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Before flying Lufthansa and SWISS for the first time recently, I scoured travel message boards looking for an answer to a query that appeared over and over. Does anyone have any recommendations for a personal item for Lufthansa? If there were any responses, they usually echoed the author’s question. Or the bag recommended by a …
Michael is stepping out from behind the lens to share his packing list for ten days in Prague and Vienna.
Sharing my real-life packing list for an extended winter getaway to Central Europe.
Sharing my essential weekend travel guide for your very first visit to Prague.
Would you completely rearrange your travel itinerary and take a grueling, multi-leg flight home just to experience a city’s Christmas markets? Apparently for Michael and me, that answer was yes. Initially, it seemed logical to book our late November/early December trip to Prague and Vienna by flying to Prague first then moving on to Vienna. …
Or rather, “Czeching” in…
Sausage and Christmas Markets. That’s what ultimately drew Michael and me to Vienna at the end of November. With a list of cities in front of us, all with matching airfare and travel dates, we stared at each other, completely at a loss for which to choose. You see, the problem with wanting to travel …
Sharing my honest review of a stay at magdas HOTEL—a boutique hotel in Vienna, Austria — Choosing a hotel in a large, unfamiliar city is kind of overwhelming, isn’t it? With so many neighborhoods to consider and countless properties to sift through, narrowing down the options can be daunting. Even once you’ve chosen a specific …
For decades I dreamed of visiting the Christmas markets of Europe, with visions of Michael and me bundled up in our coats while holding mugs of steaming mulled wine and strolling row after row of vendors selling unique goods they handcrafted. But year after year, something got in the way. We’d already burned through our …
Shop small this season with this roundup of gifts from North Carolina small businesses.