TRAVEL AND WANDER

Who doesn't want a bit of 🎄🎄Christmas magic sprinkled on their life? 🎄🎄The 🎄🎄Christmas season is often the one month when giving and sharing are at their peak, it's a time for gathering with family, and friends, and eating festive foods, a time when the church doors are open longer, and faith is a bit stronger. It's a time to BELIEVE 🎄🎄🎄in the magic of Christmas. It's also a time to travel, but with dozens of countries still locked down to tourists, traveling around the globe isn't so appealing. So why not stay closer to home? My one wish this year was to travel internationally to a place like Argentina, Germany, India, or Switzerland, but that didn't happen. Even my plans to go visit the Grand Canyon in Arizona or Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia  (USA) were shattered. I was giving up hope until I remembered about a place pretty close to home called "Frankenmuth" otherwise known as "Little Bavaria." 🎄🎄🎄 FRANKENMUTH, MICHIGAN at 

Most people associate New Orleans, NOLA with the famous Mardi Gras in February or March but there's another popular time to be in this French influenced city, CHRISTMAS . From caroling to shopping New Orleans is filled with Christmas magic in December. Arrive by bus, car, plane, or train and begin getting into the Christmas spirit in one of America's most European cities. Nicknamed the "Big Easy" New Orleans was founded in 1718 as Nouvelle-Orleans by the French explorer Bienville. New Orleans, a southern state is on the Mississippi River, near the Gulf of Mexico is home to some of the countries best chefs and musicians which means you'll never run out of days to eat a tasty meal or hear fantastic music. CHRISTMAS MAGIC IN NEW ORLEANS: With unique traditions scattered throughout the city, NOLA is wonderful in December. Holiday music is heard clearly at St. Louis Cathedral. Throughout the month of December some of the areas best musicians perform for you with free c