After a four hour flight from Munich, we arrived in Iceland. Iceland was the icing on the cake of our travels (see what I did there?) When discussing when and where we would fly home from, we discovered that flight prices dramatically drop from August to September and that if we took Icelandic Air, weContinue reading “Iceland and the Final Days of Our Grand Adventure: Part 1”
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Burghausen Castle
Jess, you’ve been back in the states for months now, why has it taken you so long to finish up your European adventure posts (you may be asking)? Well, it’s the darnedest thing. After having been able to live in another world with just myself and my favorite person, far away from the normal stressorsContinue reading “Burghausen Castle”
Regensburg Part 2: Walhalla
On our last day in Regensburg we decided to take the hour bus ride to Walhalla. A replica of the ancient Greek Parthanon (we saw the original a few months earlier in Athens…and another replica in Nashville some years back). Set upon the banks of the Danube, Walhalla serves as a hall of fame forContinue reading “Regensburg Part 2: Walhalla”
Adventures in Germany: Regensburg
After a jam packed day in Munich, we were off to Regensburg. Oh, the fabled Regensburg. Just a few months prior, we had never heard of Regensburg. While traveling through Italy with my mother-in-law, Marie, back in May, she struck up a conversation with a German fellow during a cable car ride in Rapallo. SheContinue reading “Adventures in Germany: Regensburg”
Return to Germany: Munich
During our time in Spain and throughout our subsequent travels, people usually thought I was German. I’m pale, I’m tall, I’m a big-boned gal who likes to drink beer, so, I get it. Upon our return to Germany (after we visited friends near Frankfurt in August), Phil kept jokingly telling me we were finally inContinue reading “Return to Germany: Munich”
Bulgaria’s Love of Coffee Vending Machines. Who knew?
When we first arrived in Bulgaria, I began to notice coffee vending machines. I didn’t think too much of it initially as we have seen similar machines occasionally during our travels, typically in a train or bus station. As we traveled around, however, I began to see more and more coffee vending machines; sometimes rightContinue reading “Bulgaria’s Love of Coffee Vending Machines. Who knew?”
Bulgaria Part 3: Sofia
Our train from Plovdiv to Sofia was delayed by an hour for reasons I am still unsure of. Phil and I sat on the hot train and waited and waited. We didn’t know what the hold up was. The steady stream of announcements, in Bulgarian, on the train station’s loud speaker were, of course, uselessContinue reading “Bulgaria Part 3: Sofia”
Bulgaria Part 2: Plovdiv
We left Veliko Tarnovo via train and headed to Plovdiv, our next Bulgarian destination. We had a private coach for the duration of our five hour ride. It was by far the most luxurious we had been in. We paid the extra $6 to ride in first class and it was well worth it. WeContinue reading “Bulgaria Part 2: Plovdiv”
Bulgaria, Part 1: Veliko Tarnovo
Phil and I said goodbye to Bucharest and boarded the seven-hour train to Veliko Tarnovo, our first stop in Bulgaria. We shared a four-person coach with two German travelers (not traveling together) who were both heading to Istanbul. Compared to their eighteen-hour train ride, seven seemed like a breeze. Over the trip, while we didn’tContinue reading “Bulgaria, Part 1: Veliko Tarnovo”
Bucharest: A Diamond in the Rough. Part 2
You can read part 1 of my travels in Bucharest here. The day after Phil and I visited Cismigiu Park, we headed over to the Parliamentary Palace, truly a site to behold. The Palace is one of the largest government buildings in the world, with 1,100 rooms and 3,930,000 sq ft; only the Pentagon isContinue reading “Bucharest: A Diamond in the Rough. Part 2”
Jess Barrington: American in Spain 