My boyfriend and I recently went to Europe about three months. I won't go into every wonderful, excruciating detail of the trip but I do want to give highlights and some recommendations!
Belgium, Amsterdam, northern Germany, Prague, Finland and Iceland. I won't deny, I'm with the masses that Belgium has amazing food, chocolate and beer. The people are not as lovely but they are French so you can't really fault them for not being uber friendly. It's okay not to love everything on your vacation. It's your money! Enjoy it or not!
For some reason, people talk about Amsterdam like it's so liberal. And yes it is! But it's also a wonderfully, friendly International city with tons to offer. It's gorgeous, affordable and the people are fab. You can easily stay in the Museum district and get around town. Bike, foot, tram and even Uber! We had a blast still finding Belgian beer, exploring town and having all sorts of delicious food. Don't miss out on Amsterdam because you are afraid of the drug and prostitution scene. You don't even have to really see it if you don't want to.
Northern Germany. It's beautiful and sad all the at the same time. Hamburg, Schwerin and Berlin. A quick few days and then it was on to Prague.
And this is where everyone joins in and says "Prague! So amazing! Such a great city. Blah blah blah." Then I stop listening. Don't get me wrong, Prague is gorgeous. Who doesn't love another European canal city? Side note, no idea that we basically planned a canal city tour but we did! Maybe that's Europe, any way. Back to Prague. It was charming. We did not love all of the graffiti however. The food was a bit heavy for us and after having Belgian beer, we were left wanting. The clubs. I think we would have had more fun in Prague in our 20s (well Sky is in his 20s but let's just act like he's not). We couldn't stand the smoke inside. Just being around it in Central Europe was making us feel a little sick. Just because everything wasn't perfect doesn't mean we didn't appreciate each and every experience.
Next was the lovely country of Finland. Easy to love Finland with a local guide, one of Skyler's dear friends from college. Joonas made Finland the highlight. We got great food, beer, cider, accommodations, activities and the best company. The cider is REALLY good. I wish I could find cider like this in Denver since we have basically everything else. From a private flight around Helsinki to the summer lake house to literally running off the road to watch a rally car race, everything was lovely. That reminds me, we need to try to cook the Salmon the way they did!
After Finland, we were almost done with our trip, just a few short 1.5 days left. We took a quick flight on Icelandair over to Reykjavik. Again, another destination that that everyone raves about. And it is so beautiful. It is so interesting. And is it SO EXPENSIVE. Lol. Yes, makes sense. It is an island far away from anything else. Let me start by says Icelandair offers a great deal for a stopover and we got a direct flight to Denver. A great deal to go to an expensive place... Our little tiny rental car was $250 or something plus $60 in gas for 1.5 days. The food, well, I don't think we really experienced it cause we are such cheap skates. Don't judge me! I'm not going to throw my money away on vacation if I don't want to. The island is beautiful and looking back at the pictures, the island photographs so well. But do you know what? Colorado is pretty beautiful too! So similar to what we have here and even in New Mexico. Throw in Northern California, Oregon and Washington (and the beaches in Florida) and we have got a lot of amazing stuff! Iceland was pretty and maybe if we were more outdoorsy, we would have had a different time. Maybe if we had hit Iceland first instead of day 20 of 21, we would have felt different. Nevertheless, it was a wonderful place to visit.
Now on to our next adventure... Cuba!
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