An Afternoon in Idstein, Germany

If you remember, a couple of months ago, I shared here on the blog what I did during my 10-hour layover in Frankfurt and one of the things I did after exploring the city a little bit was to meet with my German friend Claudia. She lives in the cutest little town that is very close to Frankfurt. This place is called Idstein and she had the amazing idea of taking me there during my layover. 

We went there by car and it took us a little bit more than 30 minutes to get there. I was super excited about meeting her again after many months and catching up. The plan was very simple: walking around her town, having an ice cream or a cup of coffee and then also visiting her house. 

Also, she was the one that suggested to me go to Idstein because she wanted me to see a typical German town and I'm so thankful to her because I completely fell in love with this place. 

There is something about this traditional German architecture that I found so beautiful and very much fairy-tale like, I'm sure all of you will agree when you see the pictures. In addition, this is a small town (it has 25000 inhabitants) so, there was a very relaxing vibe there that I really appreciated. 

Anyway, once we arrived, we walk around the streets in the pedestrian zone to the Old Town, which is extremely well preserved,  and I literally wanted to take a picture of every single house because they are oh-so-pretty! Most of the houses had the loveliest flowers in their balconies and everything looked so cute and sweet. 

I don't really like to compare cities and places but I have to admit that I really liked Idstein over Frankfurt but I think it is because I prefer smaller towns and I also feel like this place was a lot more special and unique. 

We ended up going for the ice cream because it was a hot day, took a few more pictures while we were walking and catching up. After that, I visited her place, met her pets, talked a little bit more and then was time to go back to the airport but I was feeling super happy for seeing my friend again and also for being able to visit such a beautiful place. 

I really hope I can go back someday to visit her again and maybe stay for a few days to enjoy more of the area. Let me know what do you think about this place? Have you heard about Idstein before? Do you prefer small towns or big cities? I hope you like the pictures!! :)

Future Plans

Recién pasamos la mitad de este año pero creo que ya puedo decir que el 2015 es el año de los viajes para mí. Probablemente recuerden mi viaje a Río de Janeiro, algunos meses atrás pero lo que quería compartirles en este post es que voy a hacer otro viaje pronto!! Actualmente estoy planeando mi primer viaje a Europa!!! Qué emocionante que es esto!! 
Todavía me quedan unos cuantos meses, proque voy a estar viajando para finales de Octubre pero ya estamos haciendo mucho trabajo con una de mis amigas para definir todos los lugares que nos gustaría conocer. Vamos a estar visitando: Barcelona, Florencia, Venecia, Zurich, París, Londres y Madrid, así que si tienen algún tip o recomendación para darme, serán muy apreciadas!!! :D

We have just passed mid year and I can already say that 2015 has been the year of travels for me. You probably remember my trip to Rio de Janeiro early this year, which was an awesome experience but what I wanted to share with you in this post is that I will be having another trip this year!! I'm currently planning my first trip to Europe!! How exciting is that!! 
I still have some months to go, since I will be travelling in the last days of October but I am already doing a lot of work with one of my friends to define all the places we would like to visit. We will be visiting Barcelona, Firenze, Venezia, Zurich, Paris, London and Madrid, so if any of you have any tips or recommendations, that would be very much appreciated!! :D