Homemade Pasta With An Italian Grandma (Recipe Included!)
An Italian Grandma taught me how to combine flour and water into the best homemade pasta recipe. And I’m sharing her recipe with YOU!
Austria Bucket List: Highline 179, the World’s Longest Tibet-style Suspension Footbridge
Ready for a thrill? Walk across the Highline 179! The world’s longest Tibet-style Suspension Footbridge, hovering over a highway and beside a castle ruin!
Our Most Memorable Wine Tasting Experience: Poggio Grande, Tuscany
We bumped along a dusty road in the heart of Tuscany. You can probably picture the scene: rolling hills dotted with mini Italian villas, endless grape vines, and those iconic tall, skinny trees. We pulled up to an unassuming home and parked beside the gate. I expected a pleasant tasting, but the hours that followed […]
Why Are We In Europe This Summer? (2020)
We are spending 2 months in Europe this Summer in the middle of the Covid pandemic. Why?
A Day Trip To Haarlem: Visiting The Corrie ten Boom House
It’s kind of ironic that on our first day in Europe, we went to a museum. We were still pretty jet-lagged, so we booked a 12 o’clock tour to get us out of bed. We don’t usually visit museums (unless they are about World War II or food). In this case, the Corrie ten Boom […]
How Packing Cubes Changed The Way We Travel The World
“How on earth will all of this stuff fit into that bag?” runs through every person’s mind while prepping for a trip. And it doesn’t matter if you’re stuffing a backpack or loading up a giant suitcase, there always seems to be more stuff than actual space. When we began planning a year of European […]
Our Favorite Meal in Switzerland: It was so unforgettable that we went back again 5 years later
Some things are unforgettable, like my romantic two-week honeymoon in Switzerland. Some experiences are so noteworthy that they tower over the others like a lone tree on the savannah desert. For me, that includes an out-of-the-world dinner that I enjoyed in the Swiss Alps with my husband of just a few days. We spent almost […]
A Brief Timeline of Our Travels
Hi friends! If we haven’t met, consider this an introduction. We’re Jana and Brett Aplin — Aplins in the Alps. Here’s a 10,000 foot view of our timeline from 2011-2020. Buckle your seatbelt because it’s gonna be a quick and adventurous trip! March 2011: We met for the first time on a blind date. August 2011: Brett proposed! He […]