Yesterday we went up to Mountain Top, which boasts the best banana daiquiris, which I have never tried, and an amazing view of Magen’s Bay. It also has a huge store filled with every souvenir you could imagine. Jef got me a big floppy hat and I bought both a t-shirt and sweatshirt for reasonable prices. After shopping, we headed to Magen’s Bay, which is … Continue reading Magen’s Bay, Brewer’s Bay, and Agricultural Fair in St. Thomas

This is my first time back to St. Thomas since the devastating hurricane in 2017.  I fell in love with this island the first time that Jef took me here six years ago.  Jef knows a lot of people here, so our visits here are not of the normal tourist variety. We go to a lot of beaches and we love checking out various bands at night.  Things … Continue reading St Thomas

Sadly, you can not visit the inside of this castle. It is a private residence and has been owned by the same family since the 17th century. They have about 20 acres of vines that surround the castle that they cultivate into wine. You can purchase the wine at the bottom of the castle. Unfortunately we were there on a Sunday and did not get … Continue reading Chateau Vufflens

I may have mentioned before that I love castles so when I saw Chillon Castle on the banks of Lake Geneva or Lac Léman I knew we had to visit. We took the train to Montreaux, which is famous for its summer jazz festival as well as having a recording studio for Queen. If you get off the train at Montreaux you have to walk … Continue reading Montreaux, Switzerland

You can’t beat the beauty of Switzerland…the lakes, the snow topped mountains, and the cleanliness of all that surrounds you. It is amazing that even in a large city, everything is so clean! I can’t decide if I would recommend visiting in November. It was a bit chilly and we had several gray days, but the crowds were nonexistent. It was so peaceful to wander … Continue reading Geneva, Switzerland

We traveled to Ghent on a Monday, which is apparently akin to a Sunday in which there was very little open including restaurants. We didn’t care because we were on a mission to see Gravensteen Castle, which basically translates into Stone Castle. (I love castles, so expect to see a lot of blogs in which we are wandering around them.) We arrived right when they … Continue reading Ghent, Belgium

I fell in love with Brugge (or Burges if you are looking it in English) as soon as we started walking down the street from the train station. The beautiful constructed houses on the canals, some with the dates displayed on the façade, the arched bridges over the numerous canals, and the skyline of gorgeous spires were all enchanting. Our primary focus for visiting Brugge … Continue reading Brugge

Perhaps the best thing about Belgium, besides its beautiful architecture, is the chocolate. It is EVERYWHERE. We has our first hot chocolate yesterday in Brugge in which we whisked solid chocolate into hot milk. It was so rich and earthy tasting. I tried a fair trade dark chocolate and Jef had a Vietnamese chocolate, which was lighter than mine. Today we stopped at Pierre Marcolini, … Continue reading Tasty Treats in Belgium

We leave on Thursday for Brussels. I am certainly looking forward to trying some craft beers and tasty chocolate! We better plan for a lot of walking because I hear that the waffles are also amazing. Our vacation is for four days and we hope to do at least two trips outside of Brussels. Do we go to Burges? Antwerp? Ghent? All of them and … Continue reading Belgium is up next!

I was very interested in going to the British Museum. I’ve seen it in so many movies and referenced as having all kinds of items that I wanted to see. I really love Egyptian artifacts and I was so thrilled to see the Rosetta Stone and the various mummies. However, the sheer number of people who were also vying to see these items made it … Continue reading British Museum, British Library, and King’s Cross Station