Candie Travels » Europe

Our big trip this summer was a one-week European cruise with my husband’s family. We started and ended the trip in Venice and visited five cities along the coast of the Adriatic Sea. We chose t...

https://candietravels.com/2019/07/15/msc-lirica-7-day-msc-orchestra-8-day-mediterranean-cruise-italy-greece-albania-croatia/

Madrid is a city that is very near and dear to my heart. Not only did I study abroad in the city for a semester during college, it was also one of the cities that I visited during my very first t...

https://candietravels.com/2017/08/18/12-hours-in-madrid-a-whirlwind-food-tour/

On our way back to the USA from Norway, we spent a day in Amsterdam. We had booked our flights so we could have a couple of quick extra stops in our favorite European cities. I was thrilled becau...

https://candietravels.com/2017/08/11/long-layovers-8-hours-in-amsterdam/

What started as a quest for a great hike rewarded by an epic Instagram photo ended with one of the most memorable adventures of my life: Hiking Trolltunga. This hike was easily the toughest I’v...

https://candietravels.com/2017/08/08/day-hiking-snowy-trolltunga-in-may/

Hello again! Apologies for the brief hiatus. We were traveling and I have gotten a bit behind in my posting. So let’s pick back up, shall we? I believe we were talking about our Scandinavia tri...

https://candietravels.com/2017/07/28/5-day-western-norway-itinerary-bergen-fjordlands-fossens-trolltunga/

The next stop on our Scandinavian adventure was Oslo (you can read about our time in Stockholm in my last post). We found Oslo to be another wonderful Scandinavian city – clean, pleasant, and e...

https://candietravels.com/2017/06/23/how-to-spend-36-hours-in-oslo/

The first stop on our recent Scandinavian adventure was Stockholm, Sweden and we thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful city that is made up of 14 islands in a Baltic Sea archipelago. Stockholm is very...

https://candietravels.com/2017/06/16/how-to-spend-48-hours-in-stockholm/

Every year, I say that it’s going to be hard to top the last year’s travels, but somehow we always find a way to do so. This year though, it truly might be impossible. In 2016, we visited Par...

https://candietravels.com/2017/05/19/2017-summer-vacations/

As a large and diverse metropolis, Istanbul has fantastic cuisine options. Turkish cuisine is influenced by both Europe and Asia as well as the Middle East. We ate so much delicious food during ...

https://candietravels.com/2016/08/05/top-restaurants-in-istanbul-where-and-what-to-eat-tipping/

After leaving Cappadocia, we flew to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines to spend three full days and four nights in the former capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople. Istanbul is one of the most...

https://candietravels.com/2016/08/02/top-activities-and-sites-in-istanbul-turkey/