Category: Travel Life

  • Galavanting Through New Glarus

    To celebrate both my birthday and our wedding anniversary, Tony and I took a weekend trip to New Glarus, Wisconsin. Known as “Swiss Town” or the “Little Switzerland of America”, New Glarus was founded in 1845 by 108 Swiss immigrants. Coming from the Swiss canton of Glarus, they founded this small Wisconsin village which has…

  • Back to that Travel Life

    I’m back – back to blogging and back to that travel life! Life has been great lately, but mom life, wife life, friend life and work life don’t always allow for blog life. And now that my travel life is coming back? Well, I guess we will see. 🙂 I am thrilled because travel is…

  • Sauntering Through Savannah

    Sauntering Through Savannah

    In some ways, it is strange to think we’ve been back in Chicago 2.5 years. Some days it feels longer and others it feels like we never left Switzerland. Regardless, we continue to revel in the many amazing cities America has to offer. We hit up another new one during Tilly’s spring break – Savannah,…

  • Cruising through Cuba – Part #2

    Cruising through Cuba – Part #2

    Whether by car or on foot, we found ourselves spending a decent amount of time “cruising” when in Cuba. Our second day in Havana, we woke up and had a lovely homemade breakfast on the rooftop terrace. This was followed by being picked up by two 1950s style cars – pink and purple ones, at…

  • Cruising through Cuba – Part #1

    Amy, Dana and I celebrated 40 years of life by having an epic adventure in Iceland.  A couple months later on her actual birthday, Amy was gifted ANOTHER adventure by her husband – a trip to Cuba. Obviously, Dana and I were invited. Cuba?? I thought.  Wasn’t Cuba the forbidden fruit of the Caribbean when…