Category Archives: Travel Outside of Berlin

Opera. The reason for this trip. Dave’s first cousin’s daughter, Maya, would be performing in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in a sleepy Czech town just a three hour drive from Berlin. And we weren’t going to miss it! {The boys adore their cousin, Maya} {Holy Trinity Column} First settled over a thousand years ago, TepliceContinueContinue reading “Teplice, Czech Republic”

This has been our first full summer as Berliners. Like many Europeans, we have been fortunate to have traveled to many places including new cities and even a few new countries. {Ready for take off} But instead of getting in the car or on a plane and heading to Florida or to the Grand Canyon,ContinueContinue reading “Portugal”

While my mom was in Berlin, Dave and I took the opportunity to head out on a weekend excursion without the boys. {Weekend getaway to Croatia} Using the Weekend.com app, we booked a beach resort just outside of Dubrovnik, Croatia, a quick two hour flight from Berlin. The water was chilly, but crystal clear. WeContinueContinue reading “Croatia”

For Easter break, we spent a week in Barcelona. It’s a city Dave and I have always wanted to visit. {Isaac gives our first meal in Barcelona a thumbs up} In fact, we even considered it as a place to move to in Europe along with Berlin. Something about it just ticks off so manyContinueContinue reading “Barcelona”

Berlin celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8) for the first time as a public holiday this year. Which means that schools and businesses were closed. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/berlin-declares-international-women-s-day-a-public-holiday {View of the Parliament building from The Buda side of the Danube River, near where my hotel was} My friend, Sarah, had told me about the app Weekend.com. ItContinueContinue reading “Frauentag in Budapest”

Last fall, when we started looking for a winter break destination, we discovered that the Canary Islands (Spanish Islands off the Western coast of Northern Africa) were “only” a five hours flight from Berlin. And would provide a respite from the dark, cold Berlin winter. What sealed the deal was that their government was inContinueContinue reading “Canary Islands”

We just arrived in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, Spain yesterday afternoon. It’s our attempt to escape the Berlin winter and to get some sun and warmth. (A separate travel wrap up to follow.) This morning, Ben and I ventured out looking for kites to fly on the beach. We found the kites, which proved noContinueContinue reading “Vacation Laughs”