Chasing The Travel Bug

I’ve written several posts about the Netherlands and have yet to do an in-depth one about the city we loved the most – Amersfoort, our home base during our two month adventure. I…

Right in the middle of the Netherlands is De Hoge Veluwe National Park. The park covers more than 13,000 acres and has a mix of forests, sand dunes, open areas, lakes and other…

A few months before we left for the Netherlands I saw a random travel article on CNN that listed the top European amusement parks.  Intrigued, I clicked on the link and was surprised…

We’re home.  Everything feels familiar…but strange.  When we drove up John Nolen Drive towards downtown Madison on our way home from the airport, I couldn’t help feeling nostalgic and sad at the same…

When we started dreaming about doing a home exchange in the Netherlands, I targeted Utrecht as our ideal home base.  The city is a short (30 minute) train ride from Amsterdam, centrally located…

If you Google “things to do in Utrecht” or “things to do in Amersfoort”, you’ll find that within the top 5 recommendations for each city is to climb the tower.  Utrecht is home…

Volendam is a little sea-side fishing village only 15 miles north of Amsterdam.  This statement alone is crazy to me because Amsterdam is a huge city with more than 800,000 permanent residents and…

Do you know who Miffy is?  No?  Kind of look familiar?  Don’t worry, I didn’t know who Miffy was either.  Now, Miffy is one of our best friends…haha…  She’s even the star of…

If you visit Amersfoort with kids, the DierenPark (zoo) should be at the top of your must-see list.  In fact, this zoo is so cool I was sometimes more excited to go than the…

Military museums are my favorite kind of museums.  I really don’t have much of an appreciation for art museums, it’s just not my thing, but I love spending hours reading about military history,…