It seems every year around this time, I put up a similar post: Goals for the upcoming year. Why should this one be any different?? Trips for 2019: Washington, D.C. Cape Cod A trip on the Danube River Other “travel” goals for 2019: Knock off 10 new local museums Go to the Falconry place Hug a penguin in CT Eat a pretzel in Munich’s Beer Garden again. Climb to the top of Bennington Monument in VT Maybe find my way…
New York is many things, especially a freezing cold town in February. Updates here have been few and far between, but that is partially because there have been a lot of trips taken. Not sure how professionals do this, but I’ve been on the move this year. First up was New York City. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries sheWith silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming…
The Lisboa CardĀ (a.k.a. the Lisbon Card) is LisbonĀ“s official city travel card. However, is it worth getting for your trip to Portugal? Like many other major cities, Lisbon has jumped on the bandwagon and created their own city card. The goal of this card is to provide visitors with discounts and museums or shops with visitors, which seems like a win-win, right? The first thing to do with a card like this is to do math, horrible, I know! However,…
Woot! We just booked our hotel and flights for our 2nd honeymoon. A few years ago, we combined a friend’s wedding on the Big Island with a trip to Kauai and Oahu. During that trip, we got epic sunburns, saw turtles, jumped off of giant cliffs, dodged not one but TWO hurricanes, and visited the USS ARIZONA. It was amazing. However, this time around we are going to actually spend time on the Big Island. A lot of people talk…
Sunflowers are one of the last types to bloom and definitely are a herald of summer’s last days. Cooler weather and early sunsets are on their way! Colby Farm in Newbury, MA has been using these beautiful flowers to make a carpet of yellow every fall for the last 12 years. People travel from all over New England and even the Northeast to catch a glimpse of them! Luckily, this year we had a good amount of rain and pleasant…
Unlike last year, this summer was cool, a bit rainy, and chock full of activities. This year, we managed to find this amazing fish at an antique shack on the Cape See Botticelli’s Venus Collect more shells that I might know what to do with Countless trips on the ferry to and from work Winning tons of tickets at the local arcade Kayaking a bunch of times throughout the state Hiking even more mountains and surviving š Getting one of…
City Discount Cards, are they worth it? Some really donāt seem to be base on the fixed amount of times and places that you can visit.Ā We had heard good and bad things about the Copenhagen Card, but were hopeful that it would work out. Our first attempt to get a discount card did NOT go well. There is a kiosk in the airport by baggage claim, but because we came in on Easter Sunday, there was no one there….
Everyone loves castles, right? Luckily, Denmark has many different options for you to choose from! Just down the street from our hotel (see our review here) was Kogens Have the location of Rosenborg Slot. Slot in Danish means castle! Rosenborg is a lovely renaissance castle with three levels on top of an amazing basement (weāll get to that in a minute). Ā Bags are not allowed into the structure, but there are lockers located in both the ticket area and…
We rarely have weekdays off together, so when they do happen like on Veteranās Day, we try to make the most of them. This year, we went out to the Hudson River Valley to make a visit to the Home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Presidential Library. Usually it costs $18.00 per person to visit both of the buildings, but because of the holiday, there was no charge to get into the National Park Service site. Ā Getting both sites for…
While others might go in search of ghosts during the month of October, we usually can be found in other places…though no less spooky: historic burial grounds and cemeteries. Luckily, New England is chock full of old stones! Ā There are 3 general designs being used during this time period: The winged deathās-head which began as very ornate and then became less elaborate. The winged cherub, which looks like a much more pleasant version of the deathās-head. Finally, somewhere near…
