Wednesday December 7th, the fifth day of our Christmas market tour, was mostly taken up with travel.  We again rode by bus. This time riding with a private bus company called RegioJet.  The 5 hour trek from Prague to Vienna was very nice considering it was the cheapest ticket on our whole trip.  As our … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 5 & 6 Vienna & Bratislava →

After Nuremberg, Germany the next stop on our Christmas market tour was Prague, Czech Republic.  To better explore this historic and expansive national capital we stayed two nights.  Even so, when we left on Wednesday December 7th, it still felt like we had only scratched the surface of all Prague had to offer.   On … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 3 & 4 Prague →

On Sunday December 4th our Christmas market tour took us to Nuremberg, Germany.  This walled city in northern Bavaria is home to one of the most visited and most famous Christmas market’s in the world.  It’s interesting to note that both Munich and Nuremberg call their Christmas markets “Christkindlesmarkt“, meaning “Christ child market”, instead of … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 2 Nuremberg →

Winter in Europe is cold and dark (okay, maybe not quite as cold as Minnesota, but everyone else in the world thinks it’s cold…).  Because of this many tourists plan their visits for the warmer summer months with long sunny days.  What those tourists don’t know though, is that over the centuries the Europeans have … Continue reading Christmas Market Tour – Day 1 Munich →

Even though Thanksgiving is a very foreign holiday to the rest of Switzerland, Melissa and I still celebrated it like good Americans. On Thursday, after Melissa went to work like a normal day, I went to work cooking our feast.  Since it was just the two of us, I only cooked a portion of turkey … Continue reading Thanksgiving 2016 →

Well… It looks like we’re going to have to get used to saying President Trump.  Melissa and I both voted for Hillary Clinton, so we’re still a little sad about it all, but we’re trying not to be sore losers.  The election results were a complete, jaw-dropping surprise to us, but maybe that means Trump … Continue reading Watching the U.S. Election from Switzerland →

With an area of just 15,940 sq mi, Switzerland ranks near the bottom at 135th in the world for size.  However, on a Mercator projection map, like google maps, it appears much larger than it really is, due to its distance from the equator. To get a better sense of its size there is a … Continue reading How Big is Switzerland? →

After one busy day of sightseeing in Brussels we felt like we had seen it all.  So on Sunday we decided to head out to see new sights in the nearby city of Bruges, Belgium.  Located in the Dutch speaking part of Belgium, called Flanders, Bruges reached it peak on the world stage in the … Continue reading Bruges →

Over the third weekend of September our busy month continued with a trip to Brussels, Belgium.  The reason for our trip was to visit our friend Britt Sieber, who was an exchange student with Melissa’s aunt in high school, and currently has a short internship with the European Union.  In addition to hanging out with … Continue reading Brussels →

Monday September 12th was just another day at the office for Melissa, but for Eric, Ashley, and I it was another fun filled day of exploring Switzerland.   Being adventurous people, our guests  had come up with the plan to go paragliding in Interlaken, and me, being a sane person, had come up with the … Continue reading Switzerland with Eric and Ashley – Part 2 →