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Category: Europe

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HUMANITY: U Fleků

Posted on March 3, 2020

By: MJ + PJ Before we started this adventure we talked to others, hearing insights about all sorts of things from those who had traveled.…

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Concentration Camps: Insights Into Vulnerability

Posted on March 3, 2020

By: MJ + PJ The background on this post is this: While in Munich, our Sandeman’s tour guide had explained that children could not go…

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Part Two – Outside of Prague

Posted on March 3, 2020

By: MJ + PJ Because of the vast number of things we saw over our nine days in the Czech Republic, we had to split…

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PHOTOS: The Czech Republic, Regional Areas – April 2019

Posted on March 3, 2020

By: MJ + PJ We took a look at Bohemia after Bavaria, continuing our exploration of the beauty, variety and chaos of the middle of…

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Part One – The City of Prague

Posted on March 3, 2020

By: MJ + PJ Heading north from Austria, we planted ourselves for another nine day stay. It is an ideal period of time – we…

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PHOTOS: The Czech Republic, City of Prague – April 2019

Posted on March 3, 2020

By: MJ + PJ We took a look at Bohemia after Bavaria, continuing our exploration of the beauty, variety and chaos of the middle of…

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PHOTOS: Germany April 2019

Posted on November 3, 2019

By: MJ + PJ While we spent a whole day crossing Germany in a train to get to Austria, we only had two action packed…

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GERMANY: A Tasty Look at Bavaria.

Posted on November 3, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Since we were staying near the German border while in Salzburg, we decided to spend a few days in Germany. It’s…

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AUSTRIA: The Ultimate Variety Pack

Posted on November 2, 2019

By: MJ + PJ We were surprised at the diversity of things to see and do in the Salzburg area. Take a look at our…

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PHOTOS: Austria – April 2019

Posted on November 2, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Stopping at Salzburg on the western border region of Austria, we were able to explore beautiful Bavaria for about 8 days.…

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Volkenhalte: THE NETHERLANDS!

Posted on September 13, 2019

By: MJ + PJ See our photos of this fabulous country here – PHOTOS: The Netherlands. It isn’t far to the Netherlands from Belgium, so…

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PHOTOS: The Netherlands – March 2019

Posted on September 13, 2019

By MJ + PJ There is so much to see in Europe! To read more about what we saw and did during our exploration of…

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BELGIUM: Indulgent Fun

Posted on August 17, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Check out more of our photos from Belgium HERE! You’d think that the rest of our train ride to Belgium would…

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PHOTOS: Belgium – March 2019

Posted on August 17, 2019

By: MJ + PJ People rave about Belgium for some good reasons. We headed there to test out these reasons. This album has ~140 photos.…

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SPAIN: Barcelona on a Boat!

Posted on August 3, 2019

By: MJ + PJ There was a lot to see – check out our Barcelona photos here! Taking a high speed train through eastern Spain…

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PHOTOS: Barcelona – March 2019

Posted on August 3, 2019

By: MJ + PJ We had about 1500 photos from Barcelona that we had to cull down to something reasonable, which was ~170 photos. Talk…

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Europe by Train – The Eurail Pass

Posted on July 18, 2019

By: MJ + PJ This post is a guide to and reflection on the use of a Eurail Pass to travel in Europe for extended…

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BUCKET LIST: Month Twelve

Posted on July 7, 2019

By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Twelve – Italy, Switzerland, France, and Cambodia (May 2nd to June 1st, 2019) Made it! 12 months, 52 weeks,…

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PHOTOS: Madrid and El Escorial – March 2019

Posted on June 20, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Returning to where we had started our honeymoon a decade ago, we hit Madrid hard over three days and still had…

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SPAIN: Madrid

Posted on June 20, 2019

By: MJ + PJ On the first days of our honeymoon here a decade ago, we had stayed at a small hotel called the Francisco…

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HUMANITY: A Greek Night Out

Posted on June 17, 2019

By: MJ + PJ On this adventure we have had a few truly exceptional expriences as a family. These were occasionas where we were all…

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PHOTOS: Andalusia Spain – March 2019

