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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 summer I celebrated my recent nuptials with four of my closest girlfriends on the island of São Miguel, the largest of the Portuguese Azores islands. It was actually a delayed bachelorette party. Except I was already married and the Azores are definitely no Las Vegas. Nevertheless, it was a perfect destination because it was […]
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This past March JC and I made our way over to Barcelona for the long International Women’s Day weekend. JC was actually already in Barcelona for work, so Isabella and I made the flight from Berlin by ourselves. We had a great time enjoying the warmer weather and eating at some of our favorite restaurants, […]
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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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This July we chose to make our summer vacation (and work-cation) in Crete, Greece. We absolutely love Greece; last year we flew to Thessaloniki twice and we even got in engaged in Kardamyli, Greece. Beautiful beaches, amazing seafood and friendly locals all make Greece a spectacular vacation destination. Greece is also incredibly baby-friendly: this was […]
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Travel has been difficult this past year due to COVID. We were fortunate enough that we were able to travel to Boston to visit my family at the end of May and celebrate Isabella’s first birthday. However, we were desperate to have a true ‘beach break’ this summer. We also wanted to take advantage of […]
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With COVID-19 and a brand new baby, summer travel looked impossible this year. We originally had flights to Malta at the beginning of September. Unfortunately, Malta experienced a huge spike in number of cases due to increased summer tourism. It looked like our one trip was going to be cancelled. But after talking to a […]
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Almost one year ago, on September 27th, 2019, JC took me on the most amazing trip to Kardamyli, Greece. Not only did he keep the entire trip a surprise, but he also pulled off the biggest surprise of all — he proposed! It was a picture-perfect engagement in the most beautiful setting. Read below to […]
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With a brand new baby and in the midst of a global pandemic, we have definitely been spending more time in our own backyard as opposed to traveling to new cities and countries. That means finding simpler ways to enjoy ourselves and get out of the house — usually in the form of eating out. […]
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Our last weekend trip in Europe before my impending due date (June 1st!) was a trip to Lisbon. After our weekend in Faro, the south of Portugal, in December of last year, I had fallen in love with Portugal. Between the delicious food and kind people, I could not wait to make a return trip. […]
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