Saints & Sages

06/10/2024

Beautiful days in Colmar, Eguisheim, Riquewihr, and Kaysersberg. Also, the Isenheim Altarpiece, one of the most important expressions of middle age art in existence

06/08/2024

Colmar, France. Possibly the most charming French village I’ve ever visited and birthplace of the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. Our hotel was a historic building from the early 1600s, yet it had all the modern comforts.

06/08/2024

Charcuterie lunch, tour, and tasting at an organic winery in Alsace. They do not add yeast to create their wines, relying solely on the yeasts naturally present on the grape skins. We tasted a number of wines, primarily dry rieslings. We also tried an orange wine, which is a fashionable new wine style.

Also including some photos from Haut-Koenigsbourg Castle!

06/05/2024

Lovely day exploring Alsatian villages!

06/02/2024

Video from dinner tonight. We had Flammekuche, which is basically and Alsatian pizza. This is a sweet Flammekuche flambéed with apple and Calvados

06/01/2024

Fairytale France & the Black Forest is off to a great start. Here are some pre-trip pictures from our time in Frankfurt!

05/20/2024

With polite Dutch people ☕️

05/14/2024

New blog post just hit!

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04/27/2024

It was a full day sampling wines from 9:30 am until 5 pm 🤩 I am that much closer to my WSET Level 2 Wine Certification!

Today’s favorites were a Gewurtztraminer from Alsace, and a Sauternes. There was also a Vouvray that I liked, as well as a Riesling Spätlese.

Tomorrow I get to get up and do it all over again!

04/19/2024

Off to Cibo and Vino for another amazing wine tasting 🍷 😊 I’ve got my Swedish cinnamon roll bread and my chocolate-toffee scones, and I’ll be sipping and unveiling my 2025 trips! Can you guess where we’re headed????

03/19/2024

We had an amazing time adventuring to Anderson, SC! Earle Street Kitchen & Bar was fantastic, and the Anderson Follies put on a spectacular show for us!

02/13/2024

Had a nice visit with Benedicte at Café Alsace! Got some amazing macarons and the best pecan cookies I’ve ever eaten. Benedicte is from Colmar and gave me some great recommendations for this June!

01/09/2024

If you're near Roswell, come out and join me for a free, short info session telling you everything you need to know about European travel for this summer, including health topics such as Covid, and new European visa requirements. Would love to see you!

Headed across the pond? This workshop will tell you everything you need to know: how to stay safe and healthy (with a focus on the post-Covid landscape), country requirements, and critical information about the new European visa requirements (ETIAS). We will also see if trusted traveler programs are...

12/16/2023

Here are some photos from our European Holiday Cookie Baking Class! Thanks to Cibo and Vino for hosting us and to Lia Kusky for snapping some candid shots of the event.

Our recipes are now up on the blog, so check them out!

saintssages.com/blog

12/15/2023

We're going here in June: Colmar, France! Now I want to go in December, too.

It's Day 15 of the Advent Calendar from France, love these windows in Christmassy Colmar, Alsace - they look like Advent Calendar windows!
Wishing you a bon weekend mes amies and amis, bisous from France, Janine ❤

12/14/2023

Here is the German Lebkuchen recipe we made for the European Holiday Baking Class that I taught on Tuesday. It's easy to make (as far as rolled cookies go), and it lasts forever in your pantry!

https://saintssages.com/german-lebkuchen-holiday-cookies/

12/14/2023

Relatable!

12/09/2023

Here are some gorgeous pictures of the Frankfurt Christmas Market, taken last night by a good friend of mine.

I’m planning a Christmas Market Tour for next year (end of November/beginning of December timeframe). If you’d like to be notified when more info is available, click here https://secure.saintssages.com/frm/2uyjmAAnY6L2SUpE4

12/06/2023

Interesting facts about Finland:
*It's the world's happiest country
*It has the highest number of coffee-drinkers per-capita
*The language most closely related to Finnish is Hungarian
*Most Finnish homes have a sauna!

My friend Anna is from a small Finnish town called Jyväskylä. Today is their Independence Day celebration, and she sent me a few pictures, including one of their candlelit walk. Jyväskylä is about three hours north of Helsinki, Finland's capital. Both cities are farther north than St. Petersburg, Russia. The snow has already arrived, and they won't see the ground until spring.

Interested in traveling to Finland? I'm happy to help you plan a trip. You can find more information on Bespoke Travels right here: https://saintssages.com/bespoke/

12/04/2023

I hope you don't mind seeing lots of photos of Ireland! (And if you DO mind, what kind of monster are you!?) I'm putting together a week-long bespoke trip for a family, and I'm so excited for them! I'm hooking them up with an Irish storyteller and a sheepdog demonstration, among other unforgettable experiences.

Interested in Ireland? I'd love to put together something for your family or friend group! You can kick off the process here: https://saintssages.com/bespoke/

12/01/2023

French Palmier cookies! Practicing for the European Baking Class, and they turned out really well!

If you live near me, stop by and help me eat them! I’ll even make you a cappuccino to go with it!

For more info on the class:
Saintssages.com/european-baking-class

11/29/2023

Fairytale France & the Black Forest is officially a GO for June 2024. Can you join us?

11/27/2023

Special event coming up December 12!!! Join us for a multi-generational European baking class in Johns Creek!

Make a forever memory this holiday season with your child or grandchild, and leave with treats from three different countries.

11/22/2023

In the market for a VACATION-vacation? One that has everything for everybody? You need Baden-Baden!

The cure you need to de-stress, re-set, relax: spas, culture, hiking, and a world-famous casino make for the perfect Baden-Baden vacation.

11/22/2023

Fifteen tips and three cautions about using your Apple Watch for travel.

Maximize your Apple Watch for Travel: 15 tips to save you time, energy, and worry. Just keep these three cautions in mind!

11/10/2023

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Welcome to this new page! I'm Lindie, and after years of working for others, I am taking my knowledge and experience and starting my own business. I design and direct small group vacations within the USA and to Europe and Latin America, as well as bespoke vacations for couples, families, and groups. Travel gives us a chance to explore outside our day-to-day world, making new connections, strengthening old ones, and growing as people. We grow intellectually when we travel, of course, but we grow in other, deeper ways as well.

Have an amazing day, loves!