The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

Beethoven Museum + Virgilkapelle (Our “Free on the First Sunday” Museums)

In my latest frugal post, I mentioned how I always check whether museums offer free admission certain days of the week/month. Over the years we’ve come across a variety of options (some are free…