How was everyone’s summer?? I’m sorry for the silence! I’ve been stockpiling some wonderful wine and travel updates that I’ll be sharing here soon. First up: my experience wine tasting in the Jura. I started…
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Travelogue – Loire Valley Part 2: Amboise, Touraine, Sancerre, Chablis
Following part 1 and my tour through the western part of the Loire Valley, we continued the second half of our trip, moving east. The village of Nazelles, just outside of Amboise, was our home…
Travelogue – Loire Valley Part 1: Nantes, Angers, Saumur, Chinon
If you’ve been following for a while now, you’ve seen me progress into a full blown Francophile. It started in Paris (here, here, and here), followed me to Burgundy, persisted in Alsace, Champagne and now…
Wine Wednesdays – A Day in Tokaj
One of the highlights of our time in Hungary was a day trip to Tokaj. We debated whether to embark on the 5 hour round trip train ride when we had such limited time in…
Travelogue – Budapest, Hungary
We took an early morning train from Vienna and in 2.5 hours arrived in Budapest. We stayed at the Kapital Inn which is #1 on Trip Advisor for a reason! Owners Paul and Albert were…
Travelogue – 36 Hours in Vienna
Following our whirlwind tour through the wine regions surrounding Vienna (read about part 1 and part 2) we headed in to the city and dropped our car for 2 nights and one full day to…
Wine Wednesdays – Wine Regions of Austria Part 2 – Burgenland and Tattendorf
After a successful morning in the Kamptal region, we continued our drive past Vienna, another hour south to Rust in the heart of Burgenland. We rested our heads at Pension Kral Bike & Wine, after over 30…
Wine Wednesdays – Wine Regions of Austria Part 1 – Kamptal
Kayak flight search lead us to book Thanksgiving week in Austria and Hungary, two totally unexpected spots that I didn’t have very high on my list of must-see places, but that was honestly part of…
Travelogue – Marfa, Texas
I can’t say it was at the top of my “must-see” travel list, but earlier this summer a dear friend’s 30th birthday gave us girls a great excuse to venture to west Texas to the…
Wine Wednesdays – A Taste of Portugal with Quinta das Carvalhas
When our friends posed the challenge of coming up with a Portuguese inspired menu to accompany a few bottles of wine procured from a recent trip to the Douro Valley, we (Jared) rose to the…