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Aufwachen kinder! Wir sind in die Alpen! As you know, Germany was my first trip abroad. I went with my German class my senior year of high school for two weeks. I stayed with a family for five days I think, maybe six, and we traveled around Bavaria the rest of the time. We went…
There are affiliate links in here. I don't talk about it all that much on here because I've never had the motivation to go back to find good pictures from my trip. It was also eight years ago, so it's not super fresh in my brain. I finally decided to take on this task and…
Continue reading ➞ 24 Photos That Will Make You Want To Plan A Trip To Germany
There are affiliate links in here. I've been going through my old pictures the last few days and realized there's tons of pictures from Slovenia that I really love and haven't shared yet! Crazy, right?! I thought so too, that's why I'm sharing these with you now! I miss the foreign adventures and want to…
Continue reading ➞ 26 Photos Of Slovenia That Will Make You Want To Go Right Now
There are affiliate links in here. 1 . Wine Slovenia is pretty well known for wine, and while I was there I drank a lot of it. Most of the places I went the wine was more on the dry side, but it was all so delicious and I wish I was there with some…
So, this might be a little misleading because I didn't really get lost there. Sort of. I managed to make my way from a museum into the main square WITH a map. Whaaaat!? Yeah, be impressed. It was really just one street the whole way, but I picked the right one the first try, so…
We didn't have much time in Bled, but we got to see the highlights: the island and the castle. Now that I'm home, I've realized there is tons of other awesome stuff to see in the area. I now know that I definitely need to go back and it makes me a little sad I…
Continue reading ➞ Why Bled Might Be The Coolest Town In Slovenia
Cemeteries. They can be kind of a downer subject. But, let's be real here for a second. There is a certain appeal of foreign cemeteries. There is just something about them that draws you in. It can be really interesting, actually, to learn about death and processes or traditions relating to it. In Slovenia, we…
It sounds a bit like the princess and the pea, but a castle in a cave. Thats right. This castle was built in a giant cave in the side of a hill. I'd say this is a pretty impressive feat for being built in the late 12th or early 13th century. At one point it…
There are affiliate links in here. This was something we heard almost every day, and it was followed by the same meal, or a general variation of it, every time. I mentioned on my 10 things I learned in Slovenia list, number one actually, that I don't like pork and potatoes that much. While I don't…
Continue reading ➞ Today, we are going to have a typical Slovenian meal
There are affiliate links in here. If you purchase anything through them, I get a tiny commission at no extra cost to you. It helps keep me on adventures and this blog runnning. Like everyone when they travel, I learned a few things while I was in Slovenia. Some about myself, some about the country.…
There are affiliate links in here. So, I have a lot of stuff. Especially clothes. This makes packing hard for me because I just want to bring it all. I come up with too many "What if's" when I'm packing. Like way too many. I tend to go through the list of "Oh, maybe I'll…