• Duomo di Milano
    Europe

    Top Ten Attractions in Milan, Italy

    After the stop of some hours in Pisa, we continue our journey towards Milan. The city is the second largest in Italy, only losing to Rome. There are just over 3.6 million inhabitants in the Milan metropolitan area. The road from Pisa to Milan was quiet and we were communicating with the person…

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    Health system in Germany | A summary

    Of the many things we had to research and learn about this move to Germany, were the various types of insurance (Diego wrote a post about it included) and the health system was one of the most important things, since health insurance is mandatory in Germany. In our many years in Canada, we…

  • Nuremberg
    Europe

    Nuremberg – Bavaria | Trips in Germany

    Last december, just a few days before Christmas and with our family from Brazil visiting us, we had a quick stop in Nuremberg, in the state of Bavaria. The city of Nuremberg or how it’s called here in Germany, Nürnberg, has a bit over 500,000 people and is about 225km from Frankfurt. But…

  • Pisa Italy
    Europe

    Visiting Pisa – Italy | European Tour

    Milan was our next overnight stop after Florence. But we decided to make a quick detour and spend some time visiting Pisa. It was a short visit, but totally worth it. This post is part of our European Tour in the fall of 2017. See more searching for Tour Europe 2017. 25 days…

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    New York City

    I ended up never posting the photos of the trip, although it was difficult to capture all the moments, due to the daughter to the strip and the city totally taken by tourists, since it was a week before Christmas. New York City is always a fascinating place and full of things to…

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    Fasching/Karneval | Celebration in Germany

    Even month we spent here in Germany comes with another surprise and this month we found out that Carnival is celebrated, in a very different way of Carnival in Brazil, where we grew up. Those days around Carnival celebrations are called Fasching or Karneval here in Germany, similar to another countries in Europe.…