Oh Switzerland!

Oh Switzerland!

Oh Switzerland, you are just like the movies. Stunning scenery, chalets everywhere and cows with bells wandering around underneath my bedroom window. So perfect. You are also VERY expensive. For the 2nd half of our road trip we zigzagged in and out of Switzerland over...
The Sound of Music tour | Innsbruck

The Sound of Music tour | Innsbruck

About a month ago, on a whim we decided to take a road trip to Innsbruck and beyond for the upcoming long weekend. At some point I had to see the rest of Austria. We were doing the Alps tour. Our first stop was Innsbruck in the west. The trip takes around 5 hours by...
That wedding where the bride was kidnapped

That wedding where the bride was kidnapped

I continue to have a lot of firsts in Austria, but a bride being kidnapped takes the (wedding) cake. Let me start from the beginning. We had been invited to a wedding in the country near Salzburg. While it wasn’t a fully traditional wedding (minimal traditional...
Life is too short to have boring hair

Life is too short to have boring hair

I’m just going to say it – I don’t love going to the hairdresser. Yes, I am probably in the minority here. It’s just that for me (with so much hair) it is a lot of sitting around staring at myself in a mirror. Let’s be honest, no one...
One year on | Reflections of Austria

One year on | Reflections of Austria

This week marks one year since I arrived in the schnitzel and schnapps land I now call home. Austria. While moving abroad isn’t always easy, it is always interesting. Here are a few things that continue to snag my brain about living here. Weather Austria has...