Meet Aaron and Meghan - scuba diving, traveling, and recovering expats! They just moved back from Germany, where they lived and worked for two years and are now making their home in the great state of Texas, quite a change for these northerners! Follow along as they dive and travel all over the world.
The life of an expat can be glamorous. Traveling, seeing new places, having new experiences. But then reality sets in. We can't travel all the time unfortunately. Things like work and cleaning and cooking and laundry can get in the way.
And that's what happened this weekend. We've been busy pretty much every weekend since the beginning of December. There was Munich and then Cologne, and then we ...
Read MoreWhile in Pilsen, there were a couple of other places that we wanted to visit: the brewery museum and the underground tour. I did some research before we went and noted that if you purchases tickets for multiple tours on the same day, you would get a 25% discount. Always looking for a good value, this is what we ended up doing. I thought three tours in one day would be too much but as it turns out, it wasn't.
Read MoreThe morning after our beer bathing experience, we headed on to Pilsen. It was only 45 minutes from Chodovar Plana and made for a nice way to extend our long weekend in the Czech Republic. I had booked us a hotel in the city center of Pilsen, but due to the opening ceremonies of the European Capital of Culture festivities that weekend, car traffic was restricted. Thankfully, there was a parking structure not far away. Our first stop when we got into Pilsen was the Pilsner Urquell brewery. We had planned ...
Read MoreYes, you read that title correctly. No, we did not accidentally fall into a vat of beer. We did it on purpose. Just kidding, we didn't fall, we carefully stepped into it. This past weekend, we knocked another item off our European Bucket List and took a bath in a tub full of beer, while drinking beer, all in the name of our health!
Czech is known for it's beer. It's given the world the Pilsner style of beer, including Pilsner Urquell and Budweiser (among many others). Ok, so the version of the latter with which most Americans are familiar ...
Read MoreIn between our ''bigger'' trips, we have found we like to stay closer to home and explore. The past two weekends, we spent in the Schwarzwald (Black Forest), which starts just an hour south of where we live. The first weekend, Aaron planned, and didn't tell me where we were going of what we were doing. I always love when he surprises me like that (and secretly hate it too, I never know how to dress for it!).
Read MoreOur trip to Ireland was planned in only a couple of weeks, and there were a few things we knew we wanted to do and see while we were there. Among these were something related to Titanic in Belfast, kiss the Blarney stone, visit the Jameson distillery and the Guinness brewery, and see some of the country side. Giants Causeway and the Cliffs of Moher also came highly recommended to us, so those went on the list as well. Our flights were in and out of Dublin, so we knew we would be spending some time there as well. We finally settled on an itinerary that was Belfast - Castlebar - Limerick - Cork - Dublin. In retrospect
Read MoreAfter leaving Cork, we had a three hour drive ahead of us to Dublin. But before we made it there, we made a couple of stops along the way: the Rock of Cashel and the Smithwick's Brewery. The next day in Dublin, which was also New Year's Eve, was spent exploring. We checked out a famine museum on a reproduction of a famine boat and went to the Guinness brewery. Sorry if this post is kinda long, but as a reward for hanging in there, you'll get to see some pretty pictures!
One of my Facebook friends posted one of those articles that shows pretty pictures of things. The topic of this one was European Castles. Seeing as how we are kind living in Europe, I checked it out to see
Read MoreIn the summer of 2014, the Oaks' packed up their life and moved to Mannheim, Germany. Now they live in Texas! Follow along as this former expat couple travels the world with the two girls, doing some scuba diving along the way!
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