NOTE: This list has been updated as of May 2024. Some of 2023’s recommendations have been dropped, and new ones added. My favorite travel products for 2024 are ones that I have bought for myself and love, along with a few other things that I will be buying for Fairytale France & the Black Forest, … Read more
Today, I’m going to write about the most useful apps for travel. If any of these apps resonate with you, make sure you get them installed and set up before you leave on your trip! It’s not fun trying to validate your email address and entering six-digit codes sent to your cell phone when you’re … Read more
One of the biggest pain points for globe-trotting Americans is figuring out how to use their cell phone abroad. Ideally, we would not like to be looking at our screens at all, right? RIGHT??? However, using your cell phone abroad is a necessity for most of us. We may have family with health issues and … Read more
So, you paid the big bucks for an Apple Watch, and it’s great, right? It tracks your steps/exercise, tells you the time, and besides, how would you ever find your iPhone if you didn’t have that magic watch button that makes your iPhone ping?* Truly, though, it can do so much more! Using your Apple … Read more
Today I’m sharing my third, and possibly last, recipe for this season: Swiss Rosinen Guetzli holiday cookies. This is the final one we made in my Family European Baking Class at Cibo & Vino last week. This is a traditional Swiss Rosinen Guetzli recipe which comes together super quickly and only requires a 30-minute rest … Read more
More holiday baking season recipes! The other day, I posted a German Lebkuchen Cookies Recipe, and now we’re moving on to France with French palmier holiday cookies. This recipe has three ingredients and comes together suuuuper quickly! Not only that, but they look really fancy. We made Holiday Palmier Cookies in my Family European Cookie … Read more
It’s holiday baking season, y’all! I’m sharing with you one of my favorites, which we made in my Family European Baking Class at Cibo & Vino last week. This is a traditional German Lebkuchen Holiday Cookies featuring complex flavors. It is absolutely the ultimate make-ahead cookie! Make two batches the first week of December, before … Read more
If you’re planning a multi-city trip to Europe, and you’ll be anywhere near Germany, consider bookending your trip in the charming city of Baden-Baden. This dreamy, flowered city gives you time and opportunity to refresh, reset, be active (if you wish), and process your “takeaways” from the trip. Have you ever taken a vacation, and … Read more
