I can't believe we were just in Switzerland last week--it's incredible how fast time flies, especially when your 10-day vacation spits you out right where you left off in real life. Wedding planning, work, summer activities, oh my! The fiance had a free day in Geneva the day before I arrived, and he had to …
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International Travel on a Budget
I had the unexpected pleasure of a pre-honeymoon jaunt to Europe, thanks to the fiance having to travel for work. He had customer visits in Russia and then I met him in Switzerland, where he was completing trainings for a Europe-based branch of his company. We both headed to Paris where I ran around on a …
Travel for (His) Work: France and Switzerland
I've had some wonderful experiences traveling for my work, especially the last couple years as the fiance has been able to tag along. It's not all sunshine and roses. As I've mentioned, there is not much glamour when you travel for work and also commit the bulk of the trip to working--but there are the …
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Germany with the German: Part III
The boyfriend and I were able to spend the first half of our trip in Northeast Germany, exploring Berlin, Dresden and Nurenberg. There were long train rides in between so we saw fewer cities than the second half of our trip, which was in a more condensed area. For the second half, we traveled through …
Germany with the German: Part II
In planning the trip, there were a couple things I discovered. Frankfurt and Berlin have quite a bit of distance between them. We were going to have some long distances to cover at the beginning of the trip in order to have a more leisurely end of the trip. We were only going to travel …
Germany with the German: Part I
My friend had the opportunity to teach on a base in Italy near Venice for several months this fall/winter (October-January) and mentioned that I should join her at some point to travel around areas of Europe I haven't yet explored. Here’s the thing. You cannot ask me, in all seriousness, to come visit you in …
Greece in the Fall
My friend is planning a trip this fall and narrowed the possible locations down to Spain, France, Italy or Cape Cod. Due to a (what I consider) last minute chance of plans, they leave for Greece in a few weeks! I have been trying to get to Greece for a number of years so I …
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