WELCOME TO OUR HAPPY DETOUR ABROAD

Thoughtful routes for travelers who want to linger longer.

EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS · COMFORTABLE HOTEL BASES · EASY RAIL DAYS

EXPLORE ROUTE NO. 01

WHO YOU’RE TRAVELING WITH

We’re Penny and Jim.

Penny and Jim standing together in camel wool coats and knit hats outside a brick and stone building.

Two of us, two cameras, and a habit of staying somewhere longer than we planned.

We started traveling more when our youngest daughter moved to South Korea. We missed her, and we wanted to see the life she was building there. Somewhere along the way, those trips became something more: a chance to discover new places together and rediscover how much fun we have side by side.

Now we travel in a way that suits us: comfortable hotel bases, routes we’ve thought through, easy days in places worth lingering in, and room for the detour we didn’t plan.

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WHERE TO START

Start with Route No. 01.

Every route here is one we traveled ourselves, start to finish.

Frankfurt Loop

THREE HOTEL BASES · SIX CITIES · TEN DAYS

Cologne, Ulm and Frankfurt as comfortable bases, with easy day trips to Stuttgart, Heidelberg and Mainz. Ten days, one thoughtfully planned loop, with plenty of room to linger along the way.

SEE THE ROUTE

Route No. 02 is in the works.

Heidelberg Castle and the Old Bridge over the Neckar river, one of the day trips on the Frankfurt Loop.