Happy New Year! Another year and a whole lot of traveling and never enough time to get all of my posts up. Some might call me a procrastinator, but I call myself more of a perfectionist with a little OCD who often finds herself stuck in the middle of everyday life trying to find ways… Read More
“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” It’s that time of year again and that can only mean one thing: Time to bake Christmas cookies. This year I was inspired by the Danube River cruise I took this summer and decided I needed to bake some traditional German cookies. On the second day of my cruise… Read More
A Taste of Austria Ever notice that many of my posts revolve around food and drinks? If you guessed this one would be the same, you’re right! Nothing prepares you for a future cruise port than good food and drink and Viking River Cruises definitely knows how to do this well. On the fourth day of… Read More
Looks can often be deceiving and upon first inspection you might not even give this place a second look. But if you were visiting Passau for the first time, you’d be crazy not to visit Brauerei-Gaststätte Peschl-Terrasse. Located steps away from where our Viking Atla river cruise ship was docked while we were in Passau, we… Read More
BURGER TIME!!! Do I have your attention now? Oh I bet I do! How about a scrumptious veggie burger and an ice cold beer in the heart of Passau, Germany in the middle of a hot summer? That’s how you know your life is good! While in Passau on my Romantic Danube river cruise with… Read More
Passau is called the Dreiflüssestadt (City on Three Rivers) because it is situated at the confluence of the Danube, Ilz, and Inn Rivers. Once an important medieval center for the salt trade, today Passau is considered the economic, cultural, and communications center of southeastern Bavaria. What can you do while in Passau? If you love… Read More
One of my favorite things to do is to go shopping, especially when I’m traveling. Sometimes I’m not so much shopping as I’m window shopping with my camera in tow to get a feel for the city or town I’m visiting. Today is all about fun food finds in Regensburg, Germany. On my recent Viking… Read More
In a city that dates back to 72 AD, as you wander the cobblestone streets you can’t help but admire the the details throughout the historic city of Regensburg, Germany. Today I’m looking at the doors and architecture of Regensburg. This includes its old world architecture of buildings big and small to one of my favorite… Read More
Flowers of Regensburg, Germany I’m admiring the flowers of Regensburg, Germany today. That’s right! It’s that time again to stop and smell the flowers. On my recent stop in Regensburg, while on my Viking River cruise, the flowers were in full bloom everywhere and calling to me. While I may not be a botanist and… Read More
WARNING: This post will leave you hungry or in a diabetic coma. Sugar ahead! In between seeing St. Peters Cathedral and Alte Kapelle, Karla and I stopped off at the cutest little cupcake shop in Regensburg, Germany called The Cupcakery. When we entered, I immediately noticed that we were the only customers in the entire place.… Read More
