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Epic Europe Road Trip Day Two (Zurich): Lindt Chocolate Factory + Walking Tour

  • Euro Adventure, Road Trip, Travel
  • Apr 23, 2026
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After a very busy first day, everyone was relieved to not set any early-morning alarms. We ended up waking up earlier than expected which felt like a bonus… but emotions ended up running high. I try to keep things fairly balanced on the blog: I don’t want to share anything too personal while also trying…

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Potpourri from Helsinki

I can’t tell you how many times over the last few weeks I’ve thought: I want to blog about this random thing… and then didn’t have access to my laptop.

I’m taking that as…

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, Random
  • Apr, 22, 2026
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Epic Europe Road Trip Day One: Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, & Switzerland

Well… that was epic.

In less than seven days, we drove over 2,200 kilometers through eight different countries. Fun fact that I only learned on our road trip: the Alps span eight countries, and…

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  • Road Trip, Euro Adventure
  • Apr, 22, 2026
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Visiting the Schönbrunn Palace Easter Market in Vienna

We came across a few Easter markets randomly in various cities here in Europe and I was impressed.

Then we went to Schönbrunn Palace and they blew the rest of them out of the water….

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  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Vienna
  • Apr, 21, 2026
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Walks Around Vienna (AKA: A Giant Photo Dump)

My camera was overflowing with random pictures from Vienna that didn’t necessarily fit a specific theme but I wanted to memorialize them on the blog in some way. Hence a giant photo dump with…

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  • Euro Adventure, Travel, Vienna
  • Apr, 20, 2026

A Special Guest Post by Belle: Top Five/Bottom Five About My Mother

For the first time ever while travelling as a family, we ended up with two separate hotel rooms last night. We split things up by gender, so Belle and I got the chance to…

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  • Personality Insights, Random, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • Apr, 19, 2026
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Cool Bloggers Walking Club April 2026: Week 2

I figured I wouldn’t have much time on our road trip to blog… and I was right. (All the posts that were published this week I wrote back in Vienna.) But I loved receiving…

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  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise
  • Apr, 18, 2026
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