Stroh Ohana Travelogue

The Malta Experience

November 23, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

A well kept secret, one of only a few mini countries in the world, and it is truly a wonderful place to visit. Sacred, historically medieval, and beautiful, we arrived from Rome met the kids at “Popeye’s Village” for a rigorous round of miniature golf and it’s been non stop ever since. How wonderful to see such a magnificent Island through the beautiful eyes of our progeny. We love their energy and all of the probing questions reminding me of my childhood, including the […]

Categories: Guest Blogger • Tags: Malta, Mdina, Popeye's Village, Thanksgiving Abroad

Arrivederci to Sicily, Italy…for now

November 19, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

Thursday, November 17, is our last day in Balestrate, Sicily which is located in the Palermo Provinciale. We have spent 15 days in the ‘baglio’ (Italian courtyard farmhouse) which is surprisingly the longest that we have stayed in one place since starting our journey 2-1/2 months ago. We now have visited 4 countries (Portugal, Spain, Germany & Italy). Living out of suitcases with a relatively small allowance of space for each of us + school supplies has been challenging and […]

Categories: Bernie's Blog • Tags: DHL, Poste Italiane, Shipping Internationally, Terme Segestane

Sicilia

November 12, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

Our first impression of Palermo was that this island has immense natural beauty; tall impressive rocky hills contrasted by the blue of the Mediterranean. It was a really easy flight from Nuremburg. While we waited for our luggage, I got the girls a snack at a nearby vending machine. I was ‘over the moon’ about the vending machine dispensing a snack consisting of a tiny brick of parmesan cheese with saltines (I was expecting parmesan flavored crackers). It was necessary […]

Categories: Tiffany's Blog • Tags: Car Rental, Palermo, PRADA, Rubbish, Sicily, Trash

Germany’s not so final… resting place

November 1, 2017 by strohohanatravelogue

As some of you may know who read my recent blog post, I intended to take my family and visit the local village of Roβtal (Rosstal) which is located very near to Nuremburg (about 20 minutes by train). There is a cemetery in Roβtal where my grandfather (my father’s dad) is buried. Before I left for my German high school trip in 1971, my father gave me a little hand-drawn map that showed where the headstone was located within the cemetery. […]

Categories: Bernie's Blog • Tags: Albrecht Dürer Haus, Cemetery, germany, Roβtal, S-4 Train

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

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

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

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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