the 13 of 2013: vienna christmas markets
I love Christmas. This year was nice because even though we are living in a country that does not celebrate our Christmas, they have their own -- so the Christmas season is even longer! To get into the Christmas spirit, in early December we took a long weekend and went to Vienna to check out... Continue Reading →
the 13 of 2013: lake bled
I had always wanted to spend some time in Slovenia in general, and at Lake Bled in particular, and we managed to do it Labor Day weekend 2013. Bled is a cute little town; the lake is truly magical. Walking around it and looking at it from the castle high on a cliff, I felt... Continue Reading →
the 13 of 2013: paris for my birthday
This year, we went to Paris for my birthday. We took a few extra days to make a long weekend longer and had a wonderful time. Neither of us had been to Paris before but we both really enjoyed being there -- I loved it (duh). On my actual birthday, we saw some pretty churches, went to... Continue Reading →
the 13 of 2013: mondo
Grant and I went back to Croatia a few months later, except this time we went to Istria for truffle season. This had been a dream of mine for some time and, ever since we watched Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations episode, we had really wanted to go to a number of specific places and restaurants... Continue Reading →
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