Neuschwanstein Castle Seeing Neuschwanstein Castle has been at the top of my bucket list, and we finally got to see it last weekend! The fairy tale look of the Neuschwanstein castle inspired Walt Disney to create the Cinderella Castle, and we definitely felt like we were in a Disney movie. It’s also surrounded by beautiful landscape, […]
1 Day in Innsbruck, Austria We only spent one day in Innsbruck because of it’s small size, but it is so close to Munich that we will definitely be back! We’ve been to Austria once before when we went to Salzburg, which you can read about here. We took a Flixbus on Saturday morning from […]
Christmas in Germany This year was our first Christmas spent in Europe! It was extra special because my parents and sister came to spend it with us. We all met up in London the week before (read all about that here) and then continued on to Germany. Munich Christmas Markets First stop on the agenda […]
Holidays in London This was the first year for both Pat and I to spend Christmas and New Year’s abroad. My sister is currently living in London, so my parents decided to come over to Europe for Christmas! We all met in London where my sister showed us around for five days, then we all […]
Salzburg at Christmas Last weekend we took a day trip to the winter wonderland that is Salzburg, Austria. I had heard from so many people that Salzburg is their favorite city, and it completely lived up to our expectations. Salzburg is only a 1.5 hour direct train ride from Munich, so we are already planning […]
Professional Photos in Paris Outfit details: Vince Camuto dress (Exact dress is on major sale here, short sleeve version here), Topshop heels, J.crew pearl earrings. When Pat asked me what I wanted as my souvenir from our trip to Paris, I said “at least one nice photo of the two of us that I can […]
Long Weekend in Paris in October It was such a special treat to spend my birthday in Paris this year. We’d been living in Munich about a month when we went to Paris. It was pretty surreal to get on a plane and be in Paris in an hour! Pat and I both kept saying […]
I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! We celebrated a few days early with some fellow expats. One of Pat’s coworkers is from South Carolina, and she invited us over for a Friendsgiving! We had been feeling the distance a bit more with the holidays coming up, but Friendsgiving definitely helped! Nicole went above and […]
Our first Oktoberfest experience! Ah, Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival. Nothing could have prepared us for it! Our first Oktoberfest experience was also on our first day living in Munich. We literally hopped off the plane, dropped off our luggage, and took the U to the Oktoberfest grounds! I have a friend from college […]
Guten Tag from Munich! We’ve been Munich residents for a little over a month now, which seems so crazy! It seems like just yesterday we were waking up in Chicago, excited to board our flight to Munich. The flight from O’Hare to Munich was direct and about 8.5 hours. Our flight was smooth, and the […]
