Pennsylvania Girl Abroad

Disclaimer –  I know absolutely nothing about architects or styles of architecture!  My own personal opinion of memorable architecture that I see and love is represented below based on my recollection when visiting each of the cities. Open to change at any time… 1.) VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Check out the Vienna sightseeing site for architecture for all […]

List open to change at any time as I travel to new cities!! – But so far, here are my favorite places for cycling throughout Europe. 1.)  COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – known as one of the most “bicycle-friendly” cities in the world.  See my Copenhagen Experience post on this. 2.) BARCELONA, SPAIN – we rented bicycles while […]

There are times when I dislike being labeled as a tourist.  When I’m visiting a new place, I prefer to blend in with the crowd and try to imagine what it must be like to live in that city. It’s not possible to do that often, especially those in which I’d have to be fluent […]

During the Christmas holiday visiting my family back in the U.S., my husband and I felt obligated to take a break from the last minute Christmas shopping and stop in the Troegs Brewery tasting room in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Where:  Nearby to the Hershey Outlet shopping center and Hersheypark. See map. Why you should visit:  This […]

Most city people can sympathize with the fact that every now and then you need a break from the city. An opportunity to “Slow down and relax.”, before jumping back into your fast paced existence.  Jim and I decided to do this by exploring the English countryside and settling in at a Bed & Breakfast […]

CHRISTMAS IN THE AIR… Denmark.  Lured by a cheap EasyJet flight –  (this is usually our plan of attack in deciding where our next vacation will be) – we set off to Copenhagen. What better way to get in the Christmas mood than to go to the country that is one of the “European champions […]

Three days after moving into our London flat, my husband and I visited our new neighborhood pub, the Kings Arms, for their weekly “Quingo” night,  a combination of a pub quiz and bingo. (picture source – Kate Pugh, http://www.flickriver.com/photos/kake_pugh/2843764951/) The pub was crowded. Turned out the “pub quiz” portion was the first 3 hours of the […]

Kernel Brewery – I remember how excited my husband and I were when we first discovered the Kernel Brewery beer.  We were walking around what we thought was a fairly quiet, deserted area near our neighborhood, below the railtracks, when we stumbled upon a Saturday market, Matlby Street. See picture below of the Maltby street market […]