If I can give you some advice, skip the whirlwind Alsace Christmas market tour. I know there are companies that offer this as a day trip from Paris, but visiting Alsace is incredible and it’s worth building in a few…
Rome at Christmas: Memorable Holidays in the Eternal City
I have to be honest. Rome at Christmas is not my favorite. It was lovely, but I felt that it was lacking the magic that Venice or Paris held during the holidays. It was also way more crowded than both…
Visiting Paris at Christmas: A Quiet, Magical Time of Year
The decision to be in Paris at Christmas wasn’t hard after our amazing Valentine’s Day trip to Paris. I know I keep saying this, but Paris in the winter is the best kept secret in travel. Tom was really excited…
3 Delightful Tuscany Christmas Markets to Visit
Last year, I dedicated the month of July to recapping our Christmas market adventures. While I don’t have as much content this year, I do have some updates to share from our trips in November and December 2021. While not…
7 Christmas Market Trip Itinerary Ideas
Hopefully by now, I’ve convinced you to make your own Christmas market trip to Europe! Despite the cold, there is nowhere I’d rather celebrate the holiday season than in Europe. The smell of roasted chestnuts, the warmth of mulled wine,…
Christmas in Venice: The Most Dazzling Time of Year
Spoiler alert: Spending Christmas in Venice was never part of our original central Europe Christmas market itinerary in 2018. On our last night in Nuremberg, Tom and I were talking about how easy the two week trip had been. We…
Nuremberg Christmas Markets
The Nuremberg Christmas markets were originally supposed to be one of the last stops our our two week Central Europe Christmas market itinerary. Because I spent so much time oscillating between Nuremberg or Rothenberg ob der Tauber, the hotels I…
Rothenburg ob der Tauber Christmas Markets
It’s hard to imagine anywhere more quintessentially German than the story book backdrop that accompanies the Rothenburg ob der Tauber Christmas markets. Rothenburg ob der Tauber was high on Tom’s list of places he wanted to go. When I read…
Prague Christmas Markets: 4 Festive Squares to Visit
The third stop on our Great Winter Adventure (#SandTGoChristmasMarketing) is the Prague Christmas markets. Beautiful, magical Prague. I fell in love with the Old Town Square Christmas Market on our first Christmas market trip and I knew we had to…
Vienna in December: The Most Stunning Christmas City
The second stop on our Christmas market tour of Central Europe (#SandTGoChristmasMarketing: Round 2) is Vienna. Vienna in December is magical and COLD. I knew that from our first Christmas market adventure, but I couldn’t resist the allure of continuing…
6 Festive Salzburg Christmas Markets to Visit
I finally finished editing all the photographs from our three week Christmas Market trip last week. I am so far behind on blogging about our December and January jaunt through central Europe, but I’m ready now. Without further adieu, let’s jump…
Salzburg in Winter: Our Itinerary
I’m not going to lie: Salzburg in winter is cold. Beautiful but cold. Magical but cold. It’s probably one of the most beautiful European cities in winter, though. Truth be told, I’ve only visited Salzburg in winter. When I studied…
