Can you really do London in 48 hours?? Yes, you can! Obviously, you can’t do everything. But you can actually hit most of the major highlights even if you only have 2 days or a weekend. London is the absolute best stopover city! If you are flying British Airways from the U.S. then you can fly directly to Heathrow and…
Category: Europe
Madrid: A Weekend In The Vibrant Spanish Capital
How do you even begin to choose a place to visit in Spain? Rich culture and history run deep in every Spanish city and village, making it very hard to decide which destinations to include in your trip! If you’ve only got a few days and you want to see as much as possible in that time, I recommend going…
Normandy Pt. 3: Visiting Mont Saint-Michel
Visiting Mont Saint-Michel felt like stepping into a time machine and being tossed out of the portal into the Middle Ages. It’s over a THOUSAND years old. Actually, closer to about 1,200 years old! The fortress evolved over several hundreds of years, but dates back to the 8th century. The only other placed I’ve traveled to that is even close…
Normandy Pt. 2: Visiting the D-Day Beaches
If you’ve seen shows like ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘Saving Private Ryan’ then you might already have a picture of Normandy in your mind. D-Day was a World War II turning point for Allied troops in the effort toward taking back France from German control and eventually ending the war, changing the course of history. Visiting such a place was…
Normandy Pt. 1 – Traveling the Northern Coast of France
I feel very blessed to say that I have traveled pretty abundantly in my 32 years. Up until this year, I had been to 38 states, Mexico, Canada, and a few Caribbean island nations. But in January (2019) my husband and I finally made the journey across the pond to Europe for the first time. Then in April, we went…
Highclere Castle: How To Visit The Real Downton Abbey
Hey there, fellow Downton Abbey fans! Chances are that if you are reading this, you are a Crawley Family aficionado. So let me ask you, what’s the first image that pops into your head when you hear the words “Downton Abbey?” Raise your hand if it’s one of the hundreds of scenes featuring the glorious and centuries old structure that…