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Yearly Archives: 2015

Mallorca Spain — Barcelona, Sevilla, Gibralter, and Madrid are all places most people think about in association with Spain. However, did you know that there are some really great island options as well? Especially if starting from Europe, getting to these beautiful islands is cheap and easy and a perfect short trip away. […]

Mallorca, Spain

This entry was posted in Destinations Spain on October 12, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

How to Plan an Iceland Trip — Everything You Need to Plan your Icelandic Adventure: Tools, Resources, Tips and more What is your favorite part about traveling? There is a whole gammet of answers out there anywhere from “The Food!” to “Experiencing the cultures” to “Seeing the joy on my child’s face seeing the (insert monument, theme […]

How to Plan an Iceland Trip

This entry was posted in Europe Iceland Travel Tips and tagged Camping Iceland Reychivik Ring Road on October 7, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Plitvice National Park — I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. There. I said it. At almost 30 years old, you would think that I should know what I want to be as an adult, but the truth is, I kind of don’t. Or, is it that […]

Becoming a Bali Entrepreneur; a submission for the annual coupofy ...

This entry was posted in Asia Bali and tagged Entrepreneur goals on October 6, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Regensburg Stone Bridge and Donau River — Best Places to go in Bavaria Most people only dream of taking a once in a life-time trip abroad. I have been so fortunate to be LIVING abroad for years now. While there are abundant options for things to do and see, sometimes I like to stick close to “home” […]

Over 20 Day Trips In and Near Bavaria For Every ...

This entry was posted in Destinations Europe Germany on October 5, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Pumpkin fries. Pumpkin prosecco. Pumpkin burgers. Pumpkin soup. No, I am not trying to pull a “Forest Gump” on you. The Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival (Kuerbisausstellung), in Stuttgart, Germany can pumpkin-fy just about any food you want! While Oktoberfest gets the most attention […]

Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival: The largest in the world!

This entry was posted in Europe Germany Travel Tips and tagged ludwigsburg pumpkin festival stuttgart on October 1, 2015 by LeAnna Brown

Check out my latest guest post with Chris over at the AmateurTraveler about how I learned to make cheese in the Swiss Alps! Click the hyperlink or first picture to read about shoveling cow poop, sleeping in a cow pasture, almost getting lost while hiking and, OF COURSE, learning to make Swiss […]

WWOOFing in the Swiss Alps: Learning to Make Cheese

This entry was posted in Travel Tips on September 26, 2015 by LeAnna Brown