New Years Eve in Amsterdam...we had no idea what to expect! On many occasions we were told that the Dutch love their fireworks, and hearing them go off randomly for a few days leading up to NYE proved...
A Walk Through The Amsterdam Light Festival
[caption id="attachment_617" align="aligncenter" width="800"] My Light Is Your Light[/caption] Light can invoke many emotions based on color, brightness, shape, size, placement and many other elements. Think of the difference between strobe lights, Christmas lights, red lights, steady lights...
The Magic of German Christmas Markets: Cologne
If you read our post about 7 Things to do around Europe in the Winter, then you saw that German Christmas Markets are on that list. Since that list is basically our European Winter Wishlist, it is so...
7 Things to do Around Europe in Winter
We live in Europe, so we really want to use this opportunity to move around this great continent and see all there is to see. Winter is a unique time since it’s typically a low-season for tourism (depending...
Video: Pure Markt in Amsterdam
One of our favorite things to do since we have moved to Amsterdam is visit the various markets. A favorite of ours so far is Pure Markt. This market moves to different parks each Sunday and has a great variety of...
1 Day Visit to London
This is the quickest trip we have ever done and probably will ever do. Since Sean had a meeting just outside of London we decided to take a train to the United Kingdom from Amsterdam, which took about...
A day trip to Utrecht
[caption id="attachment_395" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Photo by: Sean Cutrufello[/caption] Many of us visit major cities when traveling. But if you have the time, check out the cities and towns outside the city limits! When visiting Utrecht it might feel...
Why we choose to live in Amsterdam
[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="700"] A Canal in AmsterdamPhoto by Sean Cutrufello[/caption] You may have noticed the lack of posts on this website. There's a good reason for that...we were planning our move to Amsterdam in the Netherlands! So,...
Bacchus Wijnfestival
Can you read the title in Dutch? It says “Bacchus Wine Festival” I knew you could read it! What is the Bacchus WijnFestival? This is a fun, usually outdoor wine festival with wines from all over the world...
Highland County Maple Festival
There's a great annual festival in Highland County, the Maple Festival. We've tried to go the past couple years but something has always come up, so we were very excited that we were able to make time to...