Europe is the place I keep coming back to again and again. It’s ancient and modern, quaint and grand, charming and occasionally off-putting. Europe’s food is amazing, the people fascinating, and is crazy easy to get around in—allowing you to see and do so much in a short period of time. Here are the best tips for traveling in Europe, European itineraries, recommendations for where to stay and eat, what countries to visit, and overall the tools you need to plan an amazing European vacation!
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Soaking in the Serenity of Scotland’s Tiny Isle of Iona
Visiting Scotland had been on my “must” list for years. I don’t know exactly when it caught my imagination, but my undying love for the Outlander books for more than…
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The Ultimate Arctic Winter Packing List
This post has been a loooong time coming, because it felt like such a big undertaking! See, this past January I got to take a bucket list trip with @farewhispers…
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Accidentally Discovering The Best (Secret) Rooftop Bar In Lisbon
I’m about to let you in on a secret. But just you. Because we don’t want the whole world knowing about this and ruining our view. I accidentally found the…
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Ireland’s Breathtaking Dingle Peninsula
My #1 goal when planning our 7-day Ireland roadtrip was to not spend it stuck behind tour buses and dodging masses of selfie sticks. I’d heard horror stories about this,…
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A Sobering Morning Visiting Dachau Concentration Camp
On one of our first annual Europe trips together, my parents and I spent a few days in southern Germany, in the Munich area and surrounding Bavarian countryside. It was…
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Dinner With a Kurdish Family in Istanbul
I have a number of tried-and-true methods for getting oriented to a new country or city when I arrive. An early morning run, hitting the subway, taking a boat tour…all…
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A Charming Afternoon In Vibrant Nice, France
Even though we only had a few hours in Nice, we have pastries, beaches, AND a scandalous statue. So…very, very French in other words. We were staying in Roquebrune-surs-Argens, an…
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A Perfect Piran Afternoon
This post almost doesn’t need words. The pictures do most of the talking. Aquamarine water. Blue sky. Red roofs. Buildings the color of Tic Tacs. I mean, what’s not to…
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Driving Ireland’s Gorgeous Beara Peninsula
If you ask my parents what their favorite thing in our Ireland roadtrip was, both will say hands-down the day we spent driving the Beara Peninsula. That might be surprising…
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A Day Trip to Pisa, Italy
I realized yesterday that somehow I haven’t ever posted about Italy. Which is crazy, because it’s one of my favorite places in the world, the home of my heart. It’s where…