A Minion’s Look Back at 2025

Like in 2024 this year a great deal of my travel has shifted towards travelling with friends and family. So all my trips this year were embarked with the purpose of experiencing travel with friends and family. I feel like I've been pretty successful in that endeavour. So without further adieu here are my 2025 travel reflections! Vietnam and Japan In February The Sister and I bring back an...

How much did our Family trip to Germany and Austria Cost?

The following will be an accounting of our 2025 trip to Austria and Germany. If you've not read the blog, you can do so here. Or if you want a small wrap up, you can check The Sisters here. Or mine here. It can provide some context to the costs below! All prices will be in Canadian (or converted into Canadian when it shows up on my CC bill). And they'll be broken down to a per person cost as best...

Wrapping up the Minion Family’s Trip to Austria and Germany

After the Sister's wrap up of our family trip to Austria and Germany. It's now my turn! Travelling with my family now that we're all older is something I appreciate a great deal. I'm grateful that we make the time to share these experiences and memories together. So, if you've spent anytime to read through the trip, Thank You! Otherwise, if you haven't and want to, you can find the whole trip...

The Sister’s Wrap up of our Family Trip to Europe

It's time to wrap up our family trip to Austria and Germany. Being able to travel with The family is a blessing that is unique and not taken for granted. I'm very thankful that as we get older, we appreciate this opportunities to spend time together with a shared love of travel.  Similar to our Sibling trip, It's great the sister has an opportunity to share some of her thoughts on this trip....

Munich

English Garden After another big breakfast at our hotel, we head out on our way to the English Garden. The English Garden is Munich's largest park and a place that comes highly recommended. After a short tram ride, we arrive and start walking through the various pathways enjoying the peaceful calm away from the hustle and bustle of the city. It's a massive space and I think we only explore a...

Heading to Munich

Training to Munich After a restful evening, The Sister and I head over to the Parental Minion's hotel to pick them up! Unfortunately, we will be leaving Berlin today and heading to Munich! However, before heading to the train station, we stop off for a bit of breakfast at Steinecke. It's like a chain coffee/sandwich shop and since it's a bit cloudy outside,  we opt for the split pea soup which...