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San Juan & Quepos, Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Travel date: June 30, 2024 We are in Costa Rica this week to celebrate Ken’s mom’s 80th birthday with family. Our flight left Dulles at 3am yesterday morning. This is an absurd hour to travel.…
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Photo Essay: Salzburg & Munich 🇦🇹 🇩🇪
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 Salzburg & Munich: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Austrian and German Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks situation (alcoholic and not). I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is…
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Berchtesgaden Travel Day: Lederhosen, Nazi History, and Schnaps with the Locals 🇩🇪
We are visiting Berchtesgaden today. But first, shopping. 🇩🇪 Surprise Purchase: Ken Buys Lederhosen Doing ALL the last minute shopping this morning. Ken is somewhat relieved bc I already own most of the Bavarian stuff.…
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Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
Travel date: May 5, 2024 We only got on the wrong train once today. The German police boarded our train this morning, clearly looking for someone. Relieved when it wasn’t us. Showing Haydee and Doug…
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Almbachklamm, Germany 🇩🇪
Travel date: May 4, 2024 Hiking in the Bavarian Alps today. I am wearing my adventure pants – ready for sportsing. But first, we had to navigate the city bus to Almbachklamm, Germany. Bus was…
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Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹
Travel date: May 3, 2024 Rain, rain, rain. Had planned to go hiking today, but had to pivot. This morning’s task was figuring out our German washing machine, which, btw, is also a dryer, and…
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Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹
Travel date: May 2, 2024 Europe is open again today, so on a fairly urgent hunt for toilet paper. Note: Ken and Doug left the apartment this morning looking like this. Walked to the other…
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Travel Notes from Austria: Closed Shops, Sparkling Apple Juice, and a Surprise Biergarten Connection
Traveling in Salzburg – some not related to my post about Mauthausen things from today. ☀️ When Europe Is Closed and You’re Running on Granola Remember how I said Europe is closed today? It’s May…
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Photo Essay: Pieces of Mauthausen
I felt like our trip to Mauthausen deserved a separate photo essay. I made an editorial decision, and put all of the photos in black and white. Color just didn’t feel right. Also: I chose…
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Mauthausen, Austria 🇦🇹
Travel date: May 1, 2024 Today is May Day in Europe. Basically, Europe is closed. I think we are celebrating summer equinox and worker’s rights. All the towns put up a huge maypole, and then…
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A Warm Day in Salzburg: Castles, Café Culture, Schnaps & a Mozart Encounter
Exploring Salzburg today, and it’s kinda warm! 😓 Unanticipated sweating. But First, Breakfast Cafe Tomaselli for breakfast. Got some side-eye from the stern waiter when I ordered Weisswurst. Pretty sure he thought: Does she know…