Paris is a city that has captivated us for years. Particularly Matt, the resident French speaker in this corner of the internet (he took seven years of French in high school, and it takes 2-3 days for it to reemerge when he’s in France). We have both been to Paris many times at this point,…
I’ve done many, many tours across Europe that never see the light of day in this corner of the internet, because I judged them to be not worth it. After all, our whole thing is making the most of your time and money with our detailed, thought-out itineraries, so it doesn’t make sense to include…
I distinctly remember being at a cafe in Paris (that shall remain unnamed) chatting with the barista a few years back about the coffee scene in Rome. I said something to the effect of “I probably won’t be drinking as much good coffee as I am here” and they guffawed and remarked that I would…
With the notable exception of Italy (mi amore!), which we’ve visited every single year for the past three years, Spain and Portugal are the two European countries where we’ve spent the most time over the past several years. Our recent forays into Spain and Portugal include a full two months a few years back, a…
Spain’s history really gets shortchanged in American high school history textbooks, where it basically gets boiled down to “they were rich and sent Columbus (and the other Conquistadors) to the Americas” when the reality is much more diabolical and full of intrigue. I remember learning about that history on our first trip to Spain, which…
When I was leaving for my last trip to Amsterdam, I had multiple people (mostly older Americans) say some version of “oh, going to be doing some partying, are we?” Looking back on those comments, it’s a little sad that a city as rich in history as Amsterdam, the centerpiece of the Dutch East India…