My Frugal Trip To Vienna, Days 2 and 3!

I have been in Vienna already 3 days, and its been a great trip so far. First off, I have to say that this is my first time staying in a hostel, and I’m sad that this is only my first time, because I feel like I missed out on so many fun things I […]

My Frugal Trip to Vienna, Day 1, My First Impressions

Right after we landed in Vienna So I’ll have to keep this post short, as you’ll see why in a bit. But I didn’t want to be remiss on sharing my first impressions with you from my trip to Vienna. Number one, why it’s so short? Well, I had my flight at 11 am this […]

Making Myself a Travel First Aid and Health Kit

 Every time I travel, I find I get more and more experienced, and learn from my mistakes and am able to improve things over last time. One thing I’ve especially learned is having to do with taking care of my health while I’m traveling, getting better and better each time. The first time I traveled […]

Heading To Vienna Soon!

In just a few more days, I am heading out on my next journey. This time, to Vienna. I was talking to people and they were saying that usually they are aware of my upcoming travel plans, but that I wasn’t talking about this trip of mine at all. I realized then that I didn’t […]

Day 8, Last Day of our Family Vacation — Our Day in a Resort Town

On Monday we flew back from Bulgaria, to an airport relatively far from my house and quite near a resort town. I had never been to this resort town before, other than once in the middle of the night on the way to the airport on my way to Belgium. It’s a decently long way […]

Day 6 of our Family Vacation — Skiing in Bansko, Bulgaria

Posing with the wonderful instructors, Janet and Peter This family trip we just took for the last 9 days has been splendid, but I must say the absolute highlight for me, and most of us too, has been the skiing.  I found it, but even with the cheaper prices, the ski day was the most […]

End of Part 1, Beginning of Part 2 of Our Family Trip

Where we’re staying now. No, that door doesn’t move, and it doesn’t have any glass in it anyhow. Today was… quite a day. Last night I ended up going to sleep quite late, as we had to leave this morning to get to the airport in time for our flight home. I ended up doing […]

Chilling Out and Fun in Sofia, Bulgaria, Days 4 and 5

The last two days in Bulgaria were a bit more chilled out. We had an exhausting first few days here, and Rose was a bit under the weather, so we did some more relaxed things around the house. We went grocery shopping, and then cooked together, including these oatmeal cookies. We took lots of walks […]

Snow Fun in Bansko, Bulgaria- Day 3, Part 2

I mentioned the other day about how we traveled 2 hours by car to reach Bansko, the town at the foot of Todorka Peak in the Pirin Mountains, and the skiing we arranged and planned. But after such a long drive, we weren’t going to turn around and go back once we did that, especially […]