Jeremy

Jeremy founded Living the Dream in 2008 to chronicle his long-term trip around Asia. Since then he has been on two long-term trips, visited 69 countries, and is just getting started. He is now on a Lifestyle Design quest to build businesses to pursue a life of travel.

Where to Stay for Christmas Markets – Colmar vs Strasbourg

When we booked our trip to Alsace, we admit that we were visiting the wineries first and foremost. But given that our visit coincided with the holiday season, we planned to spend a great deal of time at the Christmas markets as the region is home to some of the most famous markets in the world.

With the popularity comes the crowds, and Alsace was busy!

So after exploring the Alsatian Christmas markets in Strasbourg and Colmar, we wanted to take a look at the two famous cities and share advice on what to consider when choosing which to make your base during a trip.

While we personally trend to Colmar, as you’ll read about below, there are pros and cons for each that we’ll discuss!

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11 Distilleries to Visit on Your Scotland Road Trip

During our road trip around Scotland, we wanted to make sure to visit a good number of distilleries. Although we did not visit all of the popular distillery areas (like Islay), we did hit eleven great distilleries between Edinburgh, the west coast, and Speyside to name a few.

So in this one, we wanted to share our thoughts on the distilleries that we’ve been able to visit in Scotland so far!

We hope to return to Scotland to add more to this list soon!

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Our Top 10 Travel Experiences From Around the World

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When you head out on a long-term trip, every single person you meet will ask you what your favorite experience has been. We have been asked this question hundreds if not thousands of times, and for several months it was very hard to answer as we have had just too many great experiences to pick the very best.

As a way to share our favorite experiences and give you inspirations for activities to do on your own long-term trip, we decided to put together a ranked list of our Top 10 experiences, destinations, restaurants, and moments from around the world.

When reading, keep in mind that we haven’t been everywhere. This list represents our favorite experiences, from all of the destinations we’ve been to, and will be updated as we travel more and find great experiences that make the Top 10.

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