Reims France- Stage Four of Tour de France

Reims, France was home to 4th stage of the Tour de France. EF bought a bike team a few years ago and now for Tour de France you can be picked to join and be a VIP spectator at each stage–very cool work perk! A good friend/coworker was picked to attend so I thought, I’ll…

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Siem Angkor Wat and Weep

I was headed to Vietnam for work so I decided to make two stops before to Cambodia and Laos. This post is about my visit to Siem Reap. These two stops were heavily influenced by my sister and brother-in-law who had just done a three-week South-East Asia trip about six months before my trip planning….

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Munich- Best Pretzels and Beer

Our trip came to end in Munich.  Even though it  meant the trip was over, we were so excited to get there because everyone we had to talked to about Munich said it was one of their favorite places. We of course took a train because in Europe that is an easy and cheap way…

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Denver and Pumpkin

I have officially been in Denver now for two weeks and one day.  I’m loving living in a town with the mountains so close and have been enjoying them on the two weekends I’ve been here.  Looking at the leaves changing from a mountain top is pretty extraordinary.  As a welcome to Denver post I…

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Salzburg: Best Music

The hills are alive with the sound of music in Salzburg.  Sorry I couldn’t help myself from having that as the lead in this post.  But for real they are—if you go on the Sound of Music tour while you are there that is.  We arrived into Salzburg to a cloudy rainy day, but it…

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Vienna- Best Architecture on Every Corner

Vienna is the capital of Austria and the “city of music” which is the city where the waltz originated.  We waltzed our way into that city without a real plan, which was sort of a trend with us on this trip.  We first headed over to see a building made by my friends Phil and…

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Lowcountry Bites: Blue Cheese Coleslaw

You may not live in South Carolina, or even be from there, but you will definitely appreciate their hot dogs.  What makes a carolina dog special?  The blue cheese coleslaw of course.  Learn more about it in my column this week. Follow me on Twitter @Pilots_Daughter

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Bratislava- Best “No Expectations” City

We added Bratislava to our trip just because it was on the way to Vienna from Budapest; thinking, “why not stay a night.” The more we talked to other people and thought about EuroTrip’s portrayal of the city we start to get a little nervous that we were spending too much time in Bratislava.  We…

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Budapest- Best View

After a seven hour bus drive, we were more than ready to explore Budapest. We headed straight to our hostel  to meet up with the rest of our group and get the night started!  We stayed at Bazar Hostel , which is on the Pest side, in Budapest and actually enjoyed the hostel.  It was in…

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