Europe

Meet the Fredriksson brothers. Nicholas’s great-great-grandfather Johannes on the left. His older brother Andreas on the right. Johannes …

The family was celebrating Midsommar. A whole day of activities planned. Apparently my bud didn’t think to pack me. So I got left behind while …

This was the whole reason for the Sweden trip. Nicholas’s mom’s dad, Papa, was born in Örebro. This was home base. Laxå, a small town …

Stockholm was a family thing. Nicholas’s mom’s dad, Papa, was born in Sweden, and she’d always wanted to bring her kids here to see …

Last day in Salzburg. Three days of mountains, and we still hadn’t properly done the castle. The Hohensalzburg Fortress — the massive thing that …

Salzburg promised us better pretzels in Munich. So we took the train over and arrived that evening. Munich wasted absolutely no time being Munich. …

Day 3 in the Salzburg region. We’d already hiked Kapuzinerberg, wandered the fortress walls, and gotten chased off the Untersberg by lightning. …

After yesterday’s failed Sound of Music pilgrimage, Nicholas decided that if the famous hills wouldn’t have him, he’d find his own …

Let me explain how we ended up in Salzburg. Nicholas wanted to run across a field yelling “THE HILLS ARE ALIIIIVE.” That was the whole …

On the way from Prague to Salzburg, everyone told us we had to stop at Český Krumlov. “It’s a fairy tale town.” “You’ll …

We were not expecting much from Prague. The plan was simple: Pokin had a YPO Forum trip here, Nicholas flew in to meet her, and then we’d …