Road Trip to Hallstatt
I woke up this morning and made the trek to the Salzburg airport to pick up our rental car. Though I was expecting a tiny car with no air conditioning, I was pleasantly surprised...
Category: Culture
Fresh Food!
Kendra woke me up at 6:45am this morning. As tough as it was to drag myself out of bed, it was totally worth the effort. We walked a few short blocks to an amazing...
Gardens, Dwarves, Beer and Music
Today our big adventure to Mirabellgarten (the Mirabell Gardens) turned out to be much more exciting than we expected. As we roamed through the flowers, fountains, and statues, we came upon a music group...
A Day of Learning
Today started out slowly, but quickly picked up the pace. I met Kendra for lunch at the University café, where we ended up eating with one of her professors. She is a lovely woman,...
Innsbruck, Austria – Day 2
We woke up even earlier today to head to the train station in Innsbruck. After storing our bags in a locker, we grabbed some water and snacks and boarded the shuttle bus to the...
Another Day in Salzburg
Today we had plans to go see St. Sebastian’s Church after Kendra finished classes, but by the time 3:30pm rolled around, the skies had let loose with a torrential downpour. Instead she read her...
Salzburg, Austria – Day 1
I am sitting at a desk in our dorm room, listening to the cheers of over a thousand people gathered across the river. They are watching the World Cup finals on an enormous video...
Dublin – Day 2
Today was our first full day in Europe. We woke early to go to O’Connell Street to buy tickets for the “hop-on hop-off” bus tour. We were too early (a first for Jen) so...
Dublin – Day 1!
We landed in Shannon this morning at 6am local time. We had a short layover before our 30-minute flight to Dublin. It was sunny when we touched down at 8:25am. Despite getting a few...