Here’s a complete travel guide showing you how to see the best of beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland in just 12 hours. From Edinburgh Castle to the Royal Botanic Garden, this itinerary covers everything you need for the ultimate one-day Edinburgh experience. In this Edinburgh travel guide, we show you how to: 🚌 Ride the narrated hop-on-hop-off […]
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Come along with us as we travel by train from the Netherlands, all the way to Switzerland, where we visit the incredible mountain villages of Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald, Mürren, and Zermatt! This was the first European trip that we planned on our own, and it is the adventure of a lifetime! 🎥 Watch us on YouTube!
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When planning that exciting vacation, one of your important choices is whether to buy a group tour with a pre-planned itinerary, or to plan the trip yourself. In this video, we discuss the pros and cons of each, explaining how we started with a group tour and used that to help build our confidence for
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Come along with us to the top of Edinburgh, as we hike up spectacular Arthur’s Seat! This is an extinct volcano and is the highest mountain peak in Edinburgh, Scotland, located in Holyrood Park, next to the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. 🎥 Watch us on YouTube!
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Edinburgh, Scotland is full of magic, romance, and medieval beauty, and is one of our favorite cities we have ever visited. This trip represents a new chapter in our lives because it is our first time traveling together without our kids or any other family members, since our honeymoon many years ago. Join us on
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Utrecht is a beautiful city in the heart of the Netherlands. It is rich in history and medieval architecture, is the central public transportation hub of the Netherlands, has a large student population with Utrecht University, is extremely bike friendly, and has many great green spaces, shopping areas and restaurants. All of these make Utrecht
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After several trips to the Netherlands, we finally had an opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Leiden, home to the oldest university and the oldest botanical garden in the Netherlands. We did a day trip here, taking a train from Utrecht, and we spent the afternoon visiting the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University, the location
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One year ago, at age 49, I (Scott) had a major heart attack that almost took my life. We fortunately recognized that it was a serious situation and made it to the hospital quickly enough so they could save me with very little permanent heart damage. This made us realize how short, and how fragile,
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Let’s go to Puffin Cove near Thurso, Scotland, searching for puffins at the site of the largest puffin colony on the mainland. We will take you on our full adventure to this hidden location, and will teach you how to find puffins here and all around Scotland, including the Isle of May, Lunga, Staffa, Handa,
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