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For our first full day in Chicago, we decided to get up early and head to the Willis/Sears tower to beat the lineups. We also decided to take the car into the city instead of the “L train” as we … Continue reading
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We decided since we didn’t have a full week to take off this summer, that we would take a long weekend and head to Chicago. It has been a city on my list for a long time. I found this … Continue reading
There wasn’t much time for a summer family vacation this year, so we decided to do a couple of long weekends. With soccer schedules, camps, conferences and work schedules, that was all we could muster. Still, Gabe wasn’t able to … Continue reading
While we had the best intentions to wake up early and head out to view all the “touristy” sites without the masses, our bodies wanted otherwise and we had a nice sleep in. We strolled through the streets and made … Continue reading
In April during our semi annual church conference, one of our leaders (Dieter F. Uchtdorf) spoke of the city of Dresden: “Not far from where my family lived was the city of Dresden. Those who lived there witnessed perhaps a … Continue reading
Another early morning as we had to make our way to the train station as we were heading to Prague! Prague has always been on my list of places to go, as I have heard it is beautiful. I’m just … Continue reading
Today we decided to step a bit out of Berlin and see a few areas. We first headed to the concentration camp Sachenhausen. We had been to Dachau outside of Munich with Gabe on his trip a couple of years … Continue reading
We chose to sleep in a bit today as everyone was tired and needed a bit of a break. Good thing, because we squeezed a lot in! We decided it would be a museum day; a sample of several museums. … Continue reading
We decided to take the train from Hamburg to Berlin. I love European train stations and wanted to get to enjoy taking a high speed train. We all sort of missed out on a lot of the scenery unfortunately, as … Continue reading
Lübeck was definitely in our plans, as that is where Granny spent her early years. We decided at the last minute that rather than take the train, as originally planned, we rented a car. We felt this would give us … Continue reading