Month: March 2018

I found a great story this morning on Daily Mail. It was about a couple named Debbie (she is 62) and Michael (he is 72) that sold all of their belongings except for a small storage unit of stuff and decided

Don't be overwhelmed or afraid to ride the water buses in Venice, Italy. We are here to help! Here is some helpful terminology on the water vehicles in Venice, Italy. Vaporetto (plural,

Chris is a good sport. I am no Michelin-rated chef. But I do try to cook good food for us. I bought a bunch of things at the grocery store the other day. For dinner one night, I planned an easy meal:

The More of Less - Book by Joshua Becker I wouldn't consider myself a minimalist. But I have owned and moved WAY too much stuff in my life. And more recently, I have downsized - twice.

We are in Treviso, Italy and this Saturday is Epiphany. All over town we see vendors selling stockings and socks (like we have for Christmas Eve in the United States) and we see lot of candy and what

Join us as we celebrate the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018 in Treviso, Italy! Treviso is (probably like most Italian towns) a HUGE party for New Year's Eve. There were at least three stages

Join us as we walk even more around Treviso, Italy (check out our other Treviso video if you haven't seen it yet). In this video we find a river rat (at least we think that is what it is!), swans

Join us as we walk around Treviso, Italy with James the Poodle. Our Airbnb is right in the heart of Treviso. James meets some new fans and he even gets a gratis beef bone from the butcher! We stop by

This is definitely not the kind of fountain you see in the US! What does James think of the Fontana Delle Tette? What do you think of it? We jokingly called it the “Titty Fountain” because

Everywhere I look this winter I see Faux Poodle Fur Coats! I first spotted them at Zara and now here they are in Italy at OVS. I tried a few on and they aren't really that flattering (the ones I tried

I love wandering around Müller in Vienna. It is the closest thing to a Walgreens or CVS here in Austria. They have a really good selection of drugstore makeup and they also have high end makeup such

Pretty much anything we want or need in Europe, we can find it. Some things maybe aren't quite what we are used to back home. But at least we can find it. There are a few exceptions, though. Here

We've been traveling around Europe with our Standard Poodle, James. Most of the trains in Europe are dog friendly. In fact, we haven't found a train that wasn't dog friendly yet. I explain this

I just LOVE anything that has Poodles on it. While out shopping in Vienna the other day I spotted these cute Poodle house slippers. I didn't need them. I just bought these Sheep Wool Bootie Slippers

We are heading back to Vienna and we wanted to try out the Nightjet train. The Nightjet from Milano to Wien does take 12 hours. The trains stops at each stop for longer times and once you cross the border

Parco Trotter's name comes from the fact that it was the headquarters of the Trotter Society in Milan, Italy from 1800 to 1924. The park has a racecourse which is still there today and it makes a nice

We found an amazing park in Milano called Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli. Why is it amazing? Because it has huge off leash areas that are not fenced! So dogs can just roam about and walk the park

There is a Milanese legend that if you want good luck (or to avoid bad luck!), you must spin on your heels backwards while standing on the bull mosaic at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy.

Our first time in Italy was in November 2017. We arrived at 5pm on a weeknight after a long day of travel from Austria. We dropped off our suitcases at our Airbnb and headed out with James the Poodle

I prefer washing dishes by hand as opposed to using a dishwasher. Here in Europe, a lot of apartments don't even have dishwashers. But we've actually rented a few that did have dishwashers! I have

Did you get a chance to see Animal Planet's 2018 Puppy Bowl? James has his very own Puppy Bowl trading card for 2018. Since James isn't a puppy, he is officially part of the Dog Bowl. James can

Our Airbnb host in Milan, Italy left us a HUGE panettone - and it is delicious! Join us as Chris cuts up the cake and Sandra tries not to freeze! Oh, and James eats a piece without raisins - don't