After connecting in Paris, we arrived in Beaune, in the Burgundy region, in the late afternoon with our Airbnb owner, Jocelyne, waiting to give us a ride from the station. What struck us immediately was the quaint and historic nature of the town with its stone buildings and narrow cobblestone ...
Pontorson, France – A Quick Bike Ride from Mont-Saint-Michel
After doing some research before we left Chicago, we decided to use the cute town of Pontorson as a home base for visiting the ancient abbey on the water in Normandy, Mont-Saint-Michel. On the day we were leaving for France, we woke up early in anticipation of a long day of travel. We had an 8:30 am ...
How to Spend Two Days in London Before Taking the Eurostar
London was somewhat of an add-on destination for us at the end of the planning process. We knew we wanted to start in Scotland and end up in France but considered exploring southern, more rural England instead of London. However, after a 3 day tour of The Highlands, we thought London would be a bit ...
A 3 Day Tour of the Isle of Skye, Scotland
When we first decided we were going to Scotland, we did research and found out about a small but quaint island in the Highlands called the Isle of Skye. We heard it was gorgeous from many sources and then found a 3 day tour through a company called Rabbies. The tours are pretty intimate and only ...
A Tour of Gothic Edinburgh: Medieval Buildings, Whisky and Harry Potter
On our quick trip to Bermuda in May of 2014 for Marihelen and Nate’s wedding, which I didn’t include on here as I have maybe two photos from the whole trip, we sat one early evening at a charming cocktail bar. Fresh off our trip to Korea and Japan, we were eager to get out there and see more of what ...
