This past Sunday we took a quick day trip to Dinant, Belgium. It is just an hour and 20 minutes from Luxembourg. There is a Citadel that gives you a gorgeous view of the city, a gorgeous church, river cruises, a saxophone bridge, and wonderful restaurants all along the river making for a beautiful lunch view. If anyone is close enough to visit, DO IT!

Frugal Travel;Best Way to Go

I'm going to give you a typical, "Hey Y'all!" since the count down is real for our Euro departure back to Texas. 21 days, say what?!

Today I'm going to give you all of my tips and tricks to travel frugally. I know you guys want to Save Money Traveling Like a Boss. Below I have a graphic Personal Capital created on the top tips they see fit. I found myself going through it saying, "yup, yup, YUP". I know for the ones that already do a lot of traveling will be thinking the same thing. For those of you that are getting an itch on to hit the road this will be just what you need to get your booty in gear. They even have a Financial Planning Tool that is extremely helpful. Be sure to check that out! 

-First things first, we always look into flight prices when about to travel. Honestly, flying with a kiddo is easy peasy compared to a long road trip. Our favorite sites to check are EasyJet and Ryanair. If you pack in just a backpack/carry on while being flexible with your dates your set. A lot of times we have found Wednesdays and Saturdays to carry the cheapest rate. A one-way for 9 Euros?! Gimme. If you have the opportunity of having your own car depending on your drive that can be the cheaper route. We can get a full tank of gas for 40 Euros right now which gets us 5 hours. Make sure to add in parking cost with your gas costs. That can be when flying becomes cheaper and obviously more convenient. Some car parks can charge up to 30 Euros for a day. Holy smokes, no thanks!

-Booking.com is our go to for Hotels, Hostels, and Apartments. We always find ourselves overachieving. We expect to get some small, basic hotel room that ends up being so big and beautiful for a wonderful price/perfect location. Their reviews are spot on which has sold us more times than not.  As also listed in the graphic below, signing up for hotel rewards for each place you stay can be helpful. You'll be surprised how many American hotel chains are also in Europe that you can use your points at. 

-I am over here screaming FREE! When visiting look for all the free things to do. You do not, I repeat do not want to fall into the tourist trap. I mean, yes it's fun to do all the touristy things from time to time, but be cautious or you can rack up the bucks. Pick 1 to 3 things that are an absolute must and stick to free for the rest of the time. More times than not you will enjoy doing those things better than the costly. Online you can find tons of coupons for attractions. Also, if you book multiple attraction tickets through a company they will give you a discount. A major selling point if you are in groups. Most hotels will hand you a booklet with a map, info, and coupons. If they don't, ask for it. Don't be shy get your free spree on! 

You guys already know I am a huge component for trying to convince everyone to come to Europe and now I've just given you the golden ticket. Come one, come all! Shoot you can even couch surf at my place. 

XO, Brooke

European Christmas Markets of 2014

I feel like it's only right to make a post reminiscing on all the gorgeous Christmas markets we went to this year. Wishing America had more markets with all the tasty food, drinks, different souvenir type gifts, and tons of activities. We indulged in tons of it this year and I couldn't be any happier about that. We are sad to see them go and can not wait until next years!

Luxembourg City

Trier, Germany 

Paris, France

We also saw the markets in Brussels and Bruges, but I was silly and cold so didn't take pictures. There was lots of waffles and fun in around those markets as well!

All of you need to get your booties to a European Christmas Market ASAP!

A little throwback to Prague, Czech Republic. It was one of my favorites from back in 2012. So, I would start there.


Well, I'm off to go scoop up my mom from the airport for a 10 day visit! Excuse me while I become MIA and soak up every minute. Have a great weekend lovies.

Home is wherever I am with you

Well, it's that time of year again where Brad signs and figures out where our new home will be come fall. In August he will be leaving to…... Mersch, Luxembourg! Brynn and I will meet Brad end of October after we do our traveling around for everyone to meet her. We knew we needed to stay back for 2 months so that way everyone can meet her before she is a year the next time we come home. We went through every emotion when Brad was picking which team he should sign with for this year. When bringing a sweet babe into our world traveling equation you think about it a lot more. We weren't sure if we would even go back again. Boy am I glad he chose to continue playing. I know that while she is young is the perfect time to do this. Especially since, lets be real, he is no where near done playing. He would end up telling Brynn, "Daddy could have taken you all over the world." God has healed Brads knee fast and to it's full potential. We had prayed abundantly about what would be the right step and team for his come back. God truly formed this contract to be absolutely perfect with our little family. They were willing to give Brad whatever he needed. From everything to an actual 2 bedroom house with a yard, an automatic car instead of standard, and to the small, but huge thing of a crib and high chair for miss Brynn. God knew the desires of our hearts and specially picked us for this city, country, and team. Brad has a friend from high school that lives 50 minutes away and of course they are already planning all that they will do. So happy to actually go there knowing someone! We are already ahead of ourselves all the other times. Paris is about 3 hours away and Brussels is 2 in a half away. Better believe we ail be marking HUGE things off our bucket list. Luxembourg is absolutely beautiful and we can't wait to step foot off the plane as a family of 3 taking on everything Europe has to offer us. 

Can not wait to lay our eyes on this in person!