What is it about a place that compels us call it romantic?
Romantic Europe: 10 Special Places in My Heart
Christmas in Europe: Dazzling Markets and Rich Traditions
If Only in My Dreams My favorite places in Europe to kick off the Christmas season Come along and dream with me about Christmases past and those to come. My first time: England Christmas in London I’ll never forget our first European Christmas experience in London. We enthusiastically soaked up…
Reflections on River Cruising
To cruise or not to cruise — reflections on our Viking cruise on the Danube River
Celebrating the Holidays on the Danube
10 Instagram highlights of our Viking River Cruises journey on the Danube during the Christmas season.
Best of Budapest: Spa in the City
Nicknamed “City of Spas” because of its abundance of natural thermal springs, Budapest has had public baths since the Romans first built them there. Almost any list of top things to do in the city has a visit to a Budapest spa in the top five.
5 Reasons I Went Back: Budapest Highlights
Just nine months after our first visit to Budapest, I was compelled to go back, longing to revisit Budapest highlights we experienced before and to check out others that we had missed.
From Budapest and Prague: Singing in the New Year
By Mr. TWS — There were so many things that made our 2013 Christmas markets tour memorable – visiting 3 cities (Bratislava, Budapest and Prague) in 3 countries in Europe just before Christmas, sharing the spirit of the season with friends and family in Wisconsin and Chicago…
Our 2013 Christmas Markets Tour
As I write this post, I’m with family in northern Wisconsin in a small town along the border of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan — Marinette. Yesterday, I came across Santa Claus (possibly the real Santa?) on Main Street. He couldn’t tell me any details, but said that he’d be headed overseas today.