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What I Miss About Europe

Dublin: the pubs Belfast: Irish music Edinburgh: old world charm London: the musicals Copenhagen: the lifestyle (hygge) Berlin: WW2 history Prague: the smell (smoked meat) Budapest: the city at night Vienna: St. Stephens Cathedral Munich: the beer-drinking vibe Bern: chilling by the Aare river Paris: the Olympics atmosphere Brussels: the waffles Netherlands: the canals...

60 DAYS OF EUROPE

Wow! The Kress’ did it baby: 60 days, 13 countries, 13k km and we are all still alive…psychologically speaking. Like, what were we thinking? Who, who’s never backpacked before or even been to Europe sets out on one of the stupidest itineraries ever concocted? I would not recommend following in our footsteps and I would never do that again (I would but altered). Seriously, it was a grind at times, and all those travel influencers can go to hell. They...

Things We Miss

Items — Kinnon: my Tim Horton hockey card collection. Kadyn: A/C because I can’t live without A/C. Brittany: a home; just having a home. Mark: my SleepCountry medium foam pillow; ah, the sleeps I would have if only I had my pillow… Food — Kinnon: my dad’s burnt butter pasta; Dad uses the good parmesan. Kadyn: I miss the snack food from home; everything that was in our “candy drawer” Europeans don’t have. Brittany: normal peanut butter; it’s different in...

The Garden of Bern

We found the Garden of Eden in Switzerland! Switzerland has everything we crave on family trips: beautiful landscapes, and architectural charm, all of which are tied together in one environment. It was bliss. Bern and Luzerne (places we visited) are these quaint, small cities that are one among the landscape. Situated on the river Aare or at the base of the Swiss Alps, the Swiss people’s backyard is one you can only dream. Our evenings were the best: slow, relaxed,...