Tag: Belgium

FRIENDLY FACES AROUND THE WORLD – PHOTO ESSAY

Travel is amazing for an unlimited number of reasons; history, ideal weather conditions, putting your feet up and relaxing in exotic locations, taking on new adventures, a platform to build lifelong memories, experiencing culture diversity and thinking outside the box…but without the friendly faces of others smiling back […]

My Top 2015 European Travel Highlights!

Better late than never, right? The new year has kicked off with a bang and I’m barely able to keep up with everything 2016 has already been throwing at me. On the 28th of December, stunt performers sister, Bree, and Donavin arrived and despite jet lag they stayed […]

From Tourist to Tour Guide

We left Alkmaar around 9:00 am right as a nationwide power outage hit. “That’s strange” I thought as Kees yelled from the shower, “why did the light just go out!?” When Mom came over, ready to be the chauffeur for the day, we quickly learned that her house […]

Bruges, Belgium

Photo Albums of Europe (46)

*Are countries that I have not been to yet, but one or more of my family has.                           ALBANIA                                       ANDORRA    […]

Ghent Photo Essay

Gravensteen Castle. But to me, it is a walk through “Game of Thrones” or “Outlander” imagining myself in an earlier age so far removed from my own.   Because this city put me in awe, I have decided to talk less and show more. Below is a photo […]

A Post Valentines Getaway

  Last night, Kees and I arrived at nearly 2am in Brugge, Belgium after a 3.5 hour drive south from Alkmaar, Holland. I’m still so excited about the gorgeous Hotel Jan Brito and all of the wonderful details and decorations from former centuries. They have spoiled us with […]