A Gondola Ride in Venice? That’s Amore!
The first time I went to Venice, Italy, I didn’t take a gondola ride. It seemed like a rip-off, and we took a private water taxi on the...
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Stopping for One of the World’s First Traffic Lights
Sometimes, we see things so often in our everyday lives that we don’t even stop to think about them. Take a traffic light. It’s something...
A Huge Surprise at the Tiny Mona Lisa
It’s quite possibly one of the most famous “things” in all of the world. It’s not just definitively THE most famous painting in the...
Lake Como and the House Where Vader Slept
I must admit, the one day I visited Lake Como was the only day it rained during a three-week vacation in Italy. It only rained in the...
A 'Triomphe'-ant View in Paris
In the movies, scenes set in Paris often show a character opening the windows and revealing a sight of the Eiffel Tower looming over the...
Staring Down Stairs for a New Perspective
I'm mesmerized by travel. My motto is to do as much as you can, whenever and wherever you have the opportunity to do it. And I don't mean...
A Unique View of the Sistine Chapel
Did you ever wonder what the OUTSIDE of famous places look like? Sure, we all know what the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican...
Take Me Back There to Cinque Terre
There are some places in the world that don’t seem real. Most people visit three cities in Italy…Rome, Florence, and Venice. But those...
The House That (Viennese) Opera Built
I’ve played the piano since I was five, and the violin since I was eight. So visiting Vienna during a trip to Central and Eastern Europe...
Leanings and Learnings in Pisa
There are some places in the world that can make a person seem uneducated, or naive, or just plain unknowledgeable. One example is seeing...
Learning a Drinking Tradition's Origin in Prague
Have you ever traveled to a place that looked more like a fantasyland out of a theme park? That's how I felt in Prague in the Czech...
Just Another Day at the Mall in Krakow, Poland
I knew very little about Krakow, Poland, before I went there. While planning my trip, I learned that it was where Oskar Schindler's...
Climbing St. Peter's
A tour of the Vatican can take most of the day, and it is absolutely worth it. When there, the grottos underneath the main floor of St....
With Great Power Comes Great...Weight?
Madrid's main square of Plaza Mayor, much like Times Square in New York City, has its share of interesting characters. And I mean literal...
Gates of History
I spent hours at the Brandenburg Gate. It was my first stop in Berlin (after the TV Tower for a bird's eye view of the city I had wanted...
The City of Lights, Indeed
The best fireworks display I've ever experienced was in Paris on Bastille Day. But it was more than the fireworks themselves that left...
Even Dysfunctional Families Had Castles
On the Rhine River, staying in an old castle is a must. Not an old castle with a new hotel stuck onto the side of it, but staying in the...
We Want the Local Beer!
My friends and I had just hiked the ruins of a German castle on the Rhine River, and we couldn't wait to grab a nice beer. Settling in to...
A Throne Loan in Spain
On the last day of a week-long trip to Madrid, Spain, we were just ending a day trip to Segovia. During the drive back to Madrid, we...
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