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For this past New Year’s, JC and I planned a ski trip with our good friends Sapo and Dennis. This was our second year in a row planning a ski trip for New Year’s with them. The previous year we had gone to Bichlbach, which is in the Tirol region of Austria. This year we […]
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This past Christmas was our second Christmas with our daughter, Isabella, and the first Christmas during Corona in which travel both within and outside of Germany was allowed. We decided to try for a white Christmas this year and spend the holiday in the most ‘Christmasy’ place of all: Bavaria. Germany really does Christmas like […]
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Since moving to Berlin in 2018, we always look for ways to escape the winter cold. Tickets to warm weather destinations like Spain, Italy and Portugal are also usually cheaper December through February because it isn’t beach weather. This December we spotted 50€ tickets round trip to Faro direct from Berlin and decided to pull […]
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A little over two hours driving northwest of Milan is the picturesque ski village of Courmayeur. Such a short car ride makes it one of the best weekend trips from Milan in the winter. It is perfectly situated at the foot of Monte Bianco on the Italian side with close proximity to both France and […]
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In October, when we spotted round-trip flights in February from icy Berlin to sunny Palma de Mallorca, an island in Catalonia, for 25 EUR, we didn’t have to think so hard before hitting the ‘purchase’ button. Crouched over my laptop in our apartment in Berlin, I recalled last year’s February in Berlin……..dark at 4 pm….. […]
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The best way to get around Mallorca is probably with a car. However, I had yet to order my International Driver’s license from the United States. And JC’s time in Europe being able to drive with his Peruvian license had sadly come to an end. So we were stuck carless on the island. While we […]
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This past December, JC and I spotted 50 EUR round trip tickets to Málaga, Spain, which is in the region of Andalusia, in the south of Spain. Since Berlin is freezing in December, while Málaga is around 19 degrees Celsius on average, we didn’t have to think too hard before hitting purchase. Read below to […]
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Schnitzel, bier, lederhosen, Oktoberfest……these are all things that come to mind when discussing good ole’ Germany. But my new home country of Deutschland has more to offer than just beer and pretzels. Especially when it comes to Christmas (Weihnachten). The German Christmas Markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) are a wonder to behold. And this December, JC and I […]
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