travel adventures
There are only a few things in this world that I love more than traveling. I absolutely love the adventure of exploring new places, eating unknown foods, meeting new people, and being immersed in different cultures. Having these travel adventures with my husband is what makes them even more amazing! He is my best friend and the love of my life. Exploring the world with him brings me more joy than I could ever express with words.
For example, the above photo was taken during an afternoon when we were simply laying down in the grass below the Eiffel Tower. We were relaxing and soaking up the sunshine. I looked at him and realized I could see the Tower in his sunglasses. In that moment I thought to myself how truly amazing it was to be sitting in Paris below the Eiffel Tower with the man of my dreams. I grew up daydreaming about visiting the city of love and lights one day… I couldn’t imagine more of a dream come true!
Since we got married in June 2012 we have visited 10 countries together and had a lovely honeymoon in Alaska. It’s during these incredible travel adventures that we have grown closer together. Exploring seems to ignite something inside of us and I love being able to share that with him! It is truly a blessing!
Planning our first Euro-adventure was a bit intimidating… Since neither of us had been to Europe before we wanted to see everything! Once the research began that desire grew and grew! During that first trip we spent a week in Paris and another week in Italy. Followed by 3 weeks traveling by train through 5 different countries! It was exhausting, but absolutely amazing! Our second trip we spent a week in France (Normandy and Paris) and then a second week in Turkey!
We had never been on trains like the ones in Europe… With our Eurail pass we had first class seats and often sat in private cars. It was a relaxing and amazing way to see the countries. We would take turns napping, reading, playing chess on my iPad, or just staring out the window… I loved it!
We stayed in beautiful apartments, hostels, and bed and breakfasts… Staying in a mix of places made the experience even better! I loved the variety of them and didn’t have a single complaint about any of them! I even loved the apartment we stayed at in Turkey that was above a convenient store where after each shower we had to mop up the bathroom floor due to faulty draining. Then when leaving the apartment we had to duck the water drops falling from the ceiling. Some would find these things inconvenient or a hassle and while it was somewhat irritating at first I grew to appreciate our second story creaky and leaky apartment!
I treasure these adventures and the memories we have created. I grew up taking vacations with my family every year and it has always been a huge part of my life. I am so grateful to my parents for allowing me to see so many amazing places and I am so excited to continue that with my hubby!
I cannot wait for our next travel adventures!!!
Below are some more photos from out most recent travels to France and Turkey!!
We have traveled to France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Holland, Belgium, and Turkey. Along with Canada during our honeymoon!
Check out some previous blog posts with photos from our travel adventures and check back in the future for more!!
Some helpful travel sites we used for planning…
and we lived….
Thank you to Dave Russell at Rocky Mountain Aperture for many of these photos!
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