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🇪🇪 A Taste of Tallinn: A Walking Food Tour
Still BRRRR today, but calmer winds. Quick stroll through the flower market to get my blood moving – my Estonian mittens have paid for themselves already on this trip. One of the best ways to…
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🇪🇪 Exploring Tallinn: History and Architecture Highlights
We are exploring Tallinn today. Went on a 2-1/2 hour walking history tour this am. Our guide, Jonas, is an archaeology and history teacher, originally from Iceland, but married to an Estonian. He was a…
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🇪🇪 First Impressions of Tallinn: Cold Temps, Impossible Language & Warm Bread
On the move today. Early morning flight from Munich to Tallinn, Estonia – new country for all of us! First impression of Tallinn: BRRRRR. It’s cold and windy. Was not expecting it to be glove…
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🇩🇪 A Perfect Day in Munich: Weißwurst, Whiskey, and Family Traditions
Bavaria ordered perfect weather for us to enjoy the day in Munich. Slept on and off and on and off and on and off for 11 hours. Much needed, if broken, sleep. Traditional Bavarian Breakfast…
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🇩🇪 Jet Lag Day in Munich: Walk, Eat, Drink. Repeat.
Grüß Gott, Munich! It’s zombie day, aka jet lag day in Munich. You gotta pay the travel tax. Trying to stay awake until after dinner. Right after dinner. In advance of a trip to the…
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📸 Lens-Artists Challenge #344 – Abandoned
This is my entry into the Lens-Artists Challenge, a weekly photography challenge on WordPress. In this week’s challenge, Anne from Slow Shutter Speed challenges us to: tell and show us your thoughts on abandonment. Huzzah!…
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🍷 God Save the Spritz: A Short History of the Spritz Family
I’ve posted a few times about my love of German Radlers (think: shandy), and spritzers like the Spanish Tinto de Verano – henceforth to be known as The Spritz Family. And I’ve been a little…
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✈️ Vacation Re-Entry: Time to Pay the Travel Tax
We’ve been traveling for the past couple of weeks. A trip to Munich (always a homecoming of sorts for us) and the Baltic States with my dad, my brother, and my brother’s husband. And now…
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🍿 The Highlight Real – Trazodone: A Cautionary Tale
Often when we travel, we have a “real” experience or interaction (good or bad) that just sticks with us. And because I keep my on-the-go travelogues to 2,000 characters or less, I don’t have room…
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📸 🇪🇸 Photo Essay: Spain
I take a lot of pictures when we travel. A LOT of pictures. Probably approaching an annoying amount of pictures. But when I post them, I try to curate. I choose the top 10-15 photos…
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🍷 🇪🇸 What to Drink in Seville: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Spanish Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks (alcoholic and not) situation. I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is…
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🇪🇸 Shooting & Sherry: I Shot My First Red-Legged Partridge
A glorious day of shooting with Delaney & Sons in Spain today. I shot my first red-legged partridge, drank some sherry, froze my ass off, and drank some more sherry. Bought Ken a beautiful Spanish…