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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Ireland’s Breathtaking Dingle Peninsula
Read moreMy #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
Read moreOn 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
Read moreI 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
Read moreEven 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
Read moreThis 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
Read moreIf 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
Read moreI 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…
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My Own Willy Wonka Moment: Switzerland’s Cailler Chocolate Factory
Read moreSo, I was basically a Swiss tourist cliche on this trip, because I managed to tick off cheese fondue and unlimited chocolate within a couple hours’ time. Travel efficiency FTW.…
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A Day Trip to Bulgaria’s Rila Monastery
Read moreCertain days stand out in your mind with almost perfect clarity. Years later you can still remember scents, what you ate, how everything looked. It doesn’t happen to me too…
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48 Hours in Paris (…and 11 Pain au Chocolat)
Read moreI’m noticing an accidental trend here. 48 hours in Barcelona. 24 hours in Dublin. And now 2 days in Paris. This may seem like criminally under-serving these phenomenal cities (and…
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