Rails, Ales & Old Towns Europe Travel Podcast
Tips for Great Europe Trips
I guess it’s predictable, but living abroad has totally made me appreciate travelling in the U.S.A. way more than I used to. Now, anyone who knows me knows that I’ve never met a road trip I didn’t like driving 10 hours for, and as a result, I’ve definitely seen my fair share of America’s crown jewels …
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Well, the dust has finally settled on the holidays and 2015 is definitely in full swing here in Amsterdam. It may have taken a bit longer for the dust to settle here compared to most places though, but we got there. Why? Well, the Amsterdam air was full of powder and particulate from the, like, …
Kickoff – December 8-11, 2014 Sites – Hannover, Goslar, Wolfenbüttell/Braunschweig, and Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany. How We Got Here: Two years ago, we dipped our toes in the snow at Christmas markets in Edinburgh and Manchester and had a blast. Last year’s Christmas Market Crawl spanned two-and-a-half weeks and covered parts of Germany, Austria, and …
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I wish I could tell you there was a really rock solid reason why we ended up at the Leipzig Christmas market, but that just wouldn’t be true, and the internet is not the place to spread misinformation. The truth is, we were deciding between going to the Leipzig Christmas market and Dresden’s since they are …
Vienna doesn’t get too much hype when it comes to best European Christmas market cities, as everyone is usually too busy slobbering over Nuremberg, Cologne, and any other places that were on the most recent “Best Christmas Markets in Europe” slideshow going around the internet. That ends up being a good thing in my opinion …
When you are planning a trip to Europe (or anywhere else for that matter), one thing that you will inevitably come across in guidebooks or hear in advice from friends on the internet is the idea of taking a day trip. You know how the day trip works, right? You get up early, take a …
So, you’ve decided to buy a Eurail pass for your trip to Europe. Smart move. If you’re anything like me, now you are spending your days staring at the map of Europe and train schedule that came with your Eurail pass imagining all the possibilities that lie before you. Could I pull off Paris to …
Many people skip Belgium on their Europe trips. And as I’ve preached before, this is a terrible mistake. For the few and the proud that make it to Belgium, most of them end up skipping Ghent in favor of bigger-hitters Bruges and Brussels. I did. Twice. Again, terrible, terrible, mistake. It actually took me until my …
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Wasting money really sucks. And no matter how big or small your Europe trip budget is, no one likes to spend more than they have to for things. Well, if you’re aren’t careful, you can throw away a ton of money on a trip to Europe. Especially on little things like bottles of water, soda, …
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Every time I’ve come to Europe, there has been a place or two that I really wanted to go, but for some reason or another, I just wasn’t able to see. Some of these places have been missed on multiple trips now and are now just simply known as ‘the ones that got away’. The …
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