We visited three markets near our hotel in Cologne. While we did see other parts of the central part of town, our primary focus was the markets both day and…

We flew out of Seattle the day after Thanksgiving heading to Germany. We had always wanted to visit the Christmas markets and we finally got around to doing so. But…

In late October I made my fourth trip to India to visit our office in Pune. I spent a week in the office and then I went with a few…

Our final trip in Montenegro was a two-hour drive inland to the famous Ostrog Monastery. Built in the late 17th century, the monastery is dedicated to St. Basil of Ostrog,…

The town we had originally intended to visit after seeing Kotor was Perast. A tiny fishing village on the bay (official population is less than 400), Perast is a popular…

Our hotel was located on the shore of the massive Bay of Kotor, named for a town at one of its eastern reaches. We drove over to Kotor one morning…

After a week in Slovenia we flew south to visit Montenegro. About the size of Connecticut, the small, mountainous country is a popular tourist spot for its low costs and…

Have you ever planned a day where you have lunch in one country and dinner in another? For our last day in Slovenia we drove west towards the coast to…

For Saturday we booked a guided wine tour out to the Vipava Valley. Our guide Tina took us to two small, family-owned wineries. On Sunday we drove our rental car…

For our Monday road trip we headed north to visit Lake Bled and Vintgar Gorge. As Slovenia is situated along the southern border of Austria, the northern areas of the…