Monthly Archives: October 2026

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We Are Staying in a Freaking Castle

This is part of a series from our recent travel to Europe in June/July 2026. It’s been that kind of week. Nothing dramatic, nothing anyone’s done wrong, just the slow accumulation of long days, short nights, and a trip that’s now three weeks deep into asking a lot of everybody. […]

Rick Steves Was Right

This is part of a series from our recent travel to Europe in June/July 2026. We started the day with an Uber, not to the airport this time, but across the border to Offenburg, Germany, where our rental car was waiting. It felt a little strange to be picking up […]