Posted on June 2, 2019

By: MJ + PJ While we had seen other parts of Spain, we had not seen the heart of Andalusia that beats in Seville, nor…

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SPAIN: Andalusia – Seville and Cadiz

Posted on June 2, 2019

By: MJ + PJ We had Visited Spain on our honeymoon, and wanted to bring AJ to see some of the things we had seen,…

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BUCKET LIST: Month Eleven

Posted on May 3, 2019

By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Eleven – Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Greece and Italy (April 2nd to May 1st, 2019) In covering five countries…

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HUMANITY: People of Porto

Posted on April 24, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Usually it takes a few days for us to get a feel for how locals interact with each other and with…

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PHOTOS: Portugal – February 2019

Posted on April 24, 2019

By: MJ + PJ We had a lot of fun in Portugal, as you can probably tell from our post about our time there PORTUGAL:…

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PORTUGAL: Heart Is Where the Home Is?

Posted on April 24, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Flying from Tunis via Paris, we arrived in Porto. We had noticed by this stage of this travel game that every…

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VIDEO: AJ’s Favorite Places #7

Posted on April 16, 2019

By: AJ This is a video of AJ’s stuffed animals discussing some of his favorite places from month SEVEN of our adventure in the United…

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BUCKET LIST: Month Ten

Posted on April 10, 2019

By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Ten – Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, & Austria (March 2nd to April 1st, 2019) After exiting Portugal at the turn…

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El Escorial Revisited

Posted on April 8, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Sometimes you visit a place and it just doesn’t work out as planned for whatever reason. This post looks back on…

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PHOTOS: Scotland – January 2019

Posted on March 29, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Is was a chilly but fun visit to the far north of the United Kingdom. We spent our entire time there…

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SCOTLAND: Harry Bobby and the Cobblestone Close*

Posted on March 29, 2019

By: MJ + PJ A ferry took us across the Irish Sea from Belfast, where we connected with a regional bus in Cairnryan. This took…

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PHOTOS: Northern Ireland – January 2019

Posted on March 24, 2019

By: MJ + PJ We had a quick visit to Northern Ireland, staying in Belfast but visiting some iconic places nearby. This album has ~100…

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NORTHERN IRELAND: Belfast and Beyond

Posted on March 24, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Taking a train north we were able to see some of the coast, regional towns, and farmlands along the way. A…

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PHOTOS: Ireland – January 2019

Posted on March 17, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Ireland was as green as they say, and as green as any photo you’ve ever seen of the country. There’s a…

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IRELAND: It’s the Craic!

Posted on March 17, 2019

By: MJ + PJ If you can read this post with an Irish accent, that’d be great. Ok now. Where to begin? It was a…

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ENGLAND: Winter But Wonderful

Posted on March 16, 2019

By: MJ + PJ To help with reducing your initial confusion upon arriving, heads up on the following nuances of the United Kingdom: On Sunday,…

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PHOTOS: England – December 2018

Posted on March 16, 2019

By: MJ + PJ We showed up in England at the start of December, intending to stay a week or two on our way to…

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HUMANITY: Flamenco!

Posted on March 4, 2019

By: MJ + PJ We had seen flamenco dancing before, but we were not expecting what we experienced on our arrival in Seville. The reason…

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BUCKET LIST: Month Nine

Posted on March 1, 2019

By MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Nine – Tunisia and Portugal (February 2nd to March 1st 2019) We had a few days in Twickenham and…

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FERMENTED TABLES: Salt Horse

Posted on February 12, 2019

By: MJ + PJ Serendipity is sometimes a royal flush. MJ had picked up a free community copy of The Skinny a few days prior,…

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BUCKET LIST: Month Eight

Posted on February 9, 2019

By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Eight – United Kingdom and Ireland (January 2nd to February 1st 2019) After heading back into London for a…

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BUCKET LIST: Month Seven

Posted on January 9, 2019

By: MJ + PJ BUCKETED: Month Seven – South America & United Kingdom (December 2nd, 2018 to January 1st, 2019) We exited South America on…

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