Way back in 2015, I wrote about this world-traveling family’s 20 Most Memorable Moments of 2014. But our journey had only just started — we continued hopping across the globe for a good portion of 2015. Here are the 35 things we experienced in 2015 that we regularly talk about.
› This summer we're packing up and hitting the road to experience that great tradition—the Epic American Road Trip. We'll be traveling the highways and byways of the United States, journeying through 17 states in three weeks. Join us, won't you?
After leaving England, we had a three-day layover in Iceland, a small island country the locals call a land of ice and fire. On our first day, we got the lay of the land in Reykjavik, along with a history lesson or two, and some delicious hot dogs.
Way back around the year 120, Roman Emperor Hadrian built a giant wall too keep the wildmen out of the northern border of the Roman Empire. Parts of that wall still stand today.
During our 333-day trip around the world, I filmed one second of video for each day we were traveling. Well, kind of. When it was all over, all that footage was turned into a six-minute video that nicely chronicles our journey. And you can see that video right here.
We leave the brightly lit streets of the City of Light and head deep underground into the Paris Catacombs, a series of underground chambers containing the neatly arranged bones of six million former Parisians.
We spent three hours taking a deep dive into the history of Paris with Sandeman's New Europe Free Walking Tour.
Before we left Luxembourg we had one last place to visit — the small town of Schengen, a short drive to the south and east of Luxembourg City.
After touring Luxembourg City the previous day, we dedicated this day to exploring the rest of Luxembourg ... and a little bit of Belgium.
Luxembourg is one of the smallest sovereign nations in Europe. Despite its size, it plays an important role in the foundation of Europe — both in ancient times and the modern age.
After a few days in Prague, We were off to Regensburg, Germany for a one-night stop. But first, before we left the Czech Republic for good, we had to stop at the town of Plzn to visit the Pilsner-Urquell Brewery.
We knew next to nothing about Prague, so we headed out to Old Town Prague to hook up with the Sandeman's New Prague free walking tour (like we do in any city we can).
This update didn't really fit into the Sound of Music tour recap, and the post on Prague was getting too long, so the drive from Salzburg to Prague is going to have to stand on its own. But I warn you, it's not very exciting.
We drive into Austria just long enough to take a Sound of Music tour on a giant bus.
As we travel through Europe, we've been getting a very different look at the events that led up to World War II. So it was with a little trepidation that we decided to visit the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial. It was a tough, but very educational tour.
