Travel

Days before I left for Germany with AirBerlin, I was in the kitchen with my German grandmother baking stollen.  Honestly, I think her stollen is my favorite thing about the holidays.  Have you ever tasted home-baked stollen before?  It is life changing.  Before we departed Dresden for the Erzgebirge Mountains, we...

Although I was born and raised in the United States, I still feel very German.  Both of my maternal Grandparents immigrated from Germany and raised me with their traditions, culture, and language.  Despite my closeness with their home country, I had only visited once in my life and while I...

Happy 2014 from Buenos Aires, Argentina!  I have been in my second home for ten days now and while I have barely survived the intense heat, I have had one beautiful adventure after another and I look forward to sharing all of the details about them here soon.  On another...

To me, the magic of traveling begins the moment I walk into my intended hotel.  I am not like a lot of travelers who believe that one’s hotel experience is not of significance, since the majority of one’s journey will be spent exploring outside the hotel’s front doors.  While I...

Once again I began the year with the intention of slowing down, especially with my travels.  2013 was supposed to be about establishing roots in Charlotte, North Carolina with my husband, however we took every opportunity there was to travel (sometimes together, sometimes not).  While we have definitely created a home...