Travel

Once we were properly satiated from the stollen tasting, we then departed for the Erzgebirge Mountains.  Our first stop in Eppendorf was at the headquarters of Björn Köhler, a world renown master woodworker. From the second I walked into his gallery I had the biggest smile on my face, as his creations are absolute...

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...