Leiden and The Hague

We started our last morning of Spring Break heading to Lieden. After I almost got us run over by a bus going the wrong way down a one-way street (oops!) we found this cute place to get breakfast. We had the MOST incredible pancakes- you would not believe it! Then we wandered along the canals […]

The Keukenhof

Because one trip is never enough, and because the timing was close-ish, I decided to try and catch the tulip fields blooming in Holland. Upon researching this, I found there is a beautiful not-so-little garden that has the highest number of flower species in the Netherlands called the Keukenhof. I knew we were heading up […]

End of Gelato Time- sad face

Our last day in Italy started with rain… sad! It was a blessing in disguise though cause it forced us to find a real place to have breakfast-the Blue Marlin and it was amazing! Besides the fact that it was insanely cute inside, the food was great! Of course we had a little while before […]

Hiking Off the Gelato

Cinque Terre is known for its hiking- mostly because there are no cars allowed in these little towns and the (hilly!) trails are the quickest way to get from on to the other. Only 2 of the trails are currently open, but they are the 2 most breathtaking!We started by taking one of the first […]

Buonjiorno Italia!I

For the first half of our week we went in search of some sun for Easter, so we headed to Italy- the towns of Cinque Terre specifically!First a plane to Pisa and then a train to Vernazza, Carrera, as in Carrara Marble (that white stuff in the mountains is not snow…). This is Michelangelo’s marble […]

Spring Break 2016!

Get ready… my best friend came to Germany and we had an EPIC week of Spring Break- the first one I’ve had in like 6 years!I was really mean and made her play hard-core tourist in my neck of the woods after taking the red-eye from New York. She knows me, she knows what she […]

Goodbye Iceland… For Now

Had a few hours of sleep but I couldn’t waste my last morning in Iceland. This time in Reykjavik it was a little sunnier (but I may have still been on a high from the day before)The bay was as beautiful in the daylight So was the Sun Voyager The Harpa Concert Hall Also beautiful […]

When You Think It Can’t Get Better…

Remember that part of the Iceland Day One post that I said that each day in Iceland got exponentially better? Well here is the peak!Started off with some snow that slowly turned into bright sunshine. This convinced our guide it was a perfect day to go hiking…. on a glacier! (we hiked the little one […]

The Wonders of the South Coast of Iceland

One of the downsides of visiting Iceland in the winter is that there are some places that you just can’t go. The south coast (the most attraction jam-packed part) is accessible year-round thankfully! So we started our day with a few waterfalls….The first was Selijalandsfoss During the summer you can walk behind this waterfall, but […]

Lagoons and Horses of Iceland

Google (or Pinterest) Iceland and inevitably you will see a picture of the Blue Lagoon. I read a lot about the Blue Lagoon before heading to Iceland and I found a reoccurring theme….. it’s an overpriced tourist attraction (there are free and near-free natural springs all over Iceland) but there is no other place like […]