A simple photo journal capturing our family’s travel adventures since 2021. From weekend getaways to unforgettable journeys across Europe and beyond, this site shares the moments, places, and memories we’ve made together—one photo at a time. 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇧🇬 🇭🇷 🇨🇾 🇨🇿 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇬🇷 🇭🇺 🇮🇸 🇮🇪 🇮🇹 🇱🇺 🇳🇱 🇳🇴 🇵🇱 🇵🇹 🇷🇴 🏴 🇸🇮 🇪🇸 🇸🇪🇨🇭🇹🇷 🇬🇧🇻🇦
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Day 3: Verona & Venice — From Shakespeare to the Sea 🇮🇹
Leaving Milan behind, we boarded a late-morning train bound for Verona, watching the Lombardy countryside unfold outside our window — clusters of vineyards, small villages, and church spires…
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Day 2: Milan — Masters, Music, and the Duomo at Sunset 🇮🇹
Our first full day in Milan began with excitement — and cappuccinos. After breakfast near the Sheraton Diana Majestic, we joined the morning bustle of Italy’s fashion capital.…
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Day 1: Bergamo to Milan — Italy Begins 🇮🇹
At the Città Alta, cobblestone lanes wound through cafés, markets, and medieval towers. We stored our luggage near the station and spent the morning wandering narrow streets lined…
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A Family’s First Adventure in Italy 🇮🇹
In November 2021, our family of four set out on our very first trip to Italy — a journey that would take us from the foothills of the…
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Columbus, Halloween, and Home 🇪🇸
Our last morning began fittingly at the Columbus Monument—on Columbus Day. The 60-meter column, built in 1888, honors Christopher Columbus’s return from the New World, which he reported…
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Beaches and Barça 🇪🇸
Sunday was for slowing down. We spent the morning at Platja del Llevant, one of Barcelona’s newer beaches, where families gathered to swim and play in the soft…
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- Country (250)
- Austria (7)
- Belgium (11)
- Bulgaria (4)
- Croatia (3)
- Cyprus (1)
- Czechia (3)
- Denmark (4)
- England (7)
- Estonia (4)
- Finland (3)
- France (25)
- Germany (47)
- Greece (10)
- Hungary (6)
- Ireland (6)
- Italy (30)
- Latvia (3)
- Lithuania (4)
- Luxembourg (3)
- Morocco (2)
- Netherlands (11)
- Norway (6)
- Poland (7)
- Portugal (2)
- Romania (11)
- Scotland (14)
- Slovenia (4)
- Spain (21)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (13)
- Turkey (2)
- United Kingdom (7)
- Trips (250)
- Alps Ski Trip 2023 (3)
- Amsterdam First Timers (4)
- Andalusia 2023 (9)
- Atlantic Way over Labor Day (6)
- Baltic Road Trip 2025 (10)
- Barcelona – Gaudí, Goals, and Golden Light (4)
- Bastogne Memorial Day Trip (1)
- Bavarian Weekend Getaway (3)
- Beach Greek Getaway (1)
- Beach Weekend Memorial Day 2024 (1)
- Birthday Weekend (1)
- Blooms & Battlefields in Belgium (2)
- Bulgaria, Presidents Day (3)
- Easter in Colmar (1)
- Flower Carpet 2022 (3)
- Freedom in the Alps (6)
- French Rivera & Olympics (8)
- Great Italian Adventure 2022 (11)
- Great Scott! The Road Trip Highlands Adventure (11)
- Holland in the Spring (3)
- Imperial Weekend (2)
- July 4th on the Beach (1)
- Local (7)
- London Magic Weekend Feb 2023 (4)
- Luxembourg We Go 2022 (4)
- Memorial Day, Monuments Men (4)
- Michigan Family Road Trip 2023 (8)
- Mikes Birthday Cruise (5)
- MLK Weekend to Metz (1)
- Netherlands for MLK (3)
- New Years 2024 (7)
- New Years in Denmark 2022 (4)
- Normandy, D-Day Road Trip (10)
- Our Big Greek Adventure (8)
- Parents First Trip to Europe (4)
- Portugal Beach Weekend 2023 (1)
- Pumpkins & Play Bricks: Autumn Fun in Germany (1)
- Road Trip: Black Forest & Switzerland (9)
- Sicilian Sunsets and Ancient Wonders (6)
- Snow, Stars & Stage Lights: Tromsø to London (7)
- Spa Weekend (3)
- Spring Break 2023 Paris (3)
- Spring Break 2024 Budapest to Bucharest (15)
- Spring Break 2025 (10)
- Surprise Zoo Trip (1)
- Swiss Alps to the Italian Coast (15)
- Training Through Christmas Festivities 2022 (3)
- Valentines Day 2025 (2)
- Valentines on the Slopes 2025 (1)
- Viking Weekend, Labor Day (3)
- Weekend in the Sunshine 2024 (1)
- Whales to the Stars in the Canary Islands (6)
- Year (248)
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