When Dave and I planned our 2 year backpacking trip Iceland was never on the list. It didn’t seem to be close to mainland Europe or Asia and with plenty of countries to see on those two continents it was never even a consideration. Until…
Greece is one of my favorite countries in the world. Actually, currently, it might just be my favorite. I’ve been there three times already and every single time I fall in love with the food, culture, history, sights, people, and landscapes all over again. I…
I booked our tickets to Gran Canaria on a whim – mostly because I was able to find cheap flights from Boston, and I wanted a warmer place to go before our two month stay in Barcelona. I didn’t know a thing about the Gran…
A few years ago Dave and I traveled around the former Yugoslavia countries – Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, but we didn’t make it to Macedonia until this past summer. As it turns out Dave has two employees in Skopje (the capital)…
Dave and I spent a week in Berlin back in 2013 and I instantly fell in love with the city. It just felt different from any of the other cities I had been to in Europe. More alternative. More grungy. More underground. It just felt…
Our initial plan was to spend 1 week hiking the Camino de Santiago. But after a week in the Moroccan heat, the plans needed to change immediately. A week long road trip in Galicia, the north western corner of Spain was sounding a whole lot…
I studied abroad in Madrid in 2009, and had the most incredible time. I made friendships that will last a lifetime, lived in a foreign country, learned a new language, ate obscene amounts of food, and fell in love with Spanish culture. I went back…
The Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost region, is simply paradise. Imagine small fishing villages, hugged with huge cliffs, and long stretches of beaches broken up with small secret coves and caves. If the Caribbean style flat, palm tree lined beaches don’t do it for you, this region…