A Visit to Carcassonne

We were thrilled when our friends Shawn and Kate wanted to make visiting us in France a part of their honeymoon.  They begin in Paris, trained down to Montpellier, and just needed to get to Toulouse by the 25th to catch a flight to the next part of their trip in Greece.  We were happy to take them to Toulouse, since we'd never been, and decided to break up the 2.5 hour drive with a side trip to the medieval town...

Villasimius: Paradise in Sardinia

It's sort of funny how we ended up in Villasimius.  The whole idea to even go to Sardinia began over Christmas during our dinner at Terra Terra in Florence.  Christian, our amazing host, told us all about his life on the beautiful island, which we already knew was accessible via a very cheap flight on RyanAir.  He described the pristine beaches and laid back lifestyle so passionately that by the time we had...

Prague City Guide: Dos, Don’ts, Eats

After all the traveling that Michael had been doing (I think he was home a total of like, 4 days in the last month), we took a very relaxed approach to our trip to Prague.  We didn't go into the trip with any sort of agenda - we ate and drank, we slept in, and we didn't pressure ourselves to see a lot of "sights."  We didn't go to any museums (shocker!), we took a very different approach to our boat tour, and we...

An Afternoon in Cadaqués

A few weeks ago, our lovely friends Shannon & Ryan came to visit us in Montpellier.  We had a blast showing them around our town and then jetting down to Barcelona for the weekend (more on that very soon!).  We spent our week together walking all around, drinking tea, eating strangely flavored chips, and duck.  A LOT of duck. On our way home from Barcelona, we wanted to stop for a meal and a drink...

Stockholm City Guide: Dos, Don’ts, Eats

For Stéphanie and Simon's final farewell in October, the four us took a quick trip to Stockholm.  Why Stockholm?  Well, why not!  It's a beautiful city made up of 14 islands connected by 57 bridges.  The food is hearty and the drinks are strong.  We still had some time before the sun went away for the winter and the off-season fares were too good to pass up.  We rented an apartment in the central area...

Porto City Guide: Dos, Don’ts, Eats

Oddly enough, I have to thank Ryan Air for introducing me to Porto, Portugal.  Stéphanie and I wanted to go on a trip together before she moved back to Montreal and Ryan Air had a great deal to Porto that we just couldn't pass up.  Before this trip I had never really heard of Porto as a European destination and I want to make sure that doesn't happen to anyone else.  Porto is amazing and it was my favorite trip...

Copenhagen City Guide Part III: Dos, Don’ts, Eats

I hope you guys are ready for my final post on Copenhagen, because I have many more recent travels to tell you about!  You can read about Copenhagen Parts One and Two by clicking on the links. Like any city, we had a lot of options of what to do with our short amount of time.  I think we did a pretty good job of filling our days with relaxing and interesting activities.  I've compiled a list of Dos and Don'ts...

Hump Day & Copenhagen Part II: Carlsberg Brewery Tour

One of the main things The Hub and I have been saying when asked about our trip to Copenhagen is, "Well, we drank a lot of beer."  In terms of drinking, we've always loved beer, but it's really taken a backseat to wine here in France (and my waistline thanks me), but in Copenhagen, it's all about the beer. Which obviously led us to the Carlsberg Brewery.  I mean, How could we go to Copenhagen and...

Copenhagen City Guide Part I: Fast Facts

Are you guys ready to hear about Copenhagen?  Good, because that's what's happening over here this week.  Copenhagen is my kinda town and we had a wonderful visit!  Everyone was all, "oh, why did you pick Copenhagen for your birthday trip?" And I'm all, "umm, I don't know.  Michael says it's cool?"  I knew I married him for a reason.  The man is smart.  We took the very last direct flight of the season from...