Europe

My husband and I visited Scotland and we decided to tour a couple of the castles.  There are 40 castles in Scotland so there are several to choose from.  The first castle we visited was the Eilean Donan Castle (above) which is often seen…

We have vacationed in Rome, Italy three times and there are still many things we have not seen.  We have included in this post five things to see that we really enjoyed when you visit Rome. 1) An ancient historic church that is worth…

The Sora Margherita restaurant is located in the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, Italy.  It is not the easiest restaurant to find, but once you find it you will keep coming back.  The restaurant does not have much of a sign and is almost hidden…

We traveled to Prague, Czech in May 2013 and stayed at the Hotel Metamorphis from May 28th to June 1st, 2013 inclusive.   We found the hotel in Rick Steves' Prague guidebook and he highly recommended it which was enough for us.  We paid…

In May 2013 we traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic.  While we walking near our hotel on Celetná Street we saw a Thai massage parlor (this place is part of chain throughout Prague that ONLY does legitimate massage), in the window…

On our recent vacation to Bruges, Belgium we spent a day at the Groeninge Museum. I was excited to visit the museum because it houses paintings by early Flemish artists, including Jan van Eyck, the first and greatest oil painter! Bruges…

Between May 24th and May 27th, 2013 my husband and I traveled to Bruges, Belgium.  Before we left we looked at many hotels and finally found Hotel Ter Duinen, from the pictures we saw on Expedia it looked charming.  We paid $725 Canadian…

The Travel Moms don't always travel together, and this is the case for this restaurant.  Robyn, one of our travel Moms was in Brussels, Belgium in August 2009 and she was looking for a restaurant for dinner.  Les Chapeliers was…

There is Gelato and then there is Gelato, but the best Gelato by a country mile is in Italy.  If you don't know what Gelato is, it is the Italien word for Ice Cream.  I love ice cream of all types, but the Italians have done something…

May 22nd and 23rd we were fortunate enough to stay at the Royal Windsor Hotel Grand Place in Brussels.  We arrived at the hotel at 7AM in the morning and fully expected our room not to be ready.  However, we were pleasantly surprised when…