Europe

My Top 10 Road Trip Experiences of 2025

2summers2026-01-14T07:54:45+00:00December 30, 2025|

For me (and for many others), 2025 was a strange and sporadically horrible year. I spent much of 2025 feeling anxious and depressed for various reasons, and I blogged less than I have in [...]

Dazzling Art and Architecture in Bilbao, Spain

2024-06-23T12:04:25+00:00June 23, 2024|

I still haven't finished telling you about my gallivant around Europe, which happened back in March and April and is fast becoming ancient history. I'm going to keep on peppering you with one or [...]

Street Art Sightings in Quirky Munich

2024-05-15T08:32:22+00:00May 15, 2024|

Thorsten and I recently spent three days in Munich, Germany, at the beginning of our whirlwind European trip. We went to Munich because it was a logical place to meet up with Thorsten's kids, [...]

Four Days in Spain’s Picos de Europa

@nTh3@2025-08-14T12:42:09+00:00May 5, 2024|

When my friend Michelle, with whom I traveled around Spain during my recent European trip, first suggested we should check out the Picos de Europa, I had the same response that you might be [...]

Gallivanting Through Europe with 2Summers

@nTh3@2025-08-14T12:43:53+00:00April 19, 2024|

Earlier this week I returned from a crazy trip to Europe: 26 days of travel from Joburg to Munich, to Madrid, all over northern Spain, to Lisbon, and back to Joburg. I've traveled a [...]

My 15 Favorite Photos of Amsterdam

2018-10-09T21:20:31+00:00October 9, 2018|

I spent three days in Amsterdam in August as part of my #2SummersEuropeanTrip. I have so many pretty pictures of the visit and if I don't share them now I may never do it. [...]

Berlin Is the Johannesburg of Europe

2018-09-14T18:39:39+00:00September 14, 2018|

I spent three days in Berlin, which is not enough time to get to know a place and make dramatic pronouncements like, "Berlin is the Johannesburg of Europe." Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. But I'm saying [...]

Seeing the Netherlands by Boat

@nTh3@2026-01-15T12:22:54+00:00September 7, 2018|

During my recent European trip, I spent four days floating down the canals of the northern Netherlands on an 18-meter barge named Hendrika. I know lots of you are eager to hear about this [...]

Solo Traveling, Never Alone

2018-09-02T21:20:20+00:00September 2, 2018|

A few months ago I received an invitation to my friends' wedding in Vienna. I'd never been to Vienna before so I decided to go. While I'm at it, I thought, I should really [...]