15 to 20 minute walk from our Airbnb
Less than twelve hours into our month-long stay in Kraków, Stephanie turned to me and simply said “good vibes.” I
Our summer road trip took us through Columbia, South Carolina, so we had to check out Congaree National Park. We
While in south Florida we took a short detour into Everglades National Park for half a day. It helped that
During our final week in Rome we largely took it easy, but did venture to a few of the remaining
Tourist traffic noticeably picked up during our last week in Rome, which we suspect coincided with a lot of spring
This blog post is the second part of our Vatican City experience, exploring Musei Vaticani. If you missed our visit
If you are in Rome you will go to Vatican City at some point. It's inevitable. From our perspective Vatican
There are a lot of churches in Rome (in Naples and Palermo, too). A lot. We made it a priority
Perhaps the only place in Rome as well-known as Vatican City is the Colosseum. It is also, along with the
After arriving at Roma Termini by train from Naples, we hopped on Metro A line and headed to the Cipro