Category: 2023

Written by Kim It was a cold day around freezing when we arrived at Woodford Reserve for our 9:30 am tour. Woodford certainly has a different feel than Buffalo Trace. It was fancier, richer looking and appeared much newer but its history explains some of that. It had a very uppidy feel and even the […]

Written by Kim Our ride from Mom’s house in Sparta, TN to Frankfort, KY was about 4 hours. We were heading north so a bit further from home but we don’t mind spending time in the car. Our Audi is very comfy and has treated us well. The ride is very picturesque with lots of […]

Written by Kim Our last stop on our Europe trip was Lisbon. We added the stop because our flight home was on TAP Portugal and they offer significant discounts if you “layover” at least one night in either Porto or Lisbon. We chose to stay 3 nights in Lisbon to explore another city. We really […]

Written by Kim We took the train from Antwerp to Brugges. What we thought would be a simple 90 train ride turned into quite a challenge. When we got to Antwerp Central station while waiting for our train we were told the train was not coming to central station today so we had to go […]

Written by Kim Thanks to all who met us on our adventure or traveled with us virtually. We had quite the trip. As you know, Alex and I are both numbers geeks so let me start with some of our stats. Our trip lasted 23 days, where we had 8 stops in 8 beds, 7 […]

Written by Kim Our trip to Belgium was largely about seeing friends. With my job at J&J I estimate that I’ve been to Belgium 50+ times but Alex had never been there so I wanted to relive some of my favorite things and experience them with him. Originally we planned to stay in Antwerp and […]

Written by Kim I’ve been trying everything to fix the photos. I hope I finally got it. I’m not very good at this website stuff but disabled some plug-ins (not even sure what they are) but…here goes Heidelberg is located in the southwest of Germany on the Neckar river. It’s a small town with about […]

Written by Kim We had a fantastic time at Oktoberfest. What a party! This year was the 188th Oktoberfest in Munich which is held from September 16 to October 3, 2023 at Munich’s Theresienwiese. It’s been 9 years since we were here. We’re a bit older and greyer but felt like veterans. There are 14 […]

Written by Kim Slow down you crazy child, you’re so ambitious for a juvenile – Vienna waits for you. I couldn’t get that Billy Joel song out of my head the whole time we were here. We started our first day in a free walking tour but the tour was very big and it didn’t […]

Written by Kim After a simple breakfast and brief walk to say goodbye to Prague we headed to the train station for our four hour train to Vienna. We forgot we needed coins to use the restroom so left all our remaining koruna for the hotel maid so Alex had to go to the ATM […]