I visited during peak Christmas market season, and on a Saturday. The streets were buzzing despite the cold. A few roads into the island were closed to cars, parking was a small adventure, there were police checkpoints to access the center, and queues at cafés and restaurants snaked around corners. Continue reading Travel: Day Trip to Strasbourg, France
Stevns Klint, a UNESCO World Heritage site. These aren’t just any cliffs they’re a fossil-hunter’s paradise, said to contain over 400 species of macrofossils and thousands of microfossils, telling a 65-million-year-old tale of an asteroid that reshaped life on Earth. Continue reading Travel for Tales & Food: Denmark
Ever tried a drink that’s so deep red it looks like a glass of wine or blood but tastes like a spiced cranberry holiday? If you’re from a Caribbean family like mine, you probably know exactly what I’m talking about: Sorrel or Sorel. Continue reading Tales: The Global Journey of Sorrel (Chilled Hibiscus Iced Tea)
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Baumwipfelpfad Treetop Walk is 1,300 meters, which is about 4,265 feet, and is 25 meters or 83 feet above the tree line. This tree walk is shaped like an egg or oval, made out of wooden and metal reinforcements. The very top of this structure gives a breathtaking view of the forest, and on a clear day, the northern ridge of the Alps makes an appearance. Continue reading Visiting Baumwipfelpfad Bavarian Forest Treetop Walk
The prompt for Day 11 of the Bloganuary challenge is “What does it mean to live boldly?” To live boldly generally means to live a life without reservations. I use the word reservation becaues it will forever remind me of Anthony Bourdain. A figure who has inspired me to travel and start a blog that led me here. I would say Anthony lived a life … Continue reading Tales: Bloganuary # 11 (Boldly Living Bourdain-ism)
The prompt for day two of Bloganuary is “What is a road trip you would love to take?” If money was no obstacle and time was on my side, my road trip would be an exploration of the Caribbean by way of a sea vessel preferably a yacht , but I am sure if bridges connected every Caribbean island, I would opt for that road … Continue reading Tales: Bloganuary (Road Trip Caribbean Style)
It’s 2022, and I found myself trying to take pictures like I used to, but I feel a bit unsexy and more body-conscious than usual. This isn’t a new thing for me, but that single act of trying to take a nice picture led me to look at all my old photos from 2007 until most recently. I was shocked at how I’d changed, but … Continue reading Tales & Travel: Time Traveling to the Past
Last weekend, I, alone with an acquaintance, visited Trier, Germany. This blog is about this brief Saturday afternoon frolick throught Trier’s Christmas Market. It’s December, and I find myself in Germany, a country known for the most commonly understood stereotypical scenes of Christmas misery and bliss. Christmas isn’t my favorite holiday, but to be honest, I don’t find any holiday particularly satisfying, especially as an … Continue reading Travel: Exploring Trier’s Christmas Market
At the beginning of December 2021, I visited Iceland, and I was happy to report that I had checked it off my bucket list. While the term bucket list has become somewhat cliché in my world, I know that some places are more than a list to be checked off. Iceland is one of the places that might make you return; whether you are planning … Continue reading Travel: My Weekend in Iceland (The Land of Fire & Ice)
During the last week of May 2021, I visited the Grand Canyon and planned on blogging about my experience there. Unfortunately, I got distracted with Hawaii and Germany, which pushed it to the bottom of my list then eventually, I deleted it from my mind. I recently looking through my phone in a failed attempt at freeing up space, when I saw the pictures I … Continue reading Travel: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona USA
My favorite photos are always of flowers and plants for some reason. This was taken at Mirabell Palace in Salzburg, Austria. Plants and flowers are the only things in nature that are always photogenic; but never have to stop and pose, fix their face, or change their dress. They are just gorgeous naturally. Continue reading Tales: Flowers at a Palace
It seems so clear, but it really isn’t. This picture was taken while hiking in Heidelberg. A wild strawberry bush in the dead of June. Making way for memories of a confusing summer, but ultimately letting us know that winter is coming. Are you ready? Continue reading Tales: The End of an Evergreen Summer
My trip to Austria started with a 30-minute drive to Kaiserslautern, Germany, followed by a midnight 6-hour bus ride and early morning entrance into the 4th largest city in Austria. Like Colon Germany, Salzburg, Austria was built on the settlement of an old Roman town called Iuvavum. Based on my experience in Colon; I was excited to see the rich history that the romans left … Continue reading Travel: Day Trip to Salzburg Austria
During my first month visiting Germany, I saw the town of Heidelberg near the Neckar River in southwest Germany. The highlights of this town are the historical areas such as the Heidelberg Palace, the Old Bridge, and Heidelberg Zoo. Heidelberg is also home to many universities and a romantic cityscape with narrow roads and thousands of hidden spots around every bend. Germany is jammed packed … Continue reading Travel: Fun in Heidelberg
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