Tag Archives: Europe

The Weekly Photo: Bordeaux, France




The Weekly Photo: Bruges

Historic Bruges, Belgium


The Saturday City: The Cinque Terre

The Cinque Terre consists of five beautiful hillside towns (Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso) on the west coast of Italy. They are famous for being historic and, well, beautiful. Not just “This place is beautiful” beautiful but more like “I died and gone to heaven and never want to leave” beautiful. I visited here [...]


Where Does The Time Go?

It’s amazing how travel changes your perception of time. I only left Europe 3 weeks ago but it already feels like three years ago. And that summer back in America feels like a life time ago. I remember talking to one of my friends last month and remarking how that even though we were [...]


Riding the Rails in Europe

One of the highlights of my recent trip to Europe was all the train travel I did. Using my Eurail pass, I rode through the continent’s amazing countryside. In the past, I had donesome limited train travel but, usually my travel plans are always random, so I typically jet set around Europe on cheap [...]


The Four Things I Hate About Europe

I love Europe. I really do. So much so that when I stop being Nomadic Matt, I want to move to Paris (or maybe Amsterdam). I love the cafe culture, the wine, the free health care, the liberal attitude towards life, the ability to travel to so many different places cheaply- it is all great. [...]


There is No Such Thing as “Must See”

I have a slight confession to make. I don’t like Berlin. Everyone raves about how great it is so going in I had high expectations. It was a “must see” people said. But I don’t know if it was the weather, the architecture, or the people but I didn’t see what all the fuss was [...]


The Weekly Photo: Stockholm

The Bridge to the Modern Museum. Stockholm, Sweden


Munich is Better than Berlin

After being less than thrilled with Berlin, I had low expectations for Munich. I only knew a few things about the city: Oktoberfest is there, Hitler had his beer hall putsch there, and it has a famous (and overrated) clock. I mean everyone has heard of Munich but I really knew nothing about it. [...]


Eurail Passes: Do the Numbers Add Up?

Despite all my European travel, I’ve never really been able to say I’ve “railed” across the continent. I am usually so scattered in my plans that I take a few trains and lots of planes. I end up in Venice and decide Amsterdam is fun and meeting my friends in Barcelona sounds like a great [...]