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Eat, Play… Live (Essen, Spielen…Leben)

October 30, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

EAT: I’ll admit, I had a preconceived notion of what German cuisine would be like.  Mostly the atmosphere of the restaurants; dimly lit, heavily cloaked in velvet, with antler décor and many food items containing blood.   We have yet to see anything like this here in Nuremburg, quite the opposite. The local eateries are very modern, gorgeous well-lit interiors, with bent wood furnishings, felted wool place matts and seat cushions, many including vegetarian options. Our first food experience was a […]

Categories: Tiffany's Blog • Tags: Altstadt, germany, Nuremburg, play structures, street artists

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Nuremburg, Germany…my return to the Fatherland

October 28, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

My deep roots are German on both sides of my family so this country understandably has a familiar and comfortable ‘feel’ to me personally. I last visited Nuremburg when I was a senior in high school (way back in the time machine in the year 1975). I was a regional winner in a national high school German language contest and the prize was a trip to Germany along with several dozen other high school students from all over the country. […]

Categories: Bernie's Blog • Tags: germany, Kinder Museum, Nuremburg, U-bahn, Waldorf School

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Curious Life

October 21, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

Life is a curious thing. If anyone could have told me 11 years ago that in 2017 I would be traveling the world for 9 months with my beautiful daughters and husband, I would not have believed it, yet here I am. It has been rough at times,  I’m not going to lie or cover over the gritty truth with smiling photos. We have been living in Airbnb’s and therefore appreciating the local life, shopping in corner stores, taking local […]

Categories: Tiffany's Blog, Yoga • Tags: Garudasana

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Celebrating Grace’s 6th Birthday in ¡España!

October 21, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

  Our Grace is now 6 years old! Her birthday is on October 20. She shares the same birthday as my dad who passed away in 1999. The old saying of ‘how time flies when you are having fun’ is so true. I can’t believe how quickly the past six years have come and gone. I have such a vivid memory of the day that Grace was born. We brought her home to the first house that we rented after […]

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BARCELONA (capital of CATALONIA)

October 17, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

We have now made our way to the other side of Spain to the coastal city of Barcelona. This very large urban area is home to almost 5 million people. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and has been in the world news recently due to the populist ‘separatist’ movement that is seeking to declare independence for this region from Spain. Our Airbnb host (who is from this region) patiently explained the history of Catalonia and the uneasy ‘marriage’ of […]

Categories: Bernie's Blog • Tags: Barcelona, Catalonia, Cervelló, Gaudí, Guell, Sagrada Familia, Spain, Vallirana

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Prado y Pandas

October 3, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

While attempting to purchase online tickets for el Museo del Prado, I discovered that you can visit this famous art museum (one of the five most visited sites in the world) for free  during the last two hours of each day.  As we had already purchased a two day city tour hop on and off bus ticket, I carefully planned that for the 2nd day, Sunday we could enjoy a tour of modern Madrid, have something to eat and arrive […]

Categories: Tiffany's Blog • Tags: Bosch, Chulina, Giant Panda, Madrid Zoo, Prado

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driving MAD…rid!

October 3, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

I wish the pop-up ad on the internet would have said ‘Free rental cars in Madrid’. At least then, I would have been skeptical. Instead the ad offered a rental car for 5 EUR a day (about $6). We thought that this was a deal that we could not pass up and rented a car for pickup at the Madrid airport after our arrival  at 10:00 PM. After the paperwork transaction, I naively asked the agent for a map and […]

Categories: Bernie's Blog

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Porto. Our farewell to Portugal.

October 1, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

  We have spent 27 days in this intriguing and welcoming country. Much more than parks, palaces and museums,  what has made this visit memorable for me was meeting and talking to the people of Portugal. The countless cafes and pastelarias (pastry and snack shops) that we visited in Ponta Delgada on the Island of São Miguel, Sintra, Lisbon and Porto were for the most part far from the popular tourist areas but instead were ‘around the corner’ and always […]

Categories: Bernie's Blog, Tiffany's Blog

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