Sip & Paint Party

Ever heard of a Sip & Paint? Or getting drunk and painting a picture? I guess the newest thing is to get a group of friends together to go paint and drink some wine at the same time. Sounds fun right? In theory it is. Maybe I just had a bad experience with this business. But over in Germany we're limited to the things we're able to do. So when this new business came up, it sounded like the perfect...

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Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland

In February 2015, we packed up the car and headed off to Poland! This trip was a last minute decision. Since we had done a big Christmas Vacation, 11-day Mediterranean Cruise, we decided that we were going to hold off on doing any trips until March when Drew's mom Gwen came to visit. The 4-day weekend in January passed and we didn't do anything. When the 4-day in February approached I started...

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Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest), Germany

On our way back from Salzburg, (May 2014) we stopped off in Berchtesgaden for one reason, the Eagle's Nest. The name Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" came from a description of the place by the French ambassador in 1938. The Germans called it the "D-House" (for diplomatic) or the Kehlsteinhaus, from its location on the Kehlstein mountain. Hitler's Eagles' Nest was used primarily to entertain visiting dignitaries....

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Stonehenge & Windsor Castle, England

On our last day in London, we woke up bright and early, Drew took the tube while I slept in (Oh the joys of being sick on vacation) and picked up the rental car. We rented a car through Sixt. It came with unlimited kilometers and it was our way to catch our early flight out of the airport the next morning. According to Google Maps, Stonehenge is about an hour and 45 minutes away. An hour on the...

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