Mattias Church

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest was simply beautiful, charming, delicious, and unique. Hungary itself has been through some interesting times – first being a Celtic country, then part of the Roman Empire, then the Austria-Hungarian empire, before finally getting their independence after WWI (and lost a lot of land with their freedom).  The name also derives from the nomad […]

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Schönbrunn Castle gardens

Vienna, Austria

Vienna is the capital of Austria, and home to 1.8 million people!  And not just regular people, but happy people.  Year after year, Vienna was ranked 1st from 2009-2016 in Mercer’s “Quality of Living” survey.  Vienna was long the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and then the Austro-Hungarian Empire – therefore, it was a […]

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