
This begins a new series and I’m about a whole vacation behind so…just deal with it. The vacation before this will be uploaded at some point. Celtic Oktoberfest is this years...
Category: Explore, Featured Tags: Aer Lingus, airplane, bars, beer, brograns, dublin, guinness, ireland, kehoes, the snug guesthouse, travel, wanderlust
It’s our last day in Amsterdam, our last day in Europe. It’s the last day of Baramee’s European Adventure. We’re traveling all day tomorrow…airplane flying. That’ll be a day in and...
Category: Explore Tags: albert cuyp market, albert cuyp markt, amsterdam, berries, de pijp, dutch pancakes, frikandel, netherlands, pannekoeken, poffertjes, stroopwafel, vonderpark
Do we really have to get up? Well, eventually we’ll have to. For now, let’s just be lazy a bit and we’ll get going when we get going. We’re on holiday...
Category: Explore Tags: albert cuyp market, amsterdam, bitterballen, dutch fries, fries, frites, gezelligheid, I Amsterdam Sign, Indonesian cuisine, indonesian food, museums, netherlands, nordic brioche, par hasard, rijk, van gogh
After a 3-hour train ride with several stops from Brussels, we finally arrived in Amsterdam. Now we just had to find Tram 4 and make our way to the AirBnb. By...
Category: Explore Tags: airbnb, amsterdam, de pijp, netherlands, renato's pizza
Whoo for sleeping in. Now, if only I did sleep in. My suitcase at this point is getting rather full. I have 4 Starbucks mugs and 2 more still to go....
Category: Explore Tags: belgium, brussels, het zinneke, jeanneke pis, magic ruben, maison dandoy, manneken pis
We got into Brussels, Grand Place, around 7:30pm. We were staying at an IBIS, which is like an efficiency hotel, in my opinion. It does the job and is rather nice...
Category: Explore Tags: belgium, brussels, cafe georgette, galler chocolates, grand place, ibis
Alas, it’s our last day in Paris. Our train doesn’t leave for Brussels until 5:25pm so we still had the day ahead of us. We did have to check out by...
Category: Explore Tags: creperie, creperie chez suzette, crepes, france, gard du nord, jardin du luxembourg, luxembourg gardens, luxembourg palace, paris, petit cluny, raclette, thayls
We took our time getting ready this morning. Our first stop was the Louis Vuitton Foundation (thanks to a recommendation from Mommy Shorts, who came with her daughter Mazzy earlier this...
Category: Explore Tags: arc de triomphe, carette, champ de mars, eiffel tour, europe, france, gustave eiffel, macarons, paris, tour eiffel, travel
I don’t even know how many days into our holiday we are anymore, but I do know that this time next week we’ll both be back at work. It’s a sad...
Category: Explore Tags: bertrand's, boeuf bourguignon, france, le porte pot, louvre, mona lisa, musee d'orsay, notre dame, opera house, pain au chocolat, palais garnier, paris, passerelle leopold sedar senghor, place de la concorde, pont des arts, pont neuf, saint-germain, sainte-chapelle, steak frites, tuileries
Our last day in London and we finally figured out the breakfast-at-the-hotel formula, 1.5 pieces of toast each, plus other foodstuff. Today, there was no second breakfast. Today…was another venture into...
Category: Explore Tags: chunnel, england, eurostar, ginger pig, hyde park, kensington palace, kings cross, london, platform 9 3/4