Herbst = Autumn in German Herbst = my maiden name Herbst + Herbst = fun times for us making up silly sentences to fit Herbst into! Herbst sure is extraordinarily beautiful this year! Herbst makes me so happy! Herbst just gets better and better every year. The splendor of Herbst is unrivaled. Herbst in Germany is extra special. That Herbst is so colorful! Herbst just makes me want to grab my camera, so breathtaking! Reader challenge...what have you got? ...

After calling the rental company to extend our stay one and then two days, we finally tore ourselves away from Amsterdam. We had a fairly long road trip to Berlin and started sharing some random thoughts about our trip so far. Here's our list in no particular order. *We didn't see pretzels in the stores in Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium or The Netherlands. No pretzels, but potato chips in every meat flavor imaginable and ketchup and pickle flavors, but I think...

Hello friends from Wijttenbachstraat 30-2. We just wrapped up our last meal - home cooked in our treehouse - in Amsterdam. I've really enjoyed this city quite a bit. Or, as the locals refer to it, village. As it really is easily accessible from one end to the other. An obvious observation to make is how many bikes you see here. Well, it's far greater from how many you can conceive. In fact, they tow bikes away here in mass as we witnessed. I've never felt...

We are loving Amsterdam! We found a great little apartment. It is on the second floor and one whole wall is windows. We are surrounded by trees and it feels like our own tree house. This sort up makes up for the fact that I really wanted to stay in a houseboat. Next time! The city is full of bikes. Like nothing I've ever seen. It costs almost 100 euro to park in the city center for one day. Anthony took the car to a lot outside the city limits and took the tram ...

The girls and I have had a fun game while visiting Antwerp. Our hotel happens to be in a section called Diamondland. There are jewelers everywhere, even next door to McDonald's. Whenever we come to a shop we stop and pretend we can have one thing in the window. Celeste always goes for big and flashy, Nina picks something petite and simple. I'll have to see if their tastes change as they get older. One of my favorite pieces of art so far on the journey was from a...