A week before we were to leave for Christmas vacation, we had a slight change in plans (more on that later) and cancelled our trip to Nepal and bought tickets to Europe! We had a little over 3 weeks in Europe and even though it was winter, it was beautiful! I don't know why we've been traveling to all these 3rd world countries- what are we thinking?? Europe is the way to go. We started off in Amsterdam, took the train to Cologne, train to Berlin, flew to Milan, train to Switzerland, train back to Paris. It sounds like we were traveling the entire time, but these places were all pretty close together and I really enjoyed the train rides. We stayed about 4-5 nights in each city which was a perfect amount of time to explore each one.
We started off in Amsterdam and spent most of our days walking around the city and stopping in coffee shops to relax. The architecture is amazing and I never really got that tired of all the churches. I love that everyone rides a bike here. We went to the Heinken museum which was pretty good, although I think Guinness factory in Dublin is still the best.
We went to Milan to see the Fortinos and Darren. Great to catch up and so nice to meet the newest/ littlest Fortino!
Switzerland was so beautiful and very expensive! By far it was the most expensive city we visited. Owen went skiing one day while I just lounged around in a few coffee shops and pubs reading my book.
Christmas eve in Cologne, Germany
Kristy took us to a Christmas market in Berlin. There was so much nice merch and loved the drinks.
It was sooo great to see Kristy in Berlin!!
Paris is very romantic, even in the grey skies.
Just another castle.....
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