There’s nothing worse than being excited for MONTHS about your upcoming trip of a lifetime, but when you finally arrive, you’re absolutely exhausted. Jet lag can ruin the first few days of your trip, and when you just want to do everything in your new destination, it can put a real damper on the time …
Category: Europe
How to Buy a Train Ticket Like a Local
No matter where we are traveling, the journey is always accompanied by a sense of joy and excitement. Maybe it is because there is the promise of seeing something new, or perhaps the feelings are owed to the assurance of dwelling in a cherished place once again. The thing all of these components have in …
How to Navigate the Metro
Traveling is tricky. Big cities are tricky. Trying to find your way around a big city on your first visit while you’re looking at maps, carrying luggage, trying to keep everyone in your group from wandering off, and trying but oh-so-miserably failing to get out of everyone’s way while they’re running back and forth? Yeah, …
Mt. Rigi- Queen of the Mountains
In our last travel post, we talked about how we spent an afternoon in Lucerne, Switzerland. If you’re looking for more to fill your day, how about spending your morning on top of one of the beautiful mountain peaks in Switzerland, Mt. Rigi! If Mt. Rigi sounds familiar, it may be because it was also …
An Afternoon in Lucerne, Switzerland
You could easily spend days strolling around each stunning Swiss city, but what if you only have a few hours? On our latest trip to Europe, we were only given an afternoon to explore all of Lucerne, Switzerland. It was a daunting task, but if you know anything about us by now, it’s that we’re …