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(Please excuse these first few posts. I haven’t done this in awhile and the new fangled technology is really throwing me for a loop! 😬🤣)

The first marschmadness in 2013 was was more about backpacking, hostels, taking the cheapest mode of transportation to get around and sleeping with cockroaches. marschmadness2 will be more about airbnbs, driving and biking around to see incredible sights!

The Journey Begins!!!

We packed up some stuff and donated a ton. It feels so freeing to purge. I highly recommend it. 

“If you wish to travel far and fast- travel light!” glenn clark

I would Love to make a list of our beautiful friends in the UK and thank them for being so wonderful but I’d be afraid to accidentally leave someone out. You know who you are and we Love you immensely!

We packed up the car. Jesse bought a used roof box for the paddle boards and extra stuff we didn’t want jam packed in with us.  We left Harrogate (near Leeds) and started our drive to Salzburg. It is a 1,002 mile (1614 km) journey with a short ferry ride from Dover, England to Calais, France as well. Maizy and Dottie had to stay in the car for the 1 1/2 hour ferry trip. They slept. We stopped in Heidelberg for a little break which is a good thing to do from time to time. Powering through is absolutely possible but can sometimes ends in fighting 😆. 

We stayed with Franky and Eva Schiemer for a fun night in a town outside of Salzburg in Austria (had a great time. They are so very special. I call them our little brother and sister). Then we drove to Maddux’s apartment on the Salzach River. Fun fact: it’s source is the Kitzbühel Alps. 

I last posted on July 16, 2013. It seems like we’ve lived many lifetimes since then! At that time, our kids were 5, 9 and 11. We had recently left Montreal and wanted to go on an adventure. We set off for a couple months which turned into 6 months and 32 countries. All on the cheap, but the experiences were priceless.

Life is a rollercoaster ride and it has taken us on a corkscrew turn right now. All 3 kids have some time off, Jesse is currently not working and I’m up for an adventure! Maizy & Dottie (our two pugs) are also along for the ride. 

We left the UK and have embarked on a long road trip starting in Salzburg, Austria. We will end up in Italy. If you want to see what we’re doing, please feel free to take a look. If not, continue on your own journey and make it a good, positive, happy one!

Much of Dresden was destroyed during the war between October 1944 and April of 1945. Today, the city is beautiful and booming! So much energy. People in costumes pretending to be royalty and beer & food vendors line the public squares. We stopped and got delicious chocolate, then wandered around the city checking out all the sights. We were happy we stopped here on the way to Prague